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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From a report of business transacted between July 1, 1929 and April 30, 1930, the Harvard branch of the Society gained on an average of four percent every month, with the exception of December 1929, when the gain was only four tenths of one percent. Over the same period of time, the Business School branch gained seven and one-half percent, while the Technology branch gained three and one-half percent. Of all the departments on the Harvard Square store the ready-to-wear clothing department led in gain...
Although the Kroger chain now has 5,600 stores and 23,000 employes, is supposedly negotiating for more, all has not been going well. The 1929 operating margin was slimmer. Change from a centralized into a nine-branch decentralized system was expensive, large inventory losses have been suffered. But the real seriousness of the Kroger difficulties was not fully apparent until last week...
...will be the scene of this annual outing. On Tuesday, June 17, alumni of the School will meet at the Cliff House for the annual banquet. Although speakers for this dinner have not yet been selected, it is customary to have prominent graduates as well as leaders in this branch of medicine to talk to the gathering. A golf tournament, as well as tennis and water sports have been scheduled for recreation...
Though it is a well-established sport of the irreverent to poke fun at the policies and the purchases of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's painting department, there is one branch of the Metropolitan that needs to apologize to no one-the Department of Arms & Armor. Today the Metropolitan is fourth in importance in the world's armories. Ranking just after Vienna, Paris and Madrid it can elevate its ventail at Milan and the Tower of London. Last week the trustees of the Metropolitan unveiled a bronze tablet designed by Sculptor Daniel Chester French and dedicated...
...same man to cover the same distance in random flights (sightseeing, joyhopping with friends, et al.) he must anticipate an accident every 7.4 years, prepare for death in the 37th. This according to the civil air accident report for July-December 1929, published last week by the aeronautics branch, Department of Commerce...