Word: number
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...worth of fall rowing cannot be questioned, judging from the number of men who reported regularly during the last several months and the success of the five-day regatta which brought the season to a brilliant close. Intense interest was shown from start to finish in the rival club crews and in the competition between the three Freshman dormitories...
...noon yesterday, when the classes were ranked by the committee so far as the estimated quota was concerned. These classes happen to be particularly active in their present class campaign in their endeavor to keep in the lead as regards amounts, and to perfect their standing as regards the number of subscriptions obtained." Classes before 1881, $1,500,000 From 1881 to 1900 inclusive, $8,000,000 From 1901 to 1910 inclusive, $2,500,000 From 1911 to 1919 inclusive...
...Holland, the Observatory is also making an exhaustive study of the magnitude and position of stars far too small to be seen by the naked eye. There are nearly 100,000,000 such stars, but by selecting typical areas it is possible to generalize accurately about the entire number...
That hardy annual -- the Yale game number of the Lampoon--is with us again, we see. And at an increased cost per copy, too. You can't blame Lampy a bit for that, though. With Yale tickets themselves going from two to two and a-half, it seems as if thirty-five cents is a small jump from a quarter...
There are too many good things in this special number to be adequately diagnosed. Off-hand, we'd say "The Game as Seen by the CRIMSON" and "General Information for Yale Visitors" were the funniest things in the book, but the laugh limit is by no means two. The prologue, too, stands out--not by reason of its prime position, but because it carries (as they say) a punch in every line. You can like the prologue whether or not you care for poetry. In fact the less you care for poetry the more you'll like the prologue...