Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many examples of the metallic type which are often so large that they are not oxidized by the time they penetrate the earth's layer of atmosphere. The meteorite discovered by Admiral Peary on his North Pole Expedition in 1909 is of the metallic type, composed of 95 per cent iron and a small amount of nickel. The Tent. as it is called because of its peculiar shape, weighs over 36 tons. A celestial visitor almost twice as large has been dug out of a hole in South Africa. Although expeditions have been trying to discover some fragments...
Even so it is apparent that only a small portion of those seeking summer work can be placed. Last year 1357 students registered for summer work, and of these 371, or 27.3 per cent were placed. This was the highest number and percentage of summer placements on record. From these figures it is apparent that hardly more than one out of every four men registering this year will secure work through the office...
...income of Yale University in 1932 will fall half a million dollars short of estimated expenditures, President Angell has announced. Accordingly, expenditures are to be reduced by 10 per cent. As any one familiar with the affairs of American universities knows, Yale's financial troubles are by no means exceptional. Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, and Chicago are known to be feeling the pinch of the depression. There is probably not a single endowed institution which has not suffered more or less, and most of the state institutions are also facing the problem of continuing their work on reduced incomes...
...years the "five-and-ten-cent store" has occupied a position of increasing stability in the merchandising scheme, hence has figured in joke and song ("I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a 5 & 10? Store"). But last week Hubert Templeton Parson, president of F. W. Woolworth Co., said that his red-fronted emporiums may become "5, 10 & 20? Stores." The experiment will be tried first in the West and South, then, if successful, will become permanent policy in the 1,905 Woolworth stores. Reason for the change was thought to be that lower commodity prices make available...
...total of 340 ballots, representing about 38 per cent of the class, were cast in all. Last year 372 were cast in the same elections. The retiring officers, besides Nazro, are A. B. Hallowell '34, vice-president, and R. P. Waters, Jr. '34, secretary-treasurer. A summary of the voting follows: For President Roger Harper Martin 93 John Bridgers White 70 Paul de Barsy deGive 69 Stanton Whitney, Jr. 59 Archibald Manning Brown, Jr. 50 For Vice-President Richard Glover Ames 110 Taggart Whipple 81 Edward James Rogers 68 Atreus von Schrader, Jr. 41 John Ware, Jr. 23 Arthur Osgood...