Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Significance of Dropping" by the editor, in which he points out by the methods of the actuary that the prospects of continued years are much less for men who are dropped than for those who take their degrees. Taking five classes from '76 to '85 he finds that 15 per cent, of the A.B.s have died, while of temporary members of the class 32 per cent are dead. This should certainly prove an incentive to learning...
...office in the Lyceum Building and paying the annual fee of $1. This entitles the member to share in the annual dividend and to receive the usual reductions on purchases made at the affiliated stores of the society. The dividend, which for the past five years has been 8 per cent., is declared in the fall...
...various rooms of the Union were used during the year by a total of forty-four clubs, as compared with twenty-eight last year. In all cases the regulation that 80 per cent of the club's members should be members of the Union has been enforced. In addition, class dinners and committee meetings have been frequently held in the Union and candidates for almost all the University athletic teams have met there for preliminary organization...
...miles an hour within 100 yards, in spite of the fact that, owing to the restricted area, it was necessary to shut off power before the machine got fairly started. The engine, which is a four-cylinder, 30-horse power Cameron, behaved well, driving the propeller at 1200 revolutions per minute and developing a thrust of 180 pounds, which is much more than enough to drive the machine...
...class. In April, however, a higher standard is required, that is, one more C; for it has been found that men taken off probation after the April hour examinations are inclined to take a decided slump. Last spring it was found from statistics compiled by the Dean that 35 per cent. of the men who made the minimum requirements at the hour examinations and were taken off probation, failed in their final examinations, the number of failures of these men being greater than the number of failures among those who were kept on probation. Over half of the Freshmen taken...