Word: fraction
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...President's report, of which a digest was published in the CRIMSON some weeks ago, contains some interesting statistics upon the average ages of the entering classes of the University. From 1865 until 1880 the average age of the freshman classes was 18 and a fraction. This fraction gradually grew larger until in 1881 the age was 19. Two years later it fell to 18 years and 9 months. In 1887 it rose again to 19, where it remained, varying a few months each year, until 1894, when the average age of the entering class was 18 years and 117/12...
...College. A similar meeting was held for the night before. The results of these two meetings, giving the number of students admitted by examination to both departments of the University, were made known yesterday afternoon. The figures do not include "dropped freshmen"; on the other hand a small fraction of the students admitted will not appear in the catalogue list of the freshman class. The figures cannot be accepted as showing the exact size of the entering class, but they show an interesting comparison with the corresponding figures of last year...
...students this year. Their hope ought not to be disappointed; the appeal comes at a time when students have much such clothing of which they must make some disposal, and the paltry sums given by dealers can well be sacrificed. The money will not mean to the students a fraction of the benefit which the clothing will bring the poor...
...emphatically a special favor under special circumstances. Certainly, if ever a special favor were to be granted, there would then be occasion for it. Not only ought great consideration to be shown to Mr. Irving, but an address by him to the students would fully compensate for a fraction of time taken from regular college work, and would be of such rare value that no small objection should be allowed to destroy the possibility of it. The failure to make satisfactory arrangements would be a matter of such widespread regret that we anticipate no lack either of effort...
...university than for the speakers, who really have a common interest to be divided against themselves. In other words, there is a certain amount of speaking talent here; one society containing it all must be stronger than either of two societies each of which could contain only a fraction of that talent. Furthermore between two societies there would be likely to spring up ill-feeling and disputes which would make the university weary of all speakers. I firmly believe that it would be a case where a house divided against itself could not stand...