Word: extortionate
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The pernicious effects of the editorial are likely to arise from a misunderstanding of the nature of the Harvard Dining Association. This, as its name implies, is not a corporation doing business as a cafe, but an association of students for the purpose of deriving the advantages of cooperation in...
Last year about $70,000 worth of business was done, while it is understood that the Yale co-operative did but about $10,000 worth. On this basis at the retail prices of the regular trade a conservative estimate makes the saving to the college by the co-operative system...
The most crying need of the students is more dormitories near or in the college yard by which they may be within easy reach of all the buildings, and also be free from the extortion practised by Cambridge boarding-house keepers, whose prices rise year by year as they see...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: The managers of the H. A. A., who have generally conducted affairs most admirably and successfully, have, in the opinion of many, shown some indiscretion in setting so high a price as announced upon reserved seats for the ladies' days of the winter meetings. This is a...
We make no pretense of any special knowledge of college finances which would justify us in offering any positive opinions on the matter, but for all apparent reasons it would seem to be one of the best financial investments the university could make to build another college dormitory. There is...