Word: cent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...were received yesterday from many of the College dormitories. 280 rooms were placed at the disposition of the Corporation. Fully one-third of these will be left with furniture and bedding. The canvas was not complete, as many of the students were out of their rooms. Not five per cent. of those visited refused their rooms. The Easter vacation interrupts what would have been a systematic report on all rooms. There is no doubt of the result when the men return...
...school at Harvard this summer are from the very best class. They are remarkably intelligent and anxious to learn, and the influence of their trip will be directly felt in every quarter of the island. The instruction here will be carried on in Spanish, as only about five per cent of the teachers understand English. Excursions will be taken to places oi historical interest, and numerous social diversions will be planned. The original number of one thousand has been increased to fourteen hundred,--the capacity of Sanders Theatre where most of the lectures will be held...
...case of the American Sugar Refining Company. The proportion of capital of the large combinations, which goes toward the cost of their promotion is an immense item. The amount which goes into the pockets of promoters and bankers for floating the organization varies from 20 to 60 per cent. of the total capital invested. Capitalists say, however, that such remuneration is not excessive, for men with reputation for business capacity and strength of character, well enough established to be entrusted with the formation of such gigantic corporations, are very few and the promoters of these concerns run enormous risks...
...part taken by the banks in floating these combinations is frequently an important one. Generally a new corporation must raise money by selling stock, and here the banks lend their aid by "underwriting the stock." A bank may make an agreement with the corporation to take at 50 per cent. all stock not sold by a certain time at a price above 50 per cent...
...reserved seats have been sold, but a limited number of fifty cent tickets of admission to the second gallery will be on sale today at Sever's. These tickets are for the benefit of members of the University only...