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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...except the Mond Laboratory for low-temperature research, for which Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, gas & oil tycoon and amateur scientist, provided $75,000 in 1932. The Mond Laboratory, which has vibration-damping walls and sleek steel and scarlet furniture in the director's offices, has attained the creditable mark of .02° C. above Absolute Zero...
...increased steadily, reached 47.3%, highest it has been since last October. Whereas the industry could formerly break even at 45% with the old prices, it must now, however, produce at about 55 or 60% to stay out of the red. In an attempt to reach the break-even mark. U. S. Steel Corp. last week suddenly slashed steel rail prices for 1938's fourth quarter $2.50 per ton, bringing them into line with other steel prices, which it left unchanged. Other companies quickly followed suit. Said Iron Age: "While the reductions tend to restrict the possibilities for profit...
Harvard will open its fourth season under the tutelage of Dick Harlow at 2:30 this afternoon when Captain Bob Green will lead his team onto the field against the Brown Bears from Providence, toughest opener the Crimson has negotiated in many a year. The game will mark the close of a series of Brown-Harvard engagements, since the Bruins are not expected to see action against Harvard for at least five years...
Late entrants in 1937 brought this figure up to 8,289, indicating that enrollment may pass the 8,600 mark this year...
Saturday was also a poor day, with only $750 coming into the coffers. Late Freshmen and an extra high percent of upperclassmen coming in sent Monday's money over the $1750 mark but still was not enough to equal...