Word: bond
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Saturday's subscriptions to Liberty Bonds in the University were about the same as for the day before, but less than that collected during the first days of the campaign. The Committee had hoped that the last day of Liberty Bond Week would bring in a large amount. According to the figures on hand a little over $2,000 was collected. The total for the six days' campaign is approximately $25,000, of which amount $1,350 came from Team 6 yesterday, which now leads the competition with a collection of $6,550. The total amounts subscribed to through...
...Liberty Bond campaign in the University is progressing with increased activity on the part of all the teams. The committee is now well organized and is making an efficient canvass of all the halls and dormitories. The response from the students has been generous and the results of yesterday's work is more than eight times as great as for the day before...
...work of the Liberty Bond Committee is well under way and a thorough canvass of the University has been begun. Although the machinery of the campaign is not yet in perfect working order yet the results of the first days' work seem to prophesy a successful week. The returns of teams number 1, 3, and 7 are the only ones available and their report of collections is as follows: Captain Parker's team $600, Captain Barclay's team $400 and Captain Meeker's team $300, making a total of $1300 for the first days...
...been pointed out by the men who have advised the committee as to the best methods for the campaign that men who cannot buy a bond by themselves may subscribe to one with others in a similar position. Later, in case of necessity, the bond may be sold and its value with accumulated interest divided between them. In this way the loan will reach men who otherwise would be unable to contribute. With three other methods of payment, there is ample opportunity for everyone to make at least a small investment...
...students in the Freshman class. We may allow 47 for the number of men who are in a position unable to push the plan. If, through teams of four or six men, each Freshman Hall could be canvassed and two dollars secured from each man, a Liberty Bond of $1,000 could be bought. This security would be held by the University for a definite period, to be decided by the class. This money at 4 per cent. compound interest, would, if compounded semi-annually, amount to $3,185 in twenty-nine years, or at our twenty-fifth anniversary...