Word: round
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week announcement came from the White House that the number of employees in government service had been cut 102,101 during the last two years. This brings the number of government employees, in round numbers, to 500,000, exclusive of our military and naval forces. With the exception of 102,101 people directly concerned everyone rejoices at the economy. And some credit is generally given to the Harding Administration. The following figures show the natural growth in the number of public servants: 1851 33,300 1871 53,900 1891 166,000 1911 360,000 1916 480,000 Then came...
...Round the Circle in Policy...
...third meeting of the Round Table Discussion Group under the leadership of Dean William Learoyd Sperry of the Divinity School will be held this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in the Shepard Room of Phillips Brooks House. The subject of the discussion will be "Has the Competitive Spirit a Place in Our Civilization?" The meeting is open to all graduate students...
...place, when, on the newly-waxed floor of Memorial Hall, the combined class of 1924 meets an all-star team from the world outside. The mere fact that the affair has been "fixed" will hardly make it less interesting, for when the gong sounds at the beginning of each round more than seven hundred are expected to be on hand,--not as large as the crowd at a football game, perhaps, but a good showing for so staid a place as "Mem" Hall, and one which may well draw smiles from the portraits which surround its walls...
Owing to the small number of entries in the Faculty tournament, it was decided to change it to a round robin tourney. It is hoped that those who have entered the tournament will play each other as often as possible. Entries may still be made...