Word: costs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must take care, however, in encouraging our undergraduates to seek honors at graduation that the more intensive work in the field of concentration is not done at the cost of narrowing the college course. It is quite possible that, by the enthusiasm of a tutor for his own field, a student may be led into specialization before he has gained the background that work in fields entirely unrelated should give. This specialization may take two forms: emphasis upon the the courses and tutorial work in one field to the neglect of courses outside this field taken either for distribution...
...purchase of works of art which has never been greater than $3,000.00 a year the museum has acquired, in addition to loans from private sources, collections whose value is estimated to be in excess of $3,000,000.00. A new building has been erected at a cost of about $1,000,000.00 and an endowment fund of equal amount has been raised. It is not seeking to become a great tomb of art. The collections on display are there for the use ond instruction of those whose interest in art is more than a polite gesture and the more...
...Corporation of the University, issued a grant of lottery, allowing Harvard to raise a sum of 8,000 pounds. But operations were sluggish, and with the money drifting in slowly, it was not until 1804 that the college had sufficient funds to start work on Stoughton Hall. The total cost was $23,700, $18,400 coming from the proceeds of the lottery and $5,300 from the general funds of the college...
...issue a grant for another lottery. In presenting its case, the college pointed out is absolute lack of money after the erection of Stoughton Hall and repairs made on Massachusetts Hall. With the granting of their plea, the University authorities set about their task of raising $30,000. The cost of running the lottery ran up as high as $24,500, but it netted $29,000, just 1,000 dollars short of the original goal. The hall is named after Sir Matthew Holworthy, who gave more money to Harvard University during the 17th century than any other...
...Pullman Co. last week surprised people who think every great corporation must always make money. After three months' business, its deficit was $510,445 due (unofficially) to decrease in travel, increase in number of trains, decrease in loading per car, increase in wages, and increase in cost of maintenance and repairs. Total business...