Word: slightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Behind Commissioner Valentine's flow of angry words surged the pent-up wrath of 31 years of police experience. He joined New York City's force at the bottom in 1903, suffered one Tammany slight and setback after another for his persistence in going after politically influential crooks. Big, grim, tough, rigidly honest, he got his chance when the LaGuardia reform administration took office...
Despite a slight drop in percentage enrollment since last fall, English remains, as last year, the most popular field of concentration in the college, being selected by 361 upperclassmen, or 14.2% of the upper class enrollment. Next, in order, come History, with 11.1%; Economics, with 11.0%; Government, with 8.7%; Biochemical Sciences, with 8.0%; and Romance Languages, with...
...report for the first time in many years a decrease both in the registration of the users of the Library and in the actual circulation of books within and without the building. This decrease is probably not attributable to any one cause, but appears to be proportionate to the slight decline in registration throughout all the departments of the University...
...number of visiting scholars also shows a slight decrease over the peak figure of last year. Though the number of such scholars is large, 637, the majority of them stay with us for only brief intervals and the bulk of their visits falls during the summer, when it is easy to accommodate callers from outside...
...Inter-library likewise manifest a slight decline from the total of last year. The borrowing institutions are widely distributed over America. While the work involved in this service is very considerable, it is something we do gladly, as it is a point where we can be the greatest service. STATISTICS ON THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKS Volumes and pamphlets in Widener 1,960,762 Volumes and pamphlets in Departmental Libraries 1,576,859 Volumes and pamphlets in House Libraries 64,419 Total 3,602,040 NEW VOLUMES ADDED IN COLLEGE YEAR 1933-34 Added to Widener...