Word: earned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...earnings of the Technology Branch, as revealed by the semi-annual statement, more than prove that the establishment of such a store was a profitable experiment, and with reasonable prosperity during the remainder of the year that branch will earn for its members a higher rate on the dividend than will be earned on the business of the main store. The latter, however, has accumulated from the proceeds of preceding years a surplus which can be used to make up for any loss. A considerable reduction in expenses also was made. The reason assigned for the difference between the amount...
...determined to extend the approaching Christmas vacation to cover a period of fully three weeks and a little over. This arrangement will serve two purposes. In the first place, there appear to be an unusual number of students in various departments of the college who are anxious to earn money just now, and the earning is never better that it is during the holiday season. In the second place, an extension of the vacation will mean for Tufts considerable economies in its use of fuel for heating, despite the fact that special provision will be made to continue uninterrupted...
...Massachusetts Forestry Association has issued a call to all students who wish to earn some money during the Christmas vacation by chopping wood in various parts of the State. This action has been prompted by the threatened shortage in the supply of coal during the winter and the necessity of increasing the available supply of wood for fuel, especially for the cities. Board and lodging will be given the men during the time of their work, in addition to a good salary. In this way an opportunity is offered to learn something about lumbering...
...taken the lives of Americans in the Mediterranean; and the Austrian ambassador, Dumba, and many of his subordinates, plotted against the peace, security and neutrality of the United States--right here on our own shores. There are hundreds of thousands of Austro-American citizens in the United States, who earn their living by honest work, and desire no trouble with anybody; most of them probably are Slavs and Hungarians who have no reason to love the Austrian Empire; they must accept the consequences of retaining their citizenship with a power which is at present in all essentials a military department...
...taken away from these English universities all their physically-fit students. In their place are coming the young men who have been crippled by wounds or invalid beyond the possibility of further active service, and who now seek from the universities the scholastic training which will enable them to earn a livelihood by means other than physical labor...