Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...School during the years 1900 to 1915. The results were substantially the same. The men who received distinction ranked in the Law School almost in the identical order in which they were ranked at Yale. The "Philosophical Orations" men--the highest ranking at Yale--made an average of 74.8 per cent.; the "High Orations" men 72.4, and so forth, through "Orations," "Dissertations," First and Second "Disputes" and "First Colloquies." The "No Appointments" men, however, surpassed the "Second Colloquies" men who ranked ahead of them in college; thus affording the only break in the sequence. These results are sufficient to prove...
...Each person upon joining the Harvard Regiment shall sign the authorized enrollment blank, agreeing to devote three hours per week to military instruction, including both theoretical and practical work, during the period covered by the instruction course. A complete record will be kept of each member of the Regiment, showing his date of enrollment, his class, age, residence, company to which assigned, rank held, aptitude and general attention to instruction, attendance at and absence from drills, lectures, etc., and such other information as may be of future reference to the Government in event of a member being considered for appointment...
...current issue of "The Independent" publishes some interesting figures in regard to the colleges from which have come the present United States Congressmen. Though 28 per cent of the members of the Senate and House are not graduates of any college, nearly 200 institutions are represented by the remaining 380. The University of Michigan, with 27 alumni in Congress, holds the lead, which it has maintained for several years. Virginia is second with 20, and Harvard a close third with 19. The other eight institutions which have more than five representatives are: Yale 13, Wisconsin 10, Alabama 7, Mississippi...
...shelves of the loan library are located on the top floor of Phillips Brooks House. It is used by nearly 300 students every year; books are loaned at 10 cents per year, 5 cents of which is refunded upon return of the book. At present the library totals well over 3,000 volumes. The office hours of the librarian are from 12 to 1 o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...
...hundred men are employed; eleven act as 'floor captains' or assistant head-waiters; eighty do full time work and the remainder work on 'part time.' At breakfast, each waiter attends to twelve men, at lunch fifteen men, and at dinner ten men. The 'floor captains' receive 36 cents per hour, which covers their board and leaves a balance of about $5 per month. The waiters receive 30 cents per hour, and all men on full time work twenty hours per week, which enables them to pay all their board. Seven hundred men are enrolled in the Commons, and the fact...