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This increase has been made in spite of a remarkable increase in the number of local men in the Freshman class. More than half of this year's Freshmen, or to be exact, fifty-one and one half percent, entered from Massachusetts homes. About five and one half percent came from the other New England states, forty-one percent from the rest of the country, and a little over one percent from foreign countries. Despite this large Massachusetts representation in the largest Freshman class that ever entered, other factors, such as the wide geographical distribution of the men transferring from...
...local encyclopedia, the University Catalogue, devotes fourteen pages to the subject of Prizes. Aside from the thousands of dollars awarded annually in the form of scholarships or financial Aids, this large number of prizes is given solely as reward for specific achievements in a scholarly or literary field. These honors may be won by every imaginable form of intellectual activity: there are two for music, two for poetry, several for debating and oratory, several for scholarship in specified subjects, and many for essays, theses, or dissertations on any topic from political science to literature. The most famous and most valued...
...full symphony orchestra of seventy-five pieces will make the trip to Springfield where the concert will be held under the auspices of the local Y. M. C. A. Featured numbers on the program include Mendelssohn's Overture to "Fingal's Cave" in which the Pierian exhibits qualities of ensemble and tonal color not usually found except in professional orchestras, and the Prelude to "The Deluge" of Saint-Saens...
...local Phi Beta Kappa award for preparatory schools, based on entrance examination records, is of twofold value: It stimulates interest toward higher scholastic standing; and rewards sound training in the school by helping to establish its reputation for teaching. Kent School, the winner this year, is to be congratulated...
Years ago, Boston had an opera company of its own, that had a wide-spread reputation for meritorious work. However, through characteristic Boston indifference, this company was allowed to disintegrate and since then, local music lovers have been perforce contented with occasional barnstorming tours of the Chicago Association, or with the inferior performances of mediocre troupes, singing in English...