Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coincident with the announcement of the selection of 17 members of the Freshman Jubilee Committee, it was learned from P. S. Weld '36, the recently appointed chairman, that a 20 per cent reduction in tickets has been made for the affair, which will be held on Friday, May 26. The prices are now $4 a couple, and $2.50 stag...
...eliminate practically all payments to men who received injuries following the War. In dealing with the veterans who were wounded in service, we have been guided by two aims. By a previous bill they received compensation according to the seriousness of their injuries. Thus a man pronounced 10 per cent injured would receive $10 a month, a man 11 per cent, $11 a month, and so forth. Obviously this system was impossible to administrate with any degree of success. We have been forced to keep the 10 per cent class so that men who have scars on their faces will...
...Saturday, April 1, the 15 per cent paycut for federal employees went into effect," the Director continued. "Last year salaries above $1000 were cut eight and two-third per cent. Now we have made the cut on every salary from top to bottom uniform. This will provide for at least...
...took over the problem where the law-givers had ceased, handling it with approximately the same acumen. Near beer was sold to trusting customers, who believed they were actually quenching their alcoholic thirsts; a barrel of the beverage was, and is sold by the glass at a hundred per cent profit. While the tax imposed is high, the profits reaped by retailers and brewers are higher, and the people, willing to pay any sum at first, are bearing the burden...
...difficulty in connection with the sale of the new 3.2 per cent beer in the University Dining Halls was seen last week with the final passage of state legislation regulating the distribution of the beverage. The bill contains a provision prohibiting sale of beer to persons under 21 years of age, and it is believed that this will make impossible the serving of beer either in the Union or the Houses. (No official statement on the subject has yet been made...