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This regime of individualistic ownership under which we are living was preceded by a community of ownership where even food was apportioned out per capita. This system was finally broken up through the working of forces which led to the exaltation of individuals through military precedence, and out of this grew the fendal system of land ownership with the subletting of land to retainers. Then came the centralization of property in the hands of the king - the syllogism being adopted "The land is the state's - the king is the state - hence the land is the king...
...fact, that the general average of the assessments is about $90, to say nothing of months in which it is considerably less than that. If he had made such an investigation he might have discovered at the same time a striking uniformity in the four cents a week per capita in all the reports, and in that case a very simple multiplication by the number of men in the hall would convince him of his error as to the $100. Moreover, although the condensed report in the HERALD was not so clear as the posted one, it is strange...
...working of these assessments. The repairs made from time to time have been averaged, and found to be near the round sum of $175 a month. In the same way, the purchases of new table-ware were found to amount on the average to four cents a week per capita. This four cents was settled upon by a careful estimate made a number of years ago and based on the accounts of two years. It has been confirmed since by an estimate made by Mr. Balch, and also at another time by the bursar and the auditor. A still better...
...will not leave this subject without calling attention to the appropriateness of meeting the expense for repairs by a fixed monthly assessment, and the crockery expense, which bears a much more direct relation to the number of boarders, by an assessment per capita. The fund accruing from the two sources is treated as one, and is drawn upon at any time indiscriminately for repairs or for crockery. The crockery items this year have been: in October, $341; in November, $110; in December and January, $56. Even if it should be found that the crockery assessment is too large...
Fifteen Lassell girls will travel in Europe this summer, at a cost of $675 per capita...