Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...while Inventor Kettering has come by a fortune in his own right he is the antithesis of the successful businessman. He may go to a formal dinner in a sports jacket and not even be aware of it. He has boarded trains without a ticket or a cent...
These figures compare with part-time earnings in the previous year of $375,028 and scholarships and other aids of $735,250, or a total of $1,110,278. The total amount of aids and earnings for 1931-32 represents a decline of about four per cent from the previous year. According to the summary, the Student Employment Office obtained directly part-time work for students yielding $210,664, as compared with $282,094 in the previous year. There was an increase in the total number of positions filled, from 2,514 to 2,886, or 15 per cent...
...hundred and twenty-six tutors, or approximately 50 per cent of the total number, have to date answered the questionnaires on the tutorial system sent out before Christmas by the Crimson...
...Harvard Graduate Magazine Current History, Harper's and various books. It is an excellent means of instructing superior students if superior tutors are secured for them. Superior students, however, are not so common as undergraduates and CRIMSON editors--tend to believe. They constitute less than ten per cent of the student body. The percentage of superior tutors is about the same. In my experience the good student who has a good tutor is satisfied with the system, and rightly so. The mediocre student no matter who his tutor is, is dissatisfied. In my opinion, it doesn't make much difference...
...received degrees n the Engineering School last June, 42 1/2 per cent, or about 14, are now gainfully employed, 25 per cent or eight men are continuing their studies, and 32 1/2 per cent, or roughly 11 men are not known to be at work at the present time, it was announced late yesterday afternoon at Pierce Ball...