Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...February 28, 1911, is given below. The total loss in the running expenses is only $797.45 as compared with that of $2,884.11 for the corresponding period ending February 28, 1910. The restau- rant account, which a year ago disclosed a deficit of $1,660.52, now shows a net gain over the expense of $2,150.92. The report follows...
RESTAURANT ACCOUNT. Receipts.Dining room, $30,804.15Ladies cafe, 542.00Help's table, 4,550.25Stock on hand, 408.31 Expenses.Purchases, $22,679.78Kitchenware, 383.54Tableware and linen, 1,394.33Board of help, 2,667.25Services, 7,028.89Gain, 2,150.92 $36,304.71 $36,304.71CIGAR ACCOUNT. Receipts.Cash sales, $2,078.84Stock on hand, 417.45 Expenses.Purchases, $2,044.98Gain, 451.31 $2,496.29 $2,496.29POOL ROOM ACCOUNT. Receipts.Hillards, $821.15Cigars, 132.70Stock on hand, 76.97 Expenses.Supplies, etc., $24.10Cigars, 167.69Service, 262.00Board, 65.50Light, 54.79Gain, 456.74 $1,030.82 $1,030.82HOUSE ACCOUNT. Receipts.Memberships:Active, 1,930 $19,300Asso...
...decided upon the particular branch of their profession which they will ultimately adopt, tonight's exposition of the whole field should be of aid in determining in this final choice. Secondly, men who have not yet determined upon a career, will have a chance this evening to gain some knowledge of the advantages and opportunities which are offered by the profession of engineering...
...apart from this incident,--it has always been the policy of the CRIMSON to print those communications which represent the point of view of a large number of undergraduates. It neither necessarily endorses or condemns these expressions of opinion; so that it can neither gain or lose by their attitude. It is obvious to every thinking person that the editors may use their discretion in refusing communications. Its columns might otherwise be flooded with articles which might not have even the excuse of being readable "muckrake...
...other things are great aids to effective speaking. If a man can speak with brevity and apiness of illustration, he will gain for his speech something of the effectiveness of the Book of Proverbs and the eloquence of the parables of Christ. The more homely the illustration, the better it is. The more pointedly a thing is expressed, the more easily it is grasped. The great man is the man who can fix in an epigram the dominant idea of his day. Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt have done this. When Colonel Roosevelt said in his Paris speech, "Whenever human rights...