Word: man
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those who have sent in their names in the last two days include a bookseller, a cranberry grower, a librarian, a machinist, and a retired business man. There are numerous stenographers, clerks, lawyers, social workers, and nurses. The list includes a woman telegrapher and a real estate broker; a writer and an electrical tester; a salesman and a reporter; a hotel housekeeper and at least one "wife and mother." Teachers, of course, are in the majority. The students include graduates of Harvard and numerous other colleges...
...news competition will last approximately twelve weeks and will consist mainly of writing up the news of University activities, together with a certain amount of work connected with putting the paper to press. No journalistic experience is necessary in order to qualify for the news department, for any man with a normal amount of ability can learn the work in a short time. The office work will prove of interest in teaching the various phases of typesetting and printing...
...first two tests were concerned with the powers of perception and observation. A man was told to pick out the smallest square in a bevy of squares, to mark words with similar meanings in a jumbled collection, to unravel sentences. One test required the student to pick the proper answer to a question out of four possible ones given. For example...
...man is hungry, but hasn't any money, should he plant a garden, steal a pie, work for a meal, or get a permanent job?" "Is Italy shaped like a banana, boot, broom, or sausage?" were other queries...
Forty-eight upperclassmen reported to Coach Duffy yesterday afternoon for the first day of fall baseball practice. Of these men, six were members of last year's nine and one a former "H" man. Captain R. W. Emmons '20, E. L. Bigelow '21, R. B. Hallowell '20, E. S. Hardell '21, T. H. Gammack '20, and L. B. Evans '20, were the men who played on the University nine last season, while C. Harrison Occ, pitched successfully against Yale in 1916. As W. W. McLeod '19, J. L. Knowles '19, R. Bond '19, and H. P. King...