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...last season was the first time that the one-tenth second watch was used, it was ruled that until a former intercollegiate record was bettered by at least one-fifth of a second, in giving the record either in the official handbook or elsewhere, the names of both the old and new record-holders should be given with their respective records. This ruling applies to all records made before...
...Great teaching," declared Professor J. L. Lowes last night, "is that behind which lies a sum of knowledge of which only one-tenth is used. He is the last teacher who never stops learning...
Professor Hart, explained that in America the negro suffers from the fact that his immigration, which lasted for 200 years, was forced, that he was brought in as a slave race, and that he at present constitutes one-tenth of our total population. "Yet why has not the negro question settled itself like that of the other foreign peoples who come here? It is because the negro is on a worse footing than the immigrant, because of his tradition of inferiority, because his average moral and intellectual quality is below that of the white man, because...
...When critics have graded all literature and drama in a similar fashion, the boast that "A" has a rating of 15.392 will be his publisher's best selling argument. Writers may be expected to append their ratings to their names, such as William Shakespeare 22.4. Critics will debate whether one-tenth of one percent would be intoxicating for a budding novelist; and flappers will have only to consult their "Table of Critical Values" to develop the correct line for an intellectual visitor...
...Eddy completed his speech by telling how these grave crises can be cured. "The underlying cause of economic trouble in the world is the unequal distribution of wealth. In England, one-tenth of the population owns nine-tenths of the wealth. In this country, 103 families control the 14 basic industries. I found students of Europe thinking, and leading in reform. I wish I could say the same thing of American students...