Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...miniature system of concentration and distribution. One must know a little about a lot of history and a great deal more about some single period. There are fourteen fields from which to choose. Of the concentrators in History who have chosen a special field at present, about 70 per cent are divided equally between Continental European history since 1789 and American history since 1783. English history since 1485 claims another 21 per cent. Five other special fields now have concentrators, the largest having 3 per cent. Naturally modern history is the most popular; one feels he is understanding present conditions...
...several years History has been the third largest field of concentration. In 1932, 36.8 per cent of its concentrators were approved candidates for honors, the third highest percentage among the six largest fields. Of the same six fields in order of the percentage of those taking general examinations who received the degree with honors in 1931, history was fifth, with 20.2 per cent as compared with 26 per cent for all divisions; and in 1932 it was third, with 26.3 per cent as compared with 31.1 per cent for all divisions. Of those who took general examinations in history...
...passage of the Congressional beer bill is an event which should not pass into the limbo of Government 1. That the nation may soon quench 3.2 per cent of its inordinate thirst, spurs the the interested observer to inquire whether the movement will spread to the House dining halls. Much water, not unmixed with nobler elements, has passed under the bridge since the University last dispensed larger with magnificent indifference. Whether she can recapture the first fine careless rapture of pre-Volsteadian days is, of course, another question...
...average upperclassman writes three letters per week. A letter goes home once every two weeks, and many replied that they never write unless prompted by a stormy letter or a telegram. Eight per cent used wire exclusively. In Lowell one man was found who has been writing a letter every day to a girl in the mid-west for the last two years. "At first I used to write twice a day, but it was hard to keep up." He had no idea how he managed to fill the space...
...Freshman is more diligent, dispatching a letter to parents at least once a week on the average, with about 40 per cent writing twice a week. Eighteen per cent of the Freshmen interviewed preferred telephoning home once a week instead of writing. One Freshman denied sending any mail since he has been in college. He excused himself on the grounds that he was a most illiterate chap and had nothing to say anyway...