Word: profit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evils of speculation have been so often discussed as to need no further comment from us. It is for the interest not only of the graduating class, but also of the undergraduates, who will in their turn profit by the successful establishment of a good precedent, to make 83's class day as perfect as possible. We rely, therefore, on their hearty co-operation in our efforts to restrict tickets to seniors and their friends...
...that house. At Rugby there are eight of these different houses, and about the same number at Eton. Each of these houses is under the charge of its own house master. He carries it on as a boarding-house, takes the fees and furnishes the table, and pockets the profits or the loss. It is always a profit, and generally a good one. Teaching is a much more remunerative business in England than in America. The master's salary will ordinarily range from $1200 or $1500 a year to $7000 or $8000. No one knows exactly what the income...
...consequence of all this is that on the very eve of the race the crew is totally "demoralized." These facts are mentioned not for the purpose of accounting or apologizing for '85's defeat, but that '86, in whose success the whole university is interested, may profit by her mistakes. Should Mr. Bancroft accompany the 'Varsity to New London, let '86 select a coach at least a month before the race, that both crew and coach may have plenty of time to become thoroughly accustomed to one another. The above remarks are entirely of a private nature and express...
...fire tax" was shown to be equal to a tax of $1.25 on every $100 profit the country receives. This tax includes the actual destruction of property, estimated at $90,000,000, to which must be added $20,000,000 for the cost of fire departments, and finally many millions more for premiums paid. By the aid of diagrams the dangerous condition of most public buildings was shown, and the average number burned for the last eight years was given. For churches the average is two a week. A diagram of a combustible hotel was next shown, warranted...
...signed by a large number of men, and it must be shown that there is an active interest in the subject. Even those who have not taken any courses, but who intend to in future years, will do well to sign, since they will be the ones to profit by the extension asked...