Word: manner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Williams College Co-operative Society held it first annual meeting last Friday, and elected officers, It was decided to open a store and divide the profits as dividends to members in the some manner as is done by the Harvard Co-operative Society...
...long, narrow stream is selected and the object of each boat is to advance on the one in front of it until the stern is touched. The races last six days and the various positions are noted each evening and resumed the following morning. There is apparently in this manner of racing little opportunity for display of skill, but it is quite the contrary. The skill the coxswains display insteering their boats and veering them to the right or left, in order to prevent the boat behind them from touching their boats is extraordinary. At present there is an increasing...
...afforded very little opportunity for effective work; it is impossible not to feel that in Chiqui the Knave he has found a part less congenial to him than some others he has assumed. But of course what work he has to do is done in a thoroughly admirably manner. He brings out the comedy of his fines with a delightful delicacy and and keen appreciation of the humor. Of the supporting company it is impossible to say much, for the play affords none of the principals of the cast a chance to display much ability. The paly was received with...
Bonds in railroad affairs represent conservatism, while stocks represent enterprise. The two great aims of the railroad reformer is how to allow each of these two farces, conservatism and enterprise to assume their relative positions in the best manner possible. The speaker then spoke of the building of the Wisconsin Central road to Lake Superior by eastern capitalists some years ago, their large bonded debt, the attempt of a few of the largest stockholders to depreciate the value of the stock and buy it up at their own price, and their failure. Mr. Abbot thought too that a railroad foreclosure...
...Sever 11, under the auspices of the Finance club on "Railroad Organization and Control in Relation to Stocks and Bonds." Mr. Abbot has himself taken an active and prominent part in large schemes of railroad organization and his experience has led him to some conlusions as to the manner in which stocks and bonds should be handled in case of railroad bankruptcy...