Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Plimpton, president of the board of trustees, Saturday evening following an all day session of the board. More than 1,000 alumni were present for the one hundred and sixth commencement exercises of Amherst college at the time the announcement was made. President Olds had made his final report earlier in the day and been received at the alumni dinner in a tremendous demonstration of affection, and appreciation of his services to the college...
...annual report of the Carnegie Foundation, a portion of which appears elsewhere in these columns, occurs significant comment on English athletics, especially where they contrast sharply with the features of athletic systems in American Universities. The most impressive aspect of the matter lies in the fact that, though there are in England many of the openings for commercialism into which American institutions have fallen the tendencies have not appreciably advanced...
Viewed in this light the criticisms offered by the Student Council Report appear to be a little off-key. While serving a useful purpose in pointing out the difficulties in the way, difficulties which are very real, it is so full of little things that it has overlooked the big thing...
...know and nobody knows how many persons there are out of employment [in the U. S.]." Mr. Baldwin explained that the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes monthly "an unemployment index which shows the trend of employment, that is, whether the number employed is increasing or decreasing." The latest (April) report of this nature by the Department of Labor declares: "The level of employment in April, 1927 was 2.4% lower than in April, 1926, and pay roll totals were .6% lower...
Raymond v. Tilden. "Lean Bill's" first real test came when he met Louis Raymond, youthful champion of South Africa. Someone "spread a report" that Raymond had a sore foot, that the referee had agreed to postpone the match, but that Tilden had refused. So the crowd cheered loudly when Raymond slashed to victory in the first set and threatened again in the third. Tilden was criticizing the linesmen's decisions, barking brusque commands at the ball boys, playing magnificent tennis. Tilden won three sets & match...