Babson
ROGER WARD, an American statistician, born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1875. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1898, he established a statistical organization at Wellesley Hills, Mass., with branch offices in many cities of the United States and in London, for furnishing statistical information. He was a well-known lecturer on statistics and economics, and acted in the special capacity of statistical adviser to the Government during the World War. He wrote much on money and investment and was the publisher of "Moody's Manual of Railroad and Corporation Securities." or BABUYANES (ba-bö'ya-nes), MADJICOSIMA ISLANDS a number of islands lying about 30 miles N. of Luzon, and generally considered the most northern of the Philippines. They are subject to the Loo-Choo Islands; aggregate pop. about 13,000.