Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...earned the magna cum laude against 4.3 per cent. of the private school students; and that 2.5 per cent. of the public school scholars won the rare distinction of the summa cum laude. while only .5 per cent. of the men from the private schools achieved it. Also the comparison showed that the public school boys had a considerable smaller percentage of admonitions, probations and other disciplinary penalties...
...records of unclassified students show similar per cents. The examination this year was made on a somewhat different basis from that in 1916, which prevents comparison of the figures concerning bodily mechanics...
...University football team which will start against Princeton this afternoon will have an advantage in weight of nine pounds per man over its opponents, according to a comparison of the statistics of the probable line-up. The Tiger eleven averages 174 pounds to the University's 178, and is lower in all the divisions of the team. The Crimson line outweighs the Tigers by 191 pounds to 181, and from tackle to tackle by 193 pounds...
...make such an assertion than other members of the coaching staff, since he has followed the development of the Princeton eleven closely and has attended almost every one of its games. "Such overconfidence as they have at the present time," he continued, "probably owes its origin from the comparison of the Harvard and Princeton scores this season, particularly the victories of Colgate and West Virginia over the Tigers...
...Endowment Fund Campaign, it was indicated that in this district the most effective work during the last week has been done by the manufacturing, financial, medical, architectural, trustee and insurance groups of the campaigners. The above groups have so far obtained more than half of their allotment, as in comparison with the 40 per cent, covered by the three next highest groups. The remaining 11 groups are somewhat lower than this, while the general average for the whole city stands at 41 per cent...