Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Banner for 1889 gives a complete statement of the number of students in the different departments of the university. The total enrollment this year is 1413, an increase of 48 or about 3.5 per cent. over last year. There is a gain in every department with the single exception of the Art school. Since last year the Academic department has increased from 688 to 727; the Scientific school from 308 to 335; the Law school from 106 to 107; the Medical school from 35 to 47; and the Theological school from 133 to 140. The Art school has fallen...
...year, is a professor in Harvard was not authorized by Mr. Kitchin, but grew out of a misunderstanding. Mr. Kitchin, formerly professor of English in the Tokyo Anglo-Japanese college, is now a graduate student in Harvard. The editors of the Ledger have been notified and will correct the statement they made that Mr. Kitchen was an instructor here...
Many papers have given the score of Saturday's game 39 to 15 instead of 41 to 15. According to a statement of the referee, the latter score is the correct...
...great step toward reform in political methods was the "Corrupt Practice Act" passed by the English parliament in 1883. The chief points of this act are that each candidate shall file a sworn statement of all money he receives for election expenses, and of all money he spends and others spend for him. The advantage of this is that candidates will enter the struggle on equal terms. Furthermore election contests are to be decided in court and not by legislatures; in court a man can get the best possible hearing, and is bound to have his case decided...
...Communication corrects the mis-statement in Mr. Fuller's article in the October number. The Month is a curious compilation of facts chiefly left over from the last issue. It also includes a summary of the foot ball games, the finances of the athletic clubs, and some advance sheets of the catalogue. It these items and a description of the new janitor system saw "the broader livers of development in the university," the Month is fulfilling its announced purpose...