Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...school were let in, provided only that they held college degrees, it was necessary to weed out a large portion of each class at the end of the first year, a portion sometimes running up to thirty percent of the enrolment. The result of this drastic cut, despite the fact that it allowed the University to collect tuition fees for a year from the men whom it could take to the completion of their training, meant carrying along a large amount of the dead wood for a whole year in the classes...
Under the system inaugurated this year, the House secretaries will receive compensation for their task of marshalling the members of the Houses to enter sports, and Director Samborski stressed the fact that a room-to-room canvass of all House members must be made in order to determine in what direction sport sympathies...
Yesterday's meeting formed a sort of prelude to the first meeting of the Inter-House Athletic Committee, which, due to the fact that the House Master to be present has not yet been chosen, will not be held until next week...
Edward L. Barnes '38, president of the Glee Club, did the honors both for his own organization and for the Instrumental Clubs, stressing the fact that no technical knowledge or skill is required for either group...
Nathaniel G. Benchley '38, president of the "Lampoon," undergraduate humorous publication, brought out the fact, never publicly admitted before that material that most people consider dull, is what Lampy likes best, while Alvah W. Sulloway '38, head of the Advocate, declared that his magazine was designed both for people who wanted to write, and for people with ideas...