Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...figures by classes follow: Per Cent on Dean's List 1934-35 1933-34 Juniors 23.3 21.4 Sophomores 19.0 17.4 New Freshmen 15.7 14.9 Per Cent Unsatisfactory 1934-35 1933-34 Juniors 7.7 7.5 Sophomores 12.9 13.1 New Freshmen...
...Conant and Mr. Bingham, however, have thought the question through and have not been frightened to find themselves in new and untrod lands. For several years observers have doubted the efficacy of football receipts to maintain monumental athletic plants. Even a rise of twenty-five per cent in gridiron receipts would bring the H.A.A. income to less than half the 1929 figures. In addition to this, the rise of professional football, voted by the nation's sportswriters as the most significant event of 1934, tends to offset "recovery" in amateur football...
...participants in the minor sports whose knell has been sounded will go the sympathy of the College. Nevertheless these men should remember, first of all, that they form only four per cent of the student body and that they cost $125 per participant on a yearly basis. They should remember, secondly, that even if they are forced to abandon their sports, two courses remain open to them; the other sports or House athletics. If House athletics assume a more important position as appears probable, the Houses may at last achieve some individuality rather than social. In other words, opportunity...
...April grades in advanced courses. While in the minds of the original backers of this change there had never been very much doubt about its advantages, this showing should effectively silence its critics and insure its continuance. Although the improvement over last year is only about one per cent, the fact that all the figures published show this same gain makes it unlikely that this is a random variation...
...three lower classes. For the longer time men are in college the fewer are those with unsatisfactory midyear grades and the more numerous are the members of the Dean's list. Only one-third as many Juniors are in the unsatisfactory category as Freshmen, while fifty per cent more are on the Dean's list. Freshmen and their seniors should however, take this as a warning, rather than believing that studies become easier the longer one stands the gaff. The cause for the concern which ought to trouble their scholarly breasts is the lamentable fact that the apparent improvement...