Word: account
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lees Knowles, M.P., who accompanied the Oxford and Cambridge athletes to America last fall, gives in the "Empire Review" an account of their visit and makes these interesting observations...
...length their different modes of training. The Americans certainly take great pains in this respect, and work out their methods with mechanical precision, rather too mechanical, perhaps, if it be true as I am told that some men avoid being selected to represent their university in athletic competition on account of the many pleasures which they would have to give up and the laborious training which they would have to undergo. Possibly we train too little, they train too much. The climate no doubt has an effect upon both. It may be that the nerves and nervous nature...
...funds invested as a whole and representing roughly 5-6 of all the investments, the balance being specially invested) amounted to 4.7 per cent on the principal, 14-100 of 1 per cent more than the rate of the preceding year. The total amount of gifts for capital account (that is, gifts for creating new funds or for increasing old funds) was $826,669.43. The total amount of gifts for immediate use was $129,497.77. These figures include gifts actually made but no promises of future gifts...
...summary of the receipts and payments for the year ending July 31, 1901, shows a decrease of the funds and balances, excluding gifts for capital account of $321,579.01, the total receipts being $2,267,854.44 and payments $2,589,433.45. This decrease is more than covered by payments on account of the construction of buildings in excess of receipts therefor in the current year. Receipts. Payments. University, $92,810.33 $110,276.94 College, 751,625.15 676,572.88 Library, 50,671.34 67,647.86 Divinity School, 41,519.70 37,493.21 Law School, 122,737.96 89,208.83 Medical School...
...account of the small number of men who intend to try for the Sophomore team to debate with the Brown sophomores, it has been decided to hold but one trial to select the speakers. This will be held in Sever 11 on Wednesday at 7 o'clock. Each man will be allowed eight minutes to speak. The names of all men intending to speak should be handed in at 19 Grays by tomorrow night, and the list of speakers will be posted in Gore Hall Wednesday morning...