Word: handbooks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work for Freshmen and other new students has been especially well done this year by the New Student Committee, which is made up of about 25 upper classmen. During the summer, a letter of welcome and a copy of the Harvard Handbook, of "Freshmen Bible," were sent to every-incoming student. Hundreds of students used the information Bureau, which was open two weeks before registration day, and furnished room lists, University pamphlets, and maps, as well as information about Brooks House activities. The reception to new students was held during the opening week and twelve Monday night, religious meetings...
Brooks House is perhaps best known because of its work for new students, the main features of which are the New Student Committee, the distribution of the Handbook, the information Bureau, the Monday night meetings, and the social service work. Receptions to new students this year, at which the work of Brooks House was explained, were attended by over 1000 men. The student working his way has been helped by the distribution of clothes and the Text Book Loan Library. Already this year over 900 college books and 200 law books have been lent...
...Board has just issued a pamphlet, "The Handbook of Simplified Spelling", compiled partly under the direction of Professor Grandgent, and for the next year the Board will devote itself to the distribution of this Handbook together with another pamphlet entitled, "The Reasons and rules for Simplified Spelling"; and a leaflet including the thirty words recommended as a first step for beginners. The last two pamphlets may be obtained free from Mr. Dewey on request, but the Handbook will be given free only to members of the Simplified Spelling League. Others may obtain paper-bound copies for fifty cents and board...
...possible candidates for the Rhodes Scholarships is bewildered by the multitude of things that might be said. First of all one might mention two first rate sources of information: (1) a little book by Scholz and Hornbeck called "Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships", and (2) "The Oxford University Handbook." The latter is authoritative though unofficial--the official University Calendar, or "catalogue" as we should say, is fearfully and wonderfully made, and not to be recommended to the beginner. I see that the latest edition of the Handbook in the College Library is that of 1917, it is probably the surest...
...Morss '21, who was business manager last year, has been named editor of the Harvard Handbook for 1921, and L. B. Ellis '22 business manager. The following have been chosen assistant business managers: G. G. Benedict '23, Frederick Flather '23, C. L. Short '23, L. B. Young...