Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Report for 1926-27 it is pointed out that 16 men "fully qualified from a scholastic point of view and who were morally acceptable" were refused entrance to the Class of 1931 because of the numerical limitation requirement. Furthermore, in the colleges of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the total number of applicants turned away was 141, of which 28 were men and 113 women...
While there are no similar statistics from other states with which to compare these of Massachusetts, it is safe to assume that investigation would show that the number of students barred from their chosen institution in other states is smaller. Naturally there is nothing alarming about the situation. The small number of men and women refused admittance makes it probable that all the applicants could and did find second or third choices which proved satisfactory. There is certainly no cause for assuming that limitations on numbers is keeping properly qualified persons from the realms of higher learning. This...
...Lowella seems to bear no grudge; her attitude is that of a best friend and severest critic. Obviously she is a close friend of Montgomery Higginson, the leading figure of that distinguished coterie of literati which counts among its number such important names a Essenz von Bierschaum, Jan Rotterdam, and Major Polonius Pringle. In such company as this, Lowella should be safe even at the Lamb's Club...
...University track squad will be present tonight at the Knights of Columbus track meet to open the longest winter season that has ever been scheduled for the University. The runners will toe the line at 7.15 o'clock tonight in Mechanics Hall A check-up of the number of men entered in the event shows that at least 379 have filed banks to compete. J. L. Reid '29 will run in the feature mile race for the Curley Trophy against Lloyd Hahn of the Boston Athletic Association who is the leading middle distance runner in America...
...unusual increase in the activity of the sun has been reported by Professor H. T. Stetson of the Astronomical Laboratory, as an indication that the peak of the number and size of sunspots for this year will be reached sometime within the next week...