Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last two games there has been a much smaller number of ushers than was assigned, owing to the failure of a considerable number of men to appear. In each case it had been necessary to omit from the final list of ushers the names of many men who had signed the blue-book at the last moment. It seems unfair that these men who desire to usher should be kept from doing so by the men who fail to show up at the proper time on days of games. Another important point is that this loss of ushers assigned...
There is a far too prevalent idea among the undergraduates that the Union can be used by non-members as well as members. This shows either deplorable thoughtlessness or a sad lack of principle. In a smaller club, where all the members know each other would a non-member attempt to usurp the privileges of the club? Is the use of the Union by non-members defensible simply because you may not be caught? It is a contemptible disregard of very necessary rules, and should be discountenanced by everyone who has the welfare of the University at heart simply because...
Neither Harvard or Yale has ever tried the new system, but for two years Princeton has used it with great success in triangular debates with Cornell and Columbia. Smaller college leagues have also used the plan successfully...
...with one another. At first glance, the new arrangement seems to require considerably more interest in the Freshman on the part of the Senior than is usually manifested. In operation, it is not expected that it will require more than a small sacrifice of time. The committee is somewhat smaller than formerly on the theory that a careful selection of the men will be rewarded by a keener responsibility to carry it through successfully...
Today the fall chess tournament will begin, to pick the team of 10 men to play Yale on November 20 at New Haven. Only 40 men have entered, and although this is a smaller number than usual, the material is better. The candidates will be divided into sections of six men, and a round robin tournament will be played in each, the two best men being retained for the semi-finals. The competition will continue for two weeks in the club's new room at Grays 20. The ten best men in the semi-finals will make up the team...