Word: farness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Juniors and men whose final year in College will be 1917-18 are eligible to room in the Yard and should attempt to do so in order to further firmly establish the tradition started by the class of 1909. So far the applications have been slow in coming in and in order to prevent much confusion on the last day the committee hopes that men will file their applications as soon as possible...
...other numbers those who, in full consciousness of the situation, deliberately choose the primrose path. The latter class is hopeless. If to the former, however, this danger signal shall be a prod and a stimulus, we shall be glad, for we feel that the curse of loafing is far from being on the decline. Clogate Maroon...
...depended a good deal upon the nature and character of his associations at college as to how far he progressed and the extent to which he could shoulder responsibility, especially where it became a matter of mixing with older, experienced business men and holding his own both in social and diplomatic ways. His principal weakness seemed to be a disinclination to endure drudgery patiently for a long time and an apparent desire to advance faster than circumstances often seemed to warrant. Other than this he was apt on the whole to develop into a more capable, intelligent, and efficient...
...Considerable precautions, however, were taken. Each student in the College was required to fill out a blank, giving the details of his residence and possible exposure. The wide publicity of this measure prevented a considerable number of students from registering until after the accepted quarantine period. Thus, as far as transmission by contact was concerned, the students were protected as well as possible. Since it is not known just how infantile paralysis is spread, precautions were taken against all other possible methods of transmission. For example rats have been accused as carriers of the disease, and before the opening...
...addition Mr. Whipple has inspected the various other food supplies, methods of service and in general made frequent sanitary examinations of all of the conditions under which foed is served. We now undertake, as far as possible, to examine all food handlers for the presence of contagious disease. We hope to extend this sanitary investigation as time goes on. Only luck of funds limits the extension of careful sanitary examination to all of the places where the students eat. This work, under the general supervision of Professor George C. Whipple, but carried on in this department, promises great benefit...