Word: locales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...increased cost of living, however, these established benefactions meet but 70 per cent, of the expenses, and the other 30 per cent, is gained through fees and through a grant from the Government. The newer universities, like Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, are supported by voluntary contributions and by local levies...
...like the State universities in the West, there is an essential difference. In America the State not only contributes to the support of the school, appoints its officials, and, as in the case of evolution, restricts its curriculum. On the other hand, the British university that is supported by local funds still retains its independence, for the towns have acted in a most generous fashion, allowing the universities to spend the money as they think best...
...Local concerts are held about once a fortnight in various nearby towns such as Worcester, Lowell, Concord, N. H., New Bedford, Fall River, and Providence. At least one long vacation trip is arranged each year similar to those held during the last three years. The trip this year will include Chicago and mid-western cities...
...Budgets, local and national, have come into economic favor in the years since the war. In particular, the Student Council budget for undergraduate activities has justified itself in the most practical way possible, oversubscription. In place of a multiplicity of drives featuring perspiring collectors and an indifferent collection, the single drive disposes of the problem for the year...
...blond man who used to caddy at the country club in Salt Lake City. When he was 15 he won the Utah States championship, playing largely with a mashie-niblick, the only club he really understood. Since then he has often been a finalist, often a local champion. Two years ago in the national finals at Merion, Jones beat...