Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...geographical distribution of members of the University, as compiled by the University Register, shows Massachusetts leading all other states by more than 500 per cent. New York is second, Ohio third and Pennsylvania fourth. Every state in the Union, with the exception of Mississippi and Wyoming, is represented in the list, as well as Alaska, the Canal Zone, the District of Columbia, the Territory of Hawaii and Porto Rico. The total for the University is 2,998, as opposed to 4,451 last year...
...representation is shown throughout the country. Two states Mississippi and Wyoming, have no representatives this year. One state, Arlzona, has increased, while Oregon remains constant. Of the states having a large enough number of students here to be representative, California has suffered the greatest decline, having lost 64 per cent, of its number. Missouri follows with a decrease of 58 per cent., and next comes Illinois, with 54 per cent. Massachusetts is reduced by a fourth of its usual number...
Last year there were 129 foreign students in the University; this year there are only 100, a falling off of almost 23 per cent...
Alabama: 18, 9, 50 per cent.; California: 86, 31, 64 per cent.; Colorado, 37, 29, 22 per cent.; Connecticut: 96, 61, 37 per cent.; District of Columbia: 36, 17, 53 per cent.; Georgia: 25, 16, 36 per cent.; Illinois: 152, 70, 54 per cent.; Indiana: 69, 39, 44 per cent.; Iowa: 47, 31, 34 per cent.; Kentucky: 23, 8, 65 per cent.; Maine: 98, 61, 38 per cent.; Maryland: 35, 18, 49 per cent.; Massachusetts: 1894, 1442, 24 per cent.; Michigan: 37, 21, 43 per cent.; Minnesota: 67, 26, 61 per cent.; Missouri: 81, 34, 58 per cent.; New Hampshire...
Eleven candidates tried out last night most of them taking the affirmative side of the question, which ran as follows: "Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturer sand tradesmen during the war." The three judges who decided upon the speakers were R. L. Hawkins, L. J. A. Mercier, and E. L. Raiche, all of the French Department of the University. Candidates were allowed to make a five-minute speech on either side of the question at these first trials...