Word: cent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...usual arrangements have been made by which Harvard men and their families attending the Class Day Commencement exercises from points from which the fare to Boston exceeds 75 cents, may obtain transportation to and from Boston at 1 and 1-3 times the customary one-way rate plus a 25 cent charge...
...effect of the resolution, if adopted, will be to increase the membership from about 10,000 to 11,500, an addition of about 15 per cent. Of these men, about one-half are graduates of the Lawrence Scientific School, and the remainder holders of the degrees of A.M., Ph.D., and S.D. from the Graduate School. The average number of A.B.s in the last three years was 507; of graduates of the Scientific School, not already A.B.s. 81; and of the Graduate School, not A.B.s or S.B.s...
...Association, which is designed to help students in the University to furnish their rooms at small cost, loans furniture at a yearly rental of 10 per cent of its value. Every student leasing furniture is obliged to pay the yearly rent in advance, and must also deposit a sum of money, ordinarily $2.50, as a partial guarantee of its return in good condition. The primary purpose of the Association is to be of use to students who find it necessary to exercise strict economy, but any student in the University may freely apply for furniture...
These bad conditions of the service, he continued, are not due to lack of funds, for the street railway companies are paying dividends of over 24 per cent. on their actual investment...
...present system of street railways is grossly overcapitalized. The stock quotations and selling ability of the shares of these companies indicate enormous profits to the roads and dividends from 5 to 10 per cent. The roads themselves in endeavoring to conceal the tremendous profits have deliberately falsified their accounts. By this means they have increased the apparent charges and made the dividends seem normal...