Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...aggregate to nearly five thousand dollars. In addition to this sum as much as thirty-six hundred dollars is available to cover the expense of tuition remained. During the past year over nine thousand dollars was given to deserving students, and the expense of maintaining the school in excess of the receipts for tuition amounted to thirteen thousand dollars. This sum was borne by the income from the general funds of the academy...
...formed new friendships, and have had their interest stimulated in their special branches of study or athletics. There is, how ever, a danger in the whole movement. It may be carried too far; and the time has come to consider whether it is not already being carried to excess. Almost every Harvard man has two or three pursuits of special interest. He may be studying for honors; he may be a candiate for some university team; he may have literary or musical ability. In any case he is practically sure to be elected to some club which demands rehearsals, papers...
...more than one half of the foreign element. In Boston there were in 1885, 275,000 American born persons to 132,000 foreigners. But 137,000 of the natives were minors, while of the foreigners only 12,000 were minors. Both in Boston and New York there is an excess of female population which is chiefly due to the preponderance of foreign born women. The large requirements of city households for servants account in part for this superabundance of foreign born women. In conclusion, Professor Hart says that the government of the cities will undoubtedly improve with experience and with...
...great classes, each with two sub-divisions, as follows: I. So much of the price of the product as represents the cost of production under the most disadvantageous circumstances. This consists of two parts, first, the remuneration of labor, i.e., wages; second, the remuneration of capital, i.e., interest. II. Excess of price over cost of production, i.e., surplus. This consists likewise of two parts, first, return to owners of land, i. e., rent; second, return to owners of business ability, i. e., profits. Setting aside the whole of this second grade, the returns to which are fixed by independent causes...
...game, $20; from Andover game, $15; from Yale game, $125; from subscriptions to December 30, $623; total receipts $783. Expenses; trip to Exeter, $38.92; to Andover $23 30; to New Haven $247.32; uniforms $168; training-table (16 men) $136.05; other expenses $114.31; total expenses $727.90. There was thus an excess of receipts over expenditures of $55.10. Of this sum $5.10 had been given to the graduate treasurer, as the class was allowed to retain only $50. The report was accepted. It was moved and voted that the surplus of $50 be devoted to the purchase of cups for the eleven...