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While the number of women students in our colleges has increased to a substantial extent, the advance is again largely in the great State and urban universities. In nine strictly women's colleges, enrolment this fall is 8870, compared to 8723 last fall, a gain of less than two per cent. Enrolment of women in coeducational institutions has made a gan of 22 per cent. This condition of affairs is not impossible of explanation. Many women's colleges, like Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Wellesley, have only limited accommodations to offer, and must perforce limit the number of students they annually...
...little red brick colonial structure in the Harvard yard known as Massachusetts Hall, so small that it could be put inside the dining room in Memorial Hall, is the oldest university building in the United States. The two hundredth anniversary of its erection falls within the present College year, and plans are under way for the suitable commemoration of the event. The great and General Court made a grant of 8500 pounds in 1718 for the building of a "new college" to be named in honor of the province, and in 1720 the hall was completed. Princeton's "Old Nassau...
During the past week the great increase in the number of additional subscriptions that have been received has been one of the most gratifying results of the Endowment Fund Campaign. Many of the alumni have doubled their subscriptions, and in two instances have contributed an additional amount far in excess of their original subscriptions. This impetus has been attributed mainly to the activity of the class committees in an endeavor to gain a one hundred per cent response from their members...
...will be taken into consideration by the judges, who are Arthur Stanwood Pier '95, Richard Washburn Child '03, and Holworthy Hall '09. The prize of $25 will be awarded to the best story, which will be published in the February number of the Advocate, as will the next two best. The Advocate Board suggests that competitions do their writing during the holidays...
...morning and afternoon sessions will be devoted to business and inspirational programs, and the National Oratorical Contest will occupy the evening. This contest is a culmination of a two years' series of smaller contests. About 1500 students wrote and delivered orations in 290 local college and university contests. The winners of these locals competed again in state contests, and the victors in these 70 state contests met in seven interstate trials. The prize orators of these interstates will compete at Des Moines for national honors...