Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...would be impossible to maintain that Harvard is merely a rich man's college, if even the most cursory examination were given to the report of the University Employment Office, recently published by R. A. Derby, who is in charge. During the past year 956 men, or nearly one-quarter of the total enrollment of the University, made application at the Office for remunerative employment of some sort. In all, $136,849.77 was earned during the past year, of which about a half came from positions secured directly through the Office, while the other half was secured through members...
...there are thousands of people dying of slow and inconspicuous starvation. Professor Chapin, of Beloit College, after having made a study of three hundred families in New York, made the statement that a family of six must have an income of at least $800 each year in order to maintain the efficiency and health of its members. If a smaller income is received, that family may be said to be living in poverty. Yet an income of $800 to an immigrant family of six would be a fortune...
Professor Merriman has a practical suggestion along these lines. He proposes a general examination at the end of the college course for which one should be preparing himself throughout his college course. Without denying the advantages of the present system of specific examination, he does maintain that it could be made far more effective still in combination with a more general test along somewhat different lines. The amount of information that the average American college graduate possesses, he believes, is not nearly so inadequate as is his ability to utilize that information, and to discover and make good...
...duty of every member of the class to vote, that we may elect men who will be the real choice of the class as a whole. We have proved our keen interest in the welfare of the class by the large attend ance at recent meetings, and should maintain this record by making a good showing at the polls today. R. P. LEWIS...
...which the qualifying office was held. The mem- bers elected from the College at large shall retain their membership until their successors are elected. No undergraduate who is not in good standing at the College Office shall be eligible for membership. No member of the Council who fails to maintain good standing shall continue as a member of the Council. The Student Council shall appoint members to fill any vacancies that may occur. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council after three weeks notice of such change has been given to the undergraduates...