Word: findings
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...than 22 are to be chosen from the 44 highest members of the Senior class. Thus an opportunity is given to base the election on ability and not necessarily on priority in rank alone. It is not stipulated that the entire number be elected and if the society cannot find eight and twenty-two men respectively in the lists referred to they are obliged to take only those men who fulfill their idea of the requirements. In addition, five men are to be chosen from the Senior class who would not be eligible under the provision stated above...
...rest of the number is ordinary in comparison with these. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a Robert Chambers tale of a southern man and a college cousin who emerge, like Shadrach and Abednego, from a very vivid forest fire to find themselves engaged. "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Art," is a typical college essay of the lighter sort, pleasant, facile, well-written, and without much significance...
Looking back over the number of games in the schedules of the past fifteen years we find two distinct climaxes. The first was in 1893-94 in the case of football and baseball, the two major sports which have caused the trouble. The greatest number of games a University football team has ever played was thirteen in 1893 and in the spring of the following year the baseball schedule was the longest on record, containing thirty-three games. As these figures have gradually decreased the schedules of the minor sports have increased, until the climax was reached last year when...
...selection. The conservatism which should characterize this column prevents the writer from commenting on these men here and indicating personal views and preferences. It is hoped, however, that a stimulus can be given to a keener appreciation of the situation by a plain statement of facts. We find it a most interesting topic for speculation...
Motion study, as thus used, means a systematic study with the stop-watch of the way in which the time of artisans about their usual work is actually spent. The object is of course to find ways to eliminate such waste of time as is observed, and the results already obtained are very striking and suggestive, and they bid fair to be far-reaching in importance. Mr. Gilbreth will speak from the point of view of a large employer, thus endeavoring to increase the efficiency of his men. The subject is one meriting the attention of anyone interested in efficiency...