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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...School clubs for the Ames Prizes is progressing rapidly. Seventeen clubs entered the competition, each club containing a membership of at least eight men. The rules of the competition require that each club argue six cases with competitors determined by the advisors. Four of these seventeen clubs will gain the privilege of competing next year in the final elimination tournament for the first and second Ames Prizes. The fourth round in the competition is now nearly completed, the clubs having obtained the following averages: 1000 per cent., Beale, Bryce, Moody; 666 per cent., Cooley, George-Gray, Kent, Lowell, Marshall, Warren...
...were registered, compared with 569 for 1912-13. 357 of these received employment, 332 through the aid of the Bureau, and 25 through the aid of the other branches seeking to give employment to students. The sum earned by these men was $68,913.57, a gain of $16,370.60 over the amount earned in 1912-13. This increase in the amount earned by term-work more than compensates for the slight discrepancy in the amount earned in summer employment. 611 men registered for summer work and 154 of these found employment. The records of the previous year show that...
...total registration on the books of the Bureau for 1913-14, allowing for men registered for both summer and term-work (202 duplicates) is 1010, and the total amount of money earned by those who obtained employment was $107,259.79, a gain of $14,690.97 over the amount earned in 1912-13. In all, 1494 temporary positions were filled, 63 different kinds of work being listed. Over 100 men found positions in each of the following divisions: Monitor, guide, typewriter and tutor, while over 50 men worked in each of the divisions stated below: waiter, "tutor and companion," stenographer, proctor...
...count on drawing the large crowds that congregate at the athletic events in other cities, because Ithaca is so isolated. However, many improvements to the property of the Association have contributed toward causing this deficit, the largest single expense being that for a new baseball cage. Football showed a gain of only $10,000, and crew and track were maintained at a big loss. Undergraduate support, represented in the sale of season tickets, permitted the Association to make the creditable showing that...
...second period opened with the ball in the Battery's possession, but they were soon forced to kick. Kean recovering. Three more attempts to gain through the line failed, and Minot punted again to the Cadet's 15-yard line, Hadley running the ball back to midfield. The battery braced, and Snow was soon forced to kick. But the Battery was unable to keep the ball, losing it on a fumble in the first formation. Snow pushed over the second touchdown soon after, but fouled on the kickout, thus losing the try for goal...