Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...during the month of June, the number is increased. During the year 1909-10 the amount paid for labor and wages in the care of buildings and grounds was $6296; for maintenance and repairs, $1236; for heat, $1150,; for insurance, $1020; and for water, $651. To the General Account is charged the office expenses, the salaries of those connected with the office, and all incidental expenses which cannot be properly charged to any special sport. To the item of Permanent Improvements were charged last year labor and cost of filling for the reclamation of about five acres of Soldiers Field...
There can be little saving in the care of buildings and grounds, and in the matter of permanent improvements. The general expense account seems large, and may perhaps be reduced somewhat. When it is realized that the $130,000 that comes into the athletic treasury comes mostly in sums of from $1 to $6, and that about $75,000 of this comes within a period of three weeks, it can easily be seen that there is considerable expense involved in properly handling the business of the office...
...when another man with less A's to his credit may be elected because he has shown ability in difficult courses and has constantly improved. The narrow specialist, and the man who has not specialized at all are equally apt to fail of election. Moreover, the electors take into account success in winning prizes for essays, in debating, and in other intellectual activities. In no case are purely personal grounds, -- matters of likes and dislikes,--considered at all; but a continuous effort is made to recognize real ability and intellectual command, as opposed to mere "grinding...
Thoughtlessness alone can account for the delay of the many Seniors who have not yet sent their "Class Lives" to the secretary. These Seniors probably do not realize the inconvenience they are causing by deferring this simple obligation to their class. The "Class Lives" are intended for statistical purposes and it is obvious that if the data is incomplete the accuracy and value of the statistics must suffer. If this data is to be at all complete it must be collected before the men leave College, as after that time it is far more difficult to get satisfactory replies...
...whether or not experienced in these events, are urged to come out, as several new men must be developed before the spring meets. This indoor work is very important as it affords much individual coaching, and faults in form may be remedied now which later cannot be corrected on account of the nearness of the spring competitions. It is imperative that men report regularly and receive this preliminary individual coaching...