Word: third
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Thus Germany leads, proportionately, in unemployment (one German in 19 jobless) with Great Britain second (one Briton in 21 jobless), and the U. S. third (one U. S. citizen in 30 jobless). But the International Labor Office figure for U. S. unemployment is 500,000 greater than the 3,500,000 now conceded by the Hoover Administration. Adds the I. L. O. report...
Harvard has more holders of Bachelor Degrees listed in "Who's Who" than any other college, but as far as the percentage of living alumni listed in the book is concerned, the University ranks third, a recent report compiled by two Lafayette college professors shows. Of 28,815 persons named in "Who's Who", 16,433 were college graduates, and of these Harvard has 1,374, Yale 937 and Princeton 480. However, only 6.6 percent of the total number are Harvard men, while Amherst lists 7.4 percent and Hampden-Sidney 7.45 percent...
...first chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity was founded at William and Mary College, with the furthering of scholarship and of intellectual achievement as its purpose. At Harvard, in 1779 the Alpha Chapter of Massachusetts and the third chapter of the country was chartered...
...history. Journalist Mark Sullivan's Our Times is an attempt to delay the process, or at least to arrange the corpse's limbs decently before rigor mortis sets in. Journalist Sullivan knew the dear departed well, arranges the lights and shadows with a friendly and discriminating hand. This third volume of his big work (there will be two more) covers the years...
...inability to capitalize when scoring chances were near again cost the Harvard eleven victory on Saturday, and gave the Crimson instead its third defeat of the year in a major game. Ruling the game for the greater part, Harvard was forced to accept defeat when missed scoring chances coupled with a sweeping touchdown drive by an incensed Michigan team brought the Wolverines a 6 to 3 victory...