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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...school was originally planned to accommodate 1,000 men for 900 of whom dormitory accommodations were provided, while 100 were expected to live outside the limits of the school. Only a small proportion of this number was admitted the first year of the school's functioning, and during the past ten years the number of applicants each year has rapidly increased and the limit of enrollment correspondingly raised until last year when the capacity was finally reached. In previous years, a large number of College and Law School students have been accommodated in Business School dormitories. This year...
...student also participates in the pediatric examination of the cases and has pointed out to him the significance of the physical and environmental findings of the child's past and present history, as possible explanations for oral conditions found...
From the research point of view, complete family conditions, both past and present are being tabulated. In the medical examination, information is obtained regarding the mother's health during pregnancy, and as detailed an account as possible of her diet during that period is made. The rate of development of the child and the diseases he has experienced are recorded. The story of the nursing diet of the child is obtained, and the diet and habits subsequent are recorded as a means of determining the adequacy of the nutritional elements present. The physical examination gives information on the state...
...rise of professional tennis which has been so noticeable for the past two years seems somewhat out of accord with the decline of pro sports in general. We now have two pro tennis players who are considered to be on a par with the cream of the amateur group in Karel Kozeluh, the Czech wonder, and Vincent Richards, formerly of amateur fame in this country. These two recently engaged in a match which according to eye witnesses produced tennis of a far higher brand than the Tilden-Hunter final of the national singles championship held within the last few weeks...
...play it themselves. Just why the stigma commonly associated with professionalism should attach to such an unquestionably worthy end is a mystery, but fortunately one which seems to be clearing up. The sport is a healthy one and seems bound for greater heights than it has reached in the past...