Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard is old, successful and up-to-date in her methods; these three characteristics explain her pre-eminence. That is the case with the New York Life among life insurance companies. It was organized in 1845, just as the steady growth of life insurance began in this country; its financial standing on January 1, 1896, was as follows: Assets, $174,791,990.54; liabilities, $150,753,312.65; surplus, $24,038,677.89; and its "Accumulation Policy" is the most liberal policy contract issued by any company. The latter statement is no mere rhetorical boast, as may be seen by a comparison...
...bonds and stocks, with interest rates and market values. Reat estate schedules are also published for distribution to all who ask for them. The report is made after methods understood by the public, upon the basis of business completed and money actually received and disbursed, without the old-time padding and cross-entries...
MERMAID CLUB.- At 8 o'clock tonight in 35 Hastings, Ford's, "The Broken Heart," and Massinger's "A New Way to Pay Old Debts," will be read and discussed. Members of English 14 are invited to attend...
...world of change, progress and development, said Mr. Search. The old methods are breaking up and new modifications are presenting themselves in all kinds of life; especially in the culture of children...
...will be devoted to the intricate structure of the famous Gay Head cliffs, also to the great terminal moraine and to the encroachment of the sea upon the island. After leaving Martha's Vineyard the party will go to the last section of its work in the district of old lava beds and triassic sandstones about Meriden in the central part of Connecticutt. The party will break up on August 13. Professor Shaler will take a limited share in the work in Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard...