Word: cent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shut out the majority from participation in this sport. If they own boats, well and good; they can row when they like, and as long as they like; but, unfortunately, this luxury can be enjoyed only by the few. At Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Cornell less than five per cent. of the students row regularly; and in smaller colleges we find that, unless a regatta is anticipated, the boat-house is hardly opened at all. It benefits only those who undergo the three months' training, and is of personal interest only to those whose physique insures them a place...
Indignant student who has received only 30 per cent. - "Prof. H -, I don't deserve this mark." Obliging professor - "Yes, Mr. X - , I was a little partial in your case...
...regard to the occupations, or professional destinations of 1226 recent graduates, the survivors of ten classes (1867-1876), as stated in the class reports issued (with one exception) three years after the year of graduation, the following interesting table is given in President Eliot's report: Law, 36 per cent.; medicine, 10 per cent.; theology, 5 per cent.; scientific, 6 per cent.; teaching, 9 per cent.; business, 21 per cent.; unknown and miscellaneous, 13 per cent...
...whole, show a total this year of $4,511,861.59 a net increase over the previous year of $278,441.34. The annual income from this general capital is $233,352.88. The rate of income for 1882-83 is likely to be below five and a half per cent. The deficit for the year in the departments dependent upon the college proper is $14,738.63; but the Divinity, Law, Medical and Scientific Schools each show a small surplus, as do the Dental School and Bussey Institution. These surplus funds have in the main been used to offset previous debts...
...York Tribune Association, at its annual meeting today, declared a dividend of 25 per cent...