Word: cent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...partial list published yesterday, the names of 33 Harvard men appear, 24 per cent. of the total. Among the 24 men yet to be chosen, the Recruiting. Office at the Navy Yard is certain that there will be a fairly large percentage of University graduates and undergraduates...
...four or six men, each Freshman Hall could be canvassed and two dollars secured from each man, a Liberty Bond of $1,000 could be bought. This security would be held by the University for a definite period, to be decided by the class. This money at 4 per cent. compound interest, would, if compounded semi-annually, amount to $3,185 in twenty-nine years, or at our twenty-fifth anniversary; in fifty years to $7,460; in one hundred years...
There are three methods of payment on the subscriptions. By full payment; by installments under the government plan; 2 per cent. on application; 18 per cent, on November 15, 1917; 40 per cent. on December 15, 1917; 40 per cent. on January 15, 1918, with accrued interest on deferred installments. A third method of payment has been arranged with the local Cambridge banks: two per cent. on application, and, in the case of a $50 bond, $7 per month for 7 months, or in the case of a larger bond, a proportionate increase in the amount payable each month...
...reactionary and visionless in politics, narrow and medieval in religion"? No more inspiring act in the struggle of intellect against political control has taken place in the last few years. The vociferous martyrdom of Dr. Scott Nearing in the cause of "acadamic freedom," coupled with its demands for three-cent fares in these times of rising operating costs and his recent connection with the People's Council, cast doubt upon the value of his protestations; but certainly there are few more progressive, independent, and pro-American men than Professor Beard, and his clear and voluntary protest should have some effect...
Until that time, any men who wish to purchase bonds should apply to one of the Cambridge banks. For those who wish to buy on the instalment plan the following system of payments may be arranged: 2 per cent on application, and, in the case of a $50 bond, $7 per month for 7 months, or, in the case of a larger bond, a proportionate increase in the amount payable each month, payment ending...