Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...upward trend of the marks made by undergraduates in November hours comes as no surprise, either in that grades have improved or because of its details. The grades of the College have risen to the extent that there are 1.6 per cent less unsatisfactory records this year than there were last, an improvement of about five per cent in the Freshman class, and approximately one per cent among Juniors and Sophomores; in contrast the Senior class has a few more failures than the class...
Preliminary studies at the new laboratory, Dean Clifford states, have definitely shown that inlet boxes and ducts commonly used with commercial fans may reduce the capacity of the fan by as much as 50 per cent, and that simple adjustments can result in large savings. Further studies are to consider the effect of air pulsations on fan performance, a subject which is now being considered by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. The performance of axial flow fans is also being studied in detail...
...House Athletic Committee. Following his appointment, this representative will choose other men to take charge of the various Phillips Brooks House athletics teams, in accordance with the system previously devised for the seven houses. More than 600 upperclassmen are non-residents of the Houses, but as only 36 per cent of this number engage in college athletics, the new plan will add approximately the equivalent of one House...
...present Seventh Reichstag election compare as follows with those of the Sixth Reichstag which was elected July 31 and dissolved by Presidential decree as it was in process of voting "no confidence" in the von Papen Cabinet (TIME, Sept. 19). Popular vote: Vote Per-Vote Per-Party (last week) cent (last July) cent...
...recent Phillips Brooks House report on the relations of the commuters to the college showed that 36 percent of the upperclassmen in the group take part in college athletics. According to the report 31 per cent of the remainder would like to share in intramural sports if a convenient opportunity were provided. Theoretically, any man not a House-resident can play on one of the Rambler teams in the intramural league games. Probably, however, the organization of Brooks House teams as regular contestants in the inter-House sports would make it easier for commuters to share in athletics. It would...