Word: farness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Greene '96, secretary of the Corporation will leave tomorrow for an extended tour through the West. His first stop will be in Toledo; from there he will go to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and as far west as Des Moines. He has planned to visit the Universities of Michigan, Chicago, Syracuse, Wisconsin and other educational institutions. Mr. Greene will return to Cambridge on February...
...smaller and it was entirely spoiled in the elections this fall when only 232 men voted. A similar dropping off each year with a large decrease in Junior year is noticeable in most classes. No wonder some people call us indifferent, and it seems as though they are not far wrong in the matter of class elections at any rate...
...think they have a clear predilection for a particular profession make a great mistake if they do not see what the others have to offer. In the choice of lecturers the Governing Board hopes to secure men of distinction in every subject--taking sometimes men who are far advanced in successful careers and sometimes comparatively young men who having but recently made the choice themselves, but are already eminent, can perhaps sympathize most readily with the point of view of the undergraduate...
...criticising the dormitory as a unit for scrub sport, it must be remembered that this year, which is the poorest so far in point of numbers, over one hundred men competed in the bumping races. A scrub sport of any sort that employs one hundred men in competitive exercise for a month can hardly be called unsuccessful. One thing is certain: there have never been so many men rowing under any other system in the University as there has been under the dormitory system this year. Until a very much better plan can be evolved, enthusiastic and careful supervision...
...member of the force for good. This absurd method has now been changed and the selection of the detective, as well as his dismissal, depends wholly on the commissioner. He has also been given the right to promote any detective, with the result that a far greater activity has been recently shown in this work. During a certain period in 1906, 2000 men were arrested and 300 convicted; during the same space of time in 1908, 4300 men were arrested and 1600 convicted. The greater portion of these men were pick-pockets and burglars. Various methods of detective work...