Word: generalisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Thirdly, the Corporation advances money needed for permanent fixtures and equipment, charging a rate of interest below the current income of its general investments, and distributing the sinking-fund payments over so large a number of years that, according to actual experience, they do not even keep pace with depreciation. In other words, the Corporation lends money to the Dining Association on a wasting or vanishing security. Moreover, with the plant in good condition, the income of the investment, to say nothing of the principal, is wholly dependent on the steady running of the Hall...
...light came in from the Dining Room and Periodical Room, both of which were illuminated with strings of Japanese lanterns. An attractive feature of the Game and Writing Rooms was the festooning of yachting flags. Red globes and candelabra with a profusion of palms and plants carried out the general color scheme of red and green, while pictures, banners, cushions, lamps, and flowers in and about the boxes were delightfully effective...
Early in November the Crimson offered a suggestion that a general memorandum book be kept in the office of the Union, in which men who are arranging functions of more or less importance might enter dates and thus avoid unnecessary conflicts of engagements. Such a book was accordingly started with the consent of the Union authorities, but so far the scheme has met with no support. As was pointed out at the time, the value of the book depends entirely upon the spirit with which it is used. Its present incompleteness renders it absolutely worthless. We still believe that...
...York today to attend this evening the annual dinner of the Harvard Engineers' Alumni Association of New York City. The dinner will be a large one, as there are about two hundred graduates of the engineering department in and around New York. The question of the new general organization of Harvard engineers, to be a branch of the Alumni Association, will be brought up. Dean W. C. Sabine '88, Professor H. L. Smyth '83, and Professor I. N. Hollis '91 will also be present...
...Graduate Treasurer of Athletics for the year 1906-07, which has been submitted to the Athletic Committee, is compared with a corresponding synopsis of the Graduate Treasurer's report for 1905-06. 1906-07 1905-06 Receipts Expenses Receipts Expenses Care of buildings and grounds, 11,781.05 9,888.08 General account, 3,735.46 7,835.33 2,201.08 6,157.36 Permanent improvements, 6,077.71 6,791.75 University Baseball, 18,506.89 10,161.37 15,893.28 10,356.19 University Boat Club, 3,202.65 10,770.56 2,926.00 11,266.51 Newell Boat Club, 1418.00 2,572.67 1,301.00 1,889.32 Weld Boat Club...