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Death by the Pit. When St. Francis Xavier and a small group of Portuguese Jesuits introduced the Japanese to Christianity in 1549, their success was striking: in only a little more than a generation there were between 300,000 and 600,000 Christians in the country, which had only a third of its present 91.6 million population. (About half a million are now Christian.) Buddhism was in decline; people were impressed by the Jesuits' European science and their surprising concern for social morality and the sanctity of human life. The success of the new religion soon convinced Japan...
...raise the dividend. After a two-year study, C. Austin Barker reported in the Harvard Business Review that 75 companies that split their stock and raised the dividend quickly gained 18% in price over and above the rise in the market, held the gain six months later. But a group of 13 companies that split their stock without raising dividends temporarily gained only 5% in price, dropped back 8% below the market level by the end of six months. Nevertheless, in a rising market lower-priced, split stocks tend to move faster than the old shares, as long...
...questionnaires will be distributed to upperclassmen in the House dining halls later in the week. The polls will be concerned only with lower group courses, however...
Students interested in attending an announced dinner sign on a first-come-first-served basis until the quota of 14 is filled. After sherry and dinner other interested students may join the group...
Among the three groups expected to provide the additional amount, only national alumni are within sight of their goal, having collected over 98 per cent of the $12 million quota. Philip H. Theopold '25, chairman of the group, has urged all alumni who have not yet contributed to make their gifts before Commencement...