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...debit side of the Frank ledger, according to his critics, is his handling of certain disputes centering around the conduct of University departments. In 1931 the President's efforts to remove the Dean of Women excited a controversy disproportionate to the true importance of the affair. In 1935 the state was startled by a scandal involving the extention division of the University. A year later a fight in the athletic department split alumni and others into two embattled factions. His opponents charge that through Frank's neglect and vacillation the sparks struck by incipient friction have too often blazed into...
...cost of insurance, the total being multiplied by .06 to find the premium paid for the privilege of buying on the instalment plan. Since the debt is paid off in regular instalments, the borrower has the use of only about one-half of the original loan if the monthly debit balances are averaged. Thus the true interest cost in the "6% plan" is approximately...
...that the subscribing stockholder has to do is make a 10% down payment. Mr. Jones will put up the rest. Every six months another 10% payment must be made, thus clearing up the debit balance in five years. Stockholders have to pay interest to Mr. Jones just as they would to a broker, though incoming dividends from the shares will in the end more than cover outgoing interest...
...same thing:--telling of life and conditions as they see them, and the right to do so is guaranteed them. As long as any form of free speech and free press exists in this country, the action of the Carolina House will be a conspicuous blot on the debit side of the Carolina ledger...
...opera stars Gladys Swarthout and Jan Kispura to sing to one another in Sorrento by the sea. There is, to be sure, the hackneyed admixture of sacrifice, misunderstanding, running out at the last minute, and reappearing at an even later minute to displace the incompetent substitute. Also on the debit side is the fact that both Gladys and Jan know more about vocal cords than histrionics. But there are many snatches of freshness, and Jan keeps you fairly excited by a fiery vigor amounting almost to daftness. Gladys, moreover, does not invite you to shut your eyes, however rapt...