Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...quote the pamphlet distributed last year: "A secondary reason for keeping the board low is that a marked increase in price would cause a decrease in membership More over, the steward has a direct pecuniary interest in keeping the price down. With board at $4.00 he draws the full amount of his salary; as soon as the price rises above that his salary is proportionately decreased. He is, however, prevented from seeking cheapness at the expense of quality by the fact that his salary is proportionate also to the number of members. If board becomes unsatisfactory the membership will decline...
...experience ought to enable the steward to provide still better board and service. Has such improvement been a marked feature of Memorial in the past? On the contrary, there has been of late a marked decrease in quality. Evidence of the quality of board furnished is found in the amount expended by the members for extra orders. The orders thus far this year amount to about seventy-five hundred dollars. A short calculation shows that this really means an average cost of board of $4.35 per member per week...
...this amount so large? Because at many meals the food brought to the table is uninviting in quality, and the only way to obtain good food properly cooked is to order it, and then, strangely enough, one gets the very best of food...
...gifts of money to the college during the year amount to $42,381.51; to the library, $3,000. The financial statement of the treasurer of the college shows a balance on hand at the end of the year...
...considerable discussion has arisen at New Haven over a decision of the board of assessors of New Haven to tax Yale University on property to the amount of $439,782 instead of, as formerly, on property valued...