Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...profit more on a uniform rate than a fluctuating rate of even higher average.- (1) Fluctuating rates cause fluctuating volume of traffic.- (i) Fluctuating volume of traffic incurs greater operating expenses than a uniform volume.- (ii) Uniform traffic causes capital to be constantly employed; no idleness or loss by interest.- (b) Rate wars following prohibition of pooling caused enormous decline of railroad property: Quar. Jour. Econ. Jan. '89, p. 178.- (c) Railroads themselves favor pooling...
...annual football game between Harvard and Brown will be played on Soldiers Field this afternoon. The Brown men have hopes of scoring, and at any rate the game will be of considerable interest...
...subject of foreign missions was first taken up, and interest in such missions was urged on all. Fifteen hundred young men in our colleges are pledged for missionary work abroad, but of these only three come from Harvard University, the largest of them all. Last year the association did nothing for foreign missions, but this year it is already planning for foreign work. There are to be weekly lessons devoted to different countries and the state of missionary work there. Each member of the class will be given topics to investigate and report...
...varsity though they have been rowing now for two weeks have no particular form or watermanship to boast of. The launch is now ready for use and with that to aid Mr. Watson in the coaching, improvement enough may be expected to give the race considerable interest...
Though at first sight this matter would seem outside of the concerns of members of the University, yet is must be acknowledged that as patrons of the post office, they have at any rate an interest in the efficiency of the postal service equal to that of other Cambridge residents. Beyond this, the University office, the numberous University organizations and the college papers make large demands upon the post office. It is for these considerations that the CRIMSON has decided to start a petition among members of the University and it has been given reason to believe that an appeal...