Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...deficit for 1880-81, amounting to $34,469.19, is the largest which the college has ever incurred, and has forced the corporation to consider anxiously the measures necessary to prevent the recurrence of such a reduction of capital. After deducting from the deficit all those expenses of the year which can properly be called extraordinary, there remains an excess over receipts to the amount of, at least, $15,000. Since the beginning of the year a gift of $100,000 from the estate of the late Eben Wright has been received for carrying on the library. The corporation will, this...
...remainder of the Report refers to the other branches of the University; and we gather from it that in general they are prospering. The College proper has a deficit of $ 9,557.27 for the year...
...Combination Concert in Sanders Theatre. Tuesday evening, was a success in all respects, and the receipts fully cover the deficit from the Symphony Concerts...
...Tuesday evening, March 30, it is proposed to give in Sanders Theatre a Grand Popular Concert. The programme is to be of a popular character; the price of tickets, 75 cents, is obviously within the reach of all. The object of the concert is to remove the deficit in the proceeds of the University Symphony Concerts recently concluded. Hence we would urge upon the College at large the importance of a numerous attendance. We would particularly bring this concert to the notice of that large class of students who ask for popular music, and who have done little or nothing...
...language and literature, with a native professor, goes far towards convincing the public that Harvard is becoming a true university. The finances of the College are in as good a condition as could be expected, considering the additional provisions which have been necessary. We should be thankful that the deficit is so small. On the whole, the College is to be congratulated on its progress and its important acquisitions. We find but little to regret. We regret that Dr. Bellows was not confirmed in his election as an Overseer. We regret, too, that while doing so much for our welfare...