Word: finish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present equipment is extensive and is being added to constantly. At Lawrence Hall, there are nine separate factory clocks representing the different systems employed in registering workers as they anter upon or finish a piece of work, together with the "sub stations" for catching the exact time they do so. There is also a very complete system of card indexes, telephone and mailing lists; typical blank forms, ledgers, and account books, and the latest ideas in filing devices. The $10,000 tabulating machine is considered one of the greatest time-savers ever invented; it is not sold, but rented...
...small lead at the start and pulled ahead considerably in the first mile. On the turn half way down the course, the second crew cut the corner and gained a little, but the first managed to keep a lead of a little less than a length up to the finish...
...more power, and is learning to keep the men well in hand behind him. R. Allen '19, at 6, is the mainstay of the crew and is improving daily, but he lacks the weight of Rockefeller and the ability to keep the stroke long at the finish which is so necessary in a good number 6, and in which Rockefeller was remarkable. W. F. C. Ewing '21, who took Allen's seat at 4 is a pretty oar, but seems to lack power. J. J. Schieffelin '19, who took Patterson's seat at No. 2, is much shorter...
Preference in the assignments will be given to men forming in large groups, not to exceed 12, with not more than two men in each room. All men who entered College with the Class of 1920 or who finish their course in 1920 are eligible to make application. In addition to their first preference men should indicate on their application blanks at least 20 other selections. Four dormitories in the Yard have been reserved for Seniors, Hollis, Holworthy, Stoughton and Thayer, and it is for rooms in these alone that application is to be made...
...have rooms in the Senior dormitories this year will not have a priority on them during 1919-20, as do the inhabitants of some college rooms. These men must apply with the other students who intend to finish their college course next year and must take their chances in the drawing with the other applicants. All applicants are advised to form in groups of twelve, each group to elect a chairman who will accept responsibility for the other members and make all the arrangements for obtaining rooms. The prices of the various rooms will be the same...