Word: profit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...practice, much attention is devoted to meeting the expected rushes around the ends, of Harvard's big backs, which line of play won the game for Harvard a year ago. Yale hopes to profit by her experience with Harvard tactics, and to show in turn some clever tricks of her own." - Yale letter in N. Y. Times...
...another of "The Victim to Ball" is evidently a shrewd observer of student life at Cambridge and his short tale of the fate of a garish suit of clothes has a spontaneity of effort and an agreeable originality which might profitably be imparted to more of the Advocate stories. There are a number of Harvard men we have in our mind's eye who might profit by the moral of the tale...
...organized early last spring, it appeared to be eminently praticeable. For years the boarding house keepers had been charging exorbitant prices for food furnished to the athletic teams, who were practically helpless in the matter. The originators of the new plan proposed to turn all this middle-man's profit over to the teams. A house was to be rented, a suitable steward and cook engaged, and preparations completed for boarding all the 'varsity, and some of the class teams. All the large athletic associations, with the exception of the foot ball, entered the organization, and the outlook was very...
...Commencement Day, the Co-operative Society will close the most successful year in its history. On a capital stock of only $6,000 a business of $70,000 has been done, $5,000 more than last year. The dividend declared last year was 43 cts. on the dollar profit. Of course it cannot now be definitely stated what the dividend will be this year. The chances are, however, that it will be larger. At any rate Professor Taussig and Mr. Lyford are determined to declare the dividend as soon as possible next fall...
...total receipts realized from the play of Antigone at Yale amounted to $5,000, of which sum about $2,000 will be net profit...