Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...analysis of the figures of the last two years brings out the above points as well as certain others less definite. In 1927 for instance only 41 men were elected out of a possible 45, and in 1928 only 42 in spite of the fact that a large percentage of Magna and Summa men were not chosen. In 1927, that is, instead of the usual 38 percent, 55 percent of the Magna and Summa men were not admitted to Phi Beta Kappa
George Holden Tinkham. He, a miraculous Republican, survived the Democratic landslide in Boston last month. He received only 333 votes less than Nominee Smith in his district and won his seat for the eighth consecutive time-a Boston record. Widely read and traveled, wealthy, a bachelor, he is in many ways an "ideal" Congressman. His large staff of secretaries is continually occupied doing things for his constituents. His correspondence is vast, perhaps 50,000 letters per annum. He was in Speaker Longworth's class at Harvard. He still takes pride in having been "the first American to fire...
When his short, 30-minute speech was over, Gustav Stresemann had unquestionably voiced the consensus of German opinion on these three vital topics. He soon received a vote of confidence 219 to 98. His speech was no less definitive and important than the Armistice Day Address in which President Calvin Coolidge spoke for the U. S. (TIME, Nov. 26) upon two of the very topics keynoted by Dr. Stresemann-Limitation of Armaments and Inter-Allied Debts...
...field, this time under the direction of Dr. R. H. Pfeiffer, of the Semitic Department. We had hoped to work this year on a larger scale, but, owing to the necessity of purchasing additional equipment and paying more for salaries, the resources available for labor are somewhat less than those of a year...
...which Philips Brooks House is seeking toward its goal of service. But spirit can accomplish little without the flesh of genuine support. It must be granted that the ordinary undergraduate feels a certain desire to escape the memories of over-assiduous home-town charities and clubs, and that the less worthy, as well as the more worthy of these, wear the name of religion. Whether one approves or not, the contemporary attitude is distinctly not religious; and in the belief that P. B. H. is fundamentally religious, and therefore slightly emasculated, lies much of the innate indifference of the under...