Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...large increase in the subscriptions received from the western part of the country is expected after the football trip to Pasadena. Up to recently less than 9 per cent, of the 1500 graduates living on the Pacific Coast had subscribed to the Fund. It is hoped that several hundred thousand dollars will be subscribed, due to the presence of the football team in California...
Nearly $70,000 was contributed in the Boston district yesterday to the University Endowment Fund as the result of the class canvass of the past three weeks. This brings the general fund to 71 per cent. of the required amount, and places Boston more than half a million dollars ahead of New York...
Another result of the class campaign was the issuance of the final ranking list with the class of 1908 at the top with 99 per cent of its class residing in the Boston district enrolled on the Endowment Fund lists. The class of 1885 was a close second, while 1901 and 1909 were also more than 90 per cent. enrolled...
While the number of women students in our colleges has increased to a substantial extent, the advance is again largely in the great State and urban universities. In nine strictly women's colleges, enrolment this fall is 8870, compared to 8723 last fall, a gain of less than two per cent. Enrolment of women in coeducational institutions has made a gan of 22 per cent. This condition of affairs is not impossible of explanation. Many women's colleges, like Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Wellesley, have only limited accommodations to offer, and must perforce limit the number of students they annually...
...activities of the class organizations in Boston in their endeavor to raise their rating in the Endowment Fund Campaign. Many of the classes who were ranked relatively low last week have risen in the class list, while several of the higher ranked classes are striving for a 100 per cent. enrolment...