Word: growth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Society has well merited the support of all Harvard men, and we look forward to the day when it shall continue to serve the student body in a new home which shall be commensurable with the future growth of the Society...
...this week under the direction of the Hicks nursery crew. The elms, which were selected by Mr. H. J. Koehler, the tree expert, have trunks about eight inches in diameter, and will be pruned to a height of 25 or 30 feet. It is calculated that their rate of growth, if conditions are favorable, will be about a foot and a half a year in height, and three feet in spread...
...impressive to read the registration figures for this year and note the increase of numbers in all but two departments of the University. While mere growth in numbers is not always an essential index of increasing strength, it is extremely gratifying to see additions to the enrollment of former years, and feel that these bespeak a growing confidence in Harvard. The Freshman Halls with their provisions for assisting in many ways the life of beginners in College life, together with other factors of efficiency instilled into many of the Graduate departments, are leading not only to a general growth...
...matter of fact, however, in a recent presidential election if one voter in 2,000 in a certain district had voted otherwise than he did, the election would have gone to the other candidate. In addition to its being the duty of every man to vote, the rapid growth of the primary has made it essential also that a man be a partisan; for it is at the primary even more than at the election that the character of the candidates is now established...
...fall announcement of the University Press shows very clearly the efficient management and rapid growth of the Press since its foundation in 1913. The plant in the basement of University Hall has been considerably enlarged and will make possible a greater output of books during the winter. In addition to publishing numerous books, the Press has inaugurated a new policy in taking over from other publishers, several editions of "works of a high scholarly character" for which it will now become sole agent...