Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Taxicab service has been arranged with the Rocket Taxi Company, of Boston, whereby a 20 per cent, reduction will be allowed to members of the Junior Class. Men must order their own taxicabs for after the dance, as there will be no taxis waiting. The same rebate is understood for taxi service after the dance. Any changes in regard to this service will be published in Monday's CRIMSON...
...Alumni Bulletin affirms that the athletic heart is normal and that the usual claim that the athlete's heart is enlarged because of his activities is wrong. He draws his conclusions from examinations made upon more than 2,000 students, including the members of the University crew. Only 20 per cent. of this total were found to have abnormal hearts and there were very few athletes among them...
...consideration of commutation and subsistence to be furnished me in accordance with law, I hereby agree to continue in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the remainder of my course in . . . . . . . . (Institution), to devote five hours per week during such period to the military training prescribed, and to pursue the courses of camp training during such periods prescribed by the Secretary...
...jumped in 1906 from $1,565 to about $1,770, an increase of $205 made ten years ago. Since that time the average has gone up to $1,840, owing mostly to the increased yearly expenditure on account of promotions. In other words the average salary advanced about 13 per cent, in 1906 and since then four per cent., the former being the first and only material increase in many years...
...interesting to compare the salary figures with the rise in the cost of living during the same interval. Bradstreet's index number which represents the average totals of the prices per pound of 96 commodities was given as $8.05 plus for the year 1904. The corresponding figure on December 31, 1916, was $13.66 plus, an increase of over 69 per cent in 12 years. The salary in the College has increased only 17 per cent, in same period...