Word: size
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...change is due to a feeling that has long existed in the school that some form of reorganization was vitally necessary if the school was to continue. Added impetus was given to the feeling this year because of the great increase in size. Where the school has never before had more than 230 men registered, this year there are 400 students; nearly double the amount of the usual enrolment...
...tremendous number of institutions throughout the country which are sending delegates to the conventions. Over 8000 are expected as things stand now, and many, colleges have shown such enthusiasm that they have asked to have their quota doubled if possible. But two causes render such double representation impracticable: the size of the Convention Hall at Des Moines and the incapacity of the town to put up such an army of delegates for five days...
...hockey play here is indicated by the enthusiasm with which the B. A. A. at a recent meeting received the plan for six instead of seven-man hockey. For a surface as large as the Arena, the sevenman combination was the ideal arrangement, but in view of the size of the Pavilion, several hockey experts have appeared in favor of the new plan...
...book this year will be larger than ever before, containing in the neighborhood of four hundred pages. As compared to the issue of 1915, which was the last published under conditions not influenced by the war, over eighty pages will be added to the size. Moreover, it will contain the complete war records of the classes of 1920, 1921, 1922, obtained through the War Records office. This feature was to some extent present in the small edition of 1917-1918, the last to be published...
...amount necessary for the expenses will probably reach $200,000, the largest sum ever spent by this country for the Olympic games. The increased size of the team will add to the expenses, and the committee in charge will no doubt raise the money by popular subscription...