Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...comparison with 1913-1914, the figures show an increase of 78 men employed and a decrease of $16,841.17 in the amount earned. Much of this loss may be attributed to a scarcity of tutoring positions during the term-time--$10,212.50 less being earned in 1914-1915 than in 1913-1914. It is natural that this item should be the one most affected by the unfavorable business conditions of the past year...
...slovenly use of English by college men in this country has long been a ground for unfavorable comparison of American with English universities. It has also been a cause of general complaint against college men. The person who has not a university training almost invariably judges the man who has by his ability to express himself, orally and in writing. It is surprising to many business men how few recent college graduates can write even clear and cogent business letters. The work of Mr. Hersey in the Business School has shown that even men who have added to their undergraduate...
...Sessions '15 has written an exhaustive article on "Richard Strauss as a Tone Poet," (to be continued). Reverence for his subject has not made him the less critical; but at the end he commits the mistake of attempting comparison of the ultimate worth of Strause Debussy...
...Harvard Zoological Club. "A Comparison of Phototaxis in Animals from Different 'Communities,'" by Mr. J. M. D. Olmsted.--"The Spermatogenesis of Ascaris canis from the Spermatogonia to the Inter kinetic Period," by Mr. A. C. Walton. Zoological Laboratory, Room...
...comparison of weights, Cornell has a slight advantage, for while the University averages two pounds more in the line with a figure of 186, the visitors have a distinct advantage in the backfield. Their quartet averages 172 pounds, while Harvard's averages 163. From tackle to tackle, the figures are 193 and 192, Cornell being the heavier...