Word: membership
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Members have been enrolled daily since the Freshman registration day, with results that foretell an enlarged membership this year. By noon on Tuesday the number enrolled equalled last year's total of 168, and the last report issued yesterday stated that the total is now 198. Approximately 75 Freshmen registered during the first few days, an encouraging increase over last year's figure. During the remainder of this week, the Center will be open for use by all commuters, regardless of whether or not they have become members. After this week, however, its use will be strictly limited to members...
More than 140 Day Students have already registered at the Dudley Hall head-quarters for 1936-37. During the entire period of last year membership figures barely climbed into the 150 mark...
Example: After suspicion fell on a youth named Grober in Rostov, a woman who had sponsored him for membership in the Party was expelled, as were the chairman of the union to which Grober belonged and three men who had sat with him on a committee and were accused of "not exposing Grober." Grober's younger brother and sister were not only expelled from the Young Communist League but also from school. Last week the Moscow Central Party Committee scorchingly rebuked the Rostov Party Committee and ordered general reinstatement of all those "punished." Moscow had discovered that the charge...
Lisbon tailors promptly patterned a natty uniform for the Legionaries, and the Government announced, "Anyone not a Legionary wearing this garb will be subject to penal prosecution." Any stalwart Portuguese from 18 to 50 could apply for membership last week, but Legion organizers said that all candidates will be carefully scrutinized, required to take this oath: "I will defend my country and its social order and give my life and property willingly for its Corporative State. I will repudiate and tight Communist doctrines...
...peer, many a Harvardman last week was prouder of the University's new President. Son of a humble Dorchester photo-engraver. James Bryant Conant by his gracious and wise bearing distinguished himself last week in the midst of a large body of social aristocrats, ably established his membership in the aristocracy of brains. Brains are indeed the main interest of Harvard's 23rd President. Harvard has more money ($128,000,000) than any other university in the world ever had. If it is to continue in its position of intellectual preeminence, President Conant knows it must have more...