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...peak of literary knowledge," reported Carnegie, "both of words and of books, is apparently reached in the freshman year; 53% of the college seniors tested in English literature and vocabulary stood lower than the median freshman. . . . Mathematics exhibits a consistent backward movement. . . . The sophomore group has the advantage in the intelligence scores. ... In general science 39% of the freshmen did better than the median senior; in foreign literature about 24%; in fine arts 36%; in general history 38%. In the test as a whole 30% of the seniors were below the freshman median, while about the same proportion of freshmen...
...front porch of the church is a thin John the Disciple carved on the median jamb of the red double doors. St. John is the greeter. For "ushers" he has on one side of the porch Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Amos, Micah; on the other side followers of Christ SS. Simeon, Stephen, Paul, Barnabas, Timothy. Carved above them on the arch of the porch are two rows of angels framing a row of greatest scientists (Hippocrates to Albert Einstein, only living person yet figured in the whole church), a row of philosophers (Pythagoras to Ralph Waldo Emerson, only American figured...
...salaries paid to people securing positions through his office range from $4000 to $10,000, with a median figure of $5500. These persons are all holders of some Harvard degree, and the positions vary from classroom work to presidential offices. Out of 680 calls for teachers, the appointment office felt itself able to fill 367 with persons of the proper calibre. Of this group there were 140 public school classroom teachers, 119 college teachers, and 97 private school teachers. Besides these actual teaching positions, the office also supplied 77 superintendents and principles as well as 28 vocational counsellor...
...states of New York and New Jersey. The remaining 10 percent came from the South and the Middle Atlantic States. In foreign countries the office sent teachers to Porto Rico, Honolulu, Brazil, and Turkey. Of all the people with whom the office has had anything to do the median salary has been figured to be $3000 for men and $1500 for women. For persons holding master's degrees the salary averages $2000 more than for those without this degree...
...half of a given number earn more, one-half less, than the median...