Word: scale
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This afternoon at 3 o'clock the Shooting Club will hold a field day shoot at the traps on Soldiers Field. Every member of the Shooting Club is eligible to enter. Each man will shoot at 5 strings of 15 birds each, and a sliding scale of handicaps will be made on the basis of the first string. A prize will be given to the high man from scratch; and two prizes will be given to those making highest scores with handicaps. If there are a sufficient number of competitors, prizes will be given for each event...
...been fairly good in comparison with other years, it is by no means good enough. Where there have been men enough for two full teams for each class there should have been four and five teams. When we are providing healthy exercise and recreation for men on such a scale, we are beginning-to approach the ideal where all men will accept the chance to strengthen their bodies in good, wholesome games and develop a competitive spirit by measuring their ability with others. When we have twice the number of men playing class football as at present it will...
...Bible course for all members of the class of 1912, led by Mr. A. P. Fitch, will meet in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brook House, this evening at 7 o'clock. This is the first year that a Freshman course on a large scale has been attempted, and its success depends entirely upon the class. The meeting will last slightly more than half an hour...
...Lowell Institute, in co-operation with Harvard University, again offers free courses of lectures corresponding closely in subject matter, methods of instruction, examinations and scale of marking, with those given at Harvard College. The lectures will be given in the buildings of the Harvard Medical School, at 8 P.M. There will be a half-course in English Literature and Composition, by Mr. Charles T. Copeland, on Tuesdays; a half-course in the History of Ancient Philosophy, by Professor George H. Palmer, on Wednesdays and Fridays during the first half-year; a half-course in General Problems of Philosophy, by Professor...
...publication of The American Nation, -- a monumental work in twenty seven stout octavo volumes, --under the general editorship of Professor Hart, marks the first very serious attempt to apply the principle of the division of labor to a narrative of the annals of the American people. Despite the elaborate scale on which the undertaking was projected, the whole series has been issued from the press within the comparatively short space of less than four years, an unusual achievement for an enterprise of its kind. Upon the general editor has devolved the task of delimiting the scope of the various numbers...