Word: portions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that in elections and in other class activities each undergraduate should be able to not only have a vote, but also a voice. Their aim was to avoid the possibility of the suppression by any group of any candidates for office who were desired by a considerable portion of a class and to insure the election of men representative of the entire class. In order to accomplish this, especially in the Senior class, the method of nomination by petition was established, to supplement the work of a carefully chosen nominating committee...
...founded that the future of the colony in which it had its birth should not be left to an illiterate ministry. An educated class is not at all less important to the future immediately before us. The special hope for that class is now to be found in that portion of the undergraduate body which, for physical reasons, is not enrolled...
...justified in continuing publication during the present year in a position entirely subordinate to all military activity. Since it is the duty of the University to maintain as much of its normal life as is compatible with the War Department's program, and since the publications form no insignificant portion of that life, they should be maintained wherever possible. Not only do they serve the student body but they also offer to many men opportunities in acquiring experience in journalism. The war cannot becloud the fact that its end will see Harvard and its student institutions continuing. There are therefore...
Professor Channing has compiled some figures which go to explain the comparative ease with which we now expend so large a portion of our wealth. In the Civil War times our national debt at no time exceeded three billions. Today it has more than tripled that figure and shows every sign of increase. But in 1865 our total of accumulated wealth amounted to only sixteen billions and our annual production was less than six. Today our accumulated wealth has grown to 187 billions, and our production exceeds forty. Figures may lie, but in this case they go far toward explaining...
...usual, May 11 or 25 having been set as tentative dates, with the likelihood of the former being selected. Shortly after the recess, all crews but the upper University and Freshman eights will be reseated according to classes in preparation for the class crew races which constitute the major portion of this regatta. As in former years there will be comp, wherry and single races...