Word: percents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Annex also announced that it would increase scholarship awards to an amount 14 percent above the current total. President W. K. Jordan said the scholarship increase "reflects precisely the 14 per cent rise in tuition charge," and that 'Cliffe loan funds were ample to meet the increase...
...serious problem that was rooted well back before the war: the fact that American builders cannot afford to put up housing for people who need it. Even in the depression year of 1933, with an estimated 5,000,000 vacant dwelling units, there was a 20 to 30 percent shortage of housing facilities for lower income groups. The causes for this condition continue, most important being the high cost of building materials and capital, ancient and discriminatory building codes, and restrictive measures by unions and contractors. Wartime full employment pushed the shortage up to include middle priced housing, necessitating controls...
...seven Houses begin their annual rush week today with the distribution of application blanks to freshmen, and the announcement that only 40 percent of these blanks will get results...
...week each man will eat will be 17 and on half--not 16. This figure is based on a pre-war contract system where out of 100 men, 55 ate 21 meals each week, 35 ate 14, and 10 ate 10. (The editorial in question erroneously stated that 10 percent would eat 7 meals, at a charge of $10, instead of 10 meals). The total number of meals per 100 men would be 1745, not 1400, and the Dining Halls would sense quantly need more revenue...
John W. Teele '27, Director of the Student Placement Bureau and Harvard Red Cross Chairman, announced yesterday that the local drive has reached 75 percent of its quota with $8900 of the necessary $11,969 already...