Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Last year the financial statement showed a loss of seven thousand dollars. One might think by this that the Union is not used by undergraduates. On the contrary, the membership and the daily use of the many assembly rooms for meetings of every character uphold the belief of its invaluable utility. The real reason for the deficit can be traced to the unnecessary burdens placed upon the Union in the form of taxes and rent amounting to thousands of dollars yearly. Although the Governing Board consisting largely of undergraduates see clearly the obstacles in the path of the Union...
...proportion of high school graduates entering the University is steadily growing indicates that the action taken by the University, Yale and Princeton in broadening their entrance requirements has accomplished the desired result, for it has done away with the necessity for specialized preparatory school training. In addition, the statement comes from Princeton that the scholarship of this year's freshman class is considerably higher than that of last year, which seems to indicate that the entrance requirements have not been lowered by the change...
...last meeing of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the following rule was added to the regulations governing the admission of students to the University: "Every candidate for admission under the old plan is required to furnish with his application for admission an official statement of his preparation, and no such candidate will be registered as a final candidate unless it clearly appears by his record that he will have at the time he takes his examinations a preparation which may fairly be presumed to cover a school course sufficient for admission by the old plan...
...character by use of background is in writing the suggestion of mood by describing objectively a mood of nature. In painting and writing it is a very stimulating thing to do. Its danger lies in the fact that one may arrive at finding symbolism were there is only simple statement. In music it brings program pieces. I should dislike program painting...
...great success of Coach Haughton in former seasons has proved the truth of the statement that football teams are made, not born. Last year Harvard christened the Palmer Stadium for the Orange and Black with a typical Harvard victory. Princeton had a good team then, but the team that won could be praised only in superlatives...