Word: larger
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final collection of text-books by the Phillips Brooks House will take place some time during the final examination period. At that time all books will be gladly accepted, but especially the textbooks of the larger undergraduate courses. In view of this fact, all those who are planning to dispose of old textbooks are urged to keep them until the collection...
...hearing that the added expense to classes from the rent of halls for class smokers, dinners, dances and mass meetings if the Union were not at their disposal, would average five or six dollars per man if the expenses were borne equally by every man. In other words, a larger donation would be expected from members of each class, if the Union were compelled to close its doors in the future. By the proposed system of universal support, thus placing the Union under the wing of the University, the taxes and rent amounting to something like $6,500 will...
...class crews have been working hard in preparation for this contest, and they are evenly matched. The Sophomore crew seems to have a shade the better of its rivals, for it has a larger number of candidates from which to draw. Both Sophomore A and B will enter the race, since the work of this second crew has been consistently good all year...
...staff from carrying on more or less work of research, and the development of graduate instruction has tended to increase materially the number of investigations that are being carried on under the direction of the Department. But it is becoming more and more evident that this work requires larger pecuniary resources than have ever been available, and one of the urgent needs of the Department is the endowment of economic research. To this I called attention last year in an article published in the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, and therefore I will not enlarge upon the subject now. I allude...
...obtaining suitably trained men for the posts of instructor and assistant. This was probably more serious ten or fifteen years ago than it is today, because in recent years the number of graduate students in Economics has greatly increased and the Department has been able to draw upon a larger supply of candidates for teaching positions. It has not been possible to increase the rate of compensation, but more employment can be offered, and there has been, therefore, some increase in the total amount that assistants have earned. In most of the courses the Department is now able to provide...