Word: recession
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...beginning of the year there were a large number of unpaid pledges left from the campaign of last spring. To aid in collecting these, postal reminders were sent out in December, shortly before the Christmas Recess, and a committee from 1917, consisting of G. A. Parsons, chairman, H. L. Sweetser, H. M. Bliss, C. A. Coolidge, Jr., E. A. Douglas, and H. Wentworth was appointed to canvass the Freshman class for pledges. An active week of campaigning by this committee netted $3,811 in pledges. Early in January personal letters were sent to those who had failed to respond...
...whole Council, and according to their recommendation, the Athletic Committee voted that men can write signed articles for the papers only with the permission of the Chairman of the Athletic Committee and the Chairman of the Graduate Advisory Committee of the respective sport. The question of lengthening the Christmas recess and shifting the Easter recess to the first week in April was recommended to the Faculty, but no definite action has been taken as yet. At the request of Mr. Brandegee, the following committee was appointed to confer with him about Senior advisers: R. R. Ayres '15, W. H. Trumbull...
...make-up mid-year examinations will be given during the week after the spring recess next year instead of during the final examination period as is being done at present. It is hoped that by putting the examinations nearer the mid-year period the students will be better prepared to meet them...
...University second crew accomplished a remarkable feat at Philadelphia on Saturday when it won two races in one afternoon. The showing was especially commendable because among the crews defeated were the Yale second boat, and the first Annapolis eight which defeated the first University during spring recess. Each winning both of these races at their first appearance in the American Rowing association regatta the University oarsmen set a precedent which should stand for some time...
...week since the opening of the Spring Recess, the Mexican policy of "watchful waiting" has been abandoned by the administration at Washington, and today the United States is to all intents and purposes...