Word: cent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Graduates of the Harvard Business School have repaid approximately $90,000 to the School Loan Fund during the last nine months, officials of the School announced today. Of this amount over 94 per cent was repaid by men who have graduated from the School during the depression...
...should have an athletic policy which will aim at removing the danger which now hangs over our head like a sword of Damocles,--the danger of another drastic loss of Income from the football gate receipts which have since the war provided on the average more than 80 per cent of our income for athletics...
...extent of this potential liability. Even during the past fall the net receipts from football amounted to $292,000 as compared with our total budget of $365,000. The maximum gate receipts were reached in 1929 when they totaled $706,000. The fall has been practically 60 per cent. Another fall of even 20 per cent would mean a serious deficit if the present rate of expenditure were continued, and a continued and sustained downward trend would seriously threaten the entire athletic program. With the uncertainties of the present economic situation, no one charged with the responsibility of the finances...
Only Four Per Cent Affected...
...year, financial support will be withdrawn from the following six minor sports: cross country, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, boxing, and fencing, and these sports will be put on an informal basis. The net cost of these sports is about $20,000 and they are participated in by only 4 per cent of the student body. In terms of a full year of participation they cost on the average more than $125 per participant. The minor sports which will be left, namely swimming, tennis, squash, and basketball attract many more students. The cost per participant is relatively low,--about $18 per full...