Word: pers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...line with the broad, enlightened and public-spirited policy of the Morgan firm in dealing with the questions in which the people are concerned. The fact that current is being delivered to household consumers by the Province of Ontario on the Canadian side of the river at 2 ¢ per kilowatt hour and at 8 ¢ on the American side tells its own story...
...Industrial development goes hand in hand with the progress of electric energy." . . . In Great Britain the use of electric energy is much less per capita than in the United States and the energy is not produced or sold as cheaply as here. ... A cheap and abundant supply of electricity is our aim. . . . This will have a beneficent effect upon British industry and tend to alleviate the unemployment problem...
...mighty rivers will be diverted. One, the Amudaria, is famed as the longest stream in Asiatic Russia (1,500 mi.). Superstitious peasants call it "The Strewer of Life." The other river is the Sirdaria, "The Giver of Gold." Together they will supply 10,000 cubic feet of water per second for one of the vastest irrigation projects of modern times. Once watered, the "Hungry Desert" will present ideal conditions for growing cotton, should double the present output of Turkestan. Last week Mr. Davis told Moscow correspondents that $250,000,000 will be spent on this stupendous irrigation work, said that...
...class of 1932, last year's Freshman class, made, according to figures compiled at the Dean's office during the summer, a singularly high scholastic record. Among the new Freshmen last year, 21.9 per cent made the Dean's list as compared with 17.6 per cent in 1927-28. The large percentage of the class of 1932 who completed the year with a satisfactory record is even more striking. Only 16.7 per cent of last year's Freshman class had unsatisfactory records as contrasted with 21.1 per cent in 1927-28 and 20.1 per cent...
Considering the entire Freshman class last year, including dropped, readmitted, and provisional Freshmen as well as the new Freshmen, 18.9 per cent made the Dean's list and 19.3 per cent were unsatisfactory as compared with 15.2 per cent on the Dean's list and 22.9 per cent unsatisfactory for 1927-28. The readmitted Freshmen, as in previous years, lowered the average of the entire class, as 46.3 per cent either had their connection severed or encountered some other unsatisfactory outcome. This is the poorest showing for the readmitted Freshmen since 1921-22. This result seems to justify the Administrative...