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Word: pers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...upon the incumbent, athlete or no. As there seems to be no good reason why this should be done, some provision must be made for disposing of the income over and above that necessary for the fair compensation of the men employed on the concessions. At Yale twenty-five per cent of the profits incident to the operation of athletic concessions are set aside in a loan fund for needy undergraduates. This seems to be both a convenient and appropriate solution of the problem and one which might be well applied at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUBSIDIES AND CONCESSIONS | 10/24/1929 | See Source »

...these, 55,151 70.2 per cent are holders of degree of one sort or another while the other 29.8 per cent attended the University without receiving any recognition of their efforts. The 1929 Yale Alumni Directory lists 35,825 living Yale men or 19,326 less than Harvard can boast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN THOUSAND MEN MULTIPLY TO 55, 151 | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

Although it was impossible to secure any details from 3,842 Harvard men, facts concerning 18,000 of the graduates were received above their personal signatures. This is a 23 per cent higher numerical return that has ever before been received as a result of mailing prospectuses to the Alumni. The data received otherwise was gained in every possible war: friends of the men, relatives, clubs, and all conceivable sources were investigated in order to secure an accurate report...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN THOUSAND MEN MULTIPLY TO 55, 151 | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

...Breitung, Mich., one Albert Cunningham lives in a seven-dollars-per-month house with Mrs. Cunningham and 16 children. The house has three rooms. The Cunninghams sleep in groups and shifts, thus keeping all beds always occupied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Ashman | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...have closed one's eyes in the Palmer Stadium and imagined oneself at a cricket match, were it not for the visitors' cheering section. It is not difficult to see what prompted the Amherst Student of October 7th to remark, "About 18,000 watched the start of the game, per custom more Lord Jeff supporters than Orange and Black...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

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