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...cases at the Boston City Hospital and in about 60 more in hospitals in New York and Brooklyn. While it is impossible to estimate the exact value of the discovery, even the most skeptical of those familiar with Dr. Felton's work have declared that at least 35 percent, and possibly 50 percent reduction in the pneumonia mortality rate is assured...
...figures for the "Dean's List" showed that over one-quarter of the Senior class had received this distinction, which comprises men having at least a R average. Only 89 Freshmen or 9 percent of the class were placed, on this list, which contains 101 Sophomores, 134 Juniors, and 139 Seniors...
...announcement that twenty six percent of the Freshman class is on probation comes as somewhat of a shock to the unsophisticated individual who believes that probation is an academic punishment designed for the occasional dull or lazy student. The figures certainly indicate that the Freshman on probation, if not quite the average student, is far from the abnormal one; and only little less clearly that this form of discipline has begun to lose all significance and to become a mere nuisance...
...first 29 services of 38. When this is compared with the figures for some preceding years which show an average in 1919 of 40; in 1920 of 60; in 1921 of 70; and in 1922 of 81, it appears that there was a considerable decrease of over 40 percent. There seems to be no reason for this except that the students found less need for the services than in previous years or that they were not aware of the services. Neither of these reasons is very conclusive, and leaves it as a desirable end for the future that such...
...following this decision of the Division of Modern Languages could come some reforms in administration and requirements calculated to give free play to and to promote individual initiative, the chances of the undergraduate of the future to gain an education would be increased some 100 percent over what they are today. And today they have been increased some 25 percent on what they were yesterday...