Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Meanwhile our "Eastland," our Peabody and Triangle fires, our child labor problems and our huge production of munitions for private profit in mushroom towns where labor laws are laughed at or abrogated, all these stare us in the face when we speak of "national honor and human justice...
...open events are expected to attract a larger number of contestants from other colleges than last winter, although no definite acceptances of the Outing Club's invitations have been given out as yet. From the social point of view the club officers expect to profit by the greatly increased interest in the winter function by perfecting their arrangements for the various events...
...formation of the Battalion at Harvard may not have much military value. It is, however, all that many men are able to contribute. The significance of the undertaking is wider and more fundamental than the actual material profit that can be expected; it is the public expression of the patriotism and responsibility which one thousand educated men at Harvard University feel for their country. As such the Harvard Battalion deserves the support not only of every man in the University but of every patriotic American. WESTMORE WILLCOX...
...plans, the majority of men in authority agree that adequate steps should be taken for the improvement of our military position. With the theories of all the different methods of modern warfare being proved day by day across the water, we as spectators surely have an enviable opportunity to profit by their experience in settling our serious problem of unpreparedness...
Football shows the greatest profit at both Princeton and Michigan, but at Williams there was a deficit. The revenue at Princeton was $38,844.33 and at Michigan about $30,000. Baseball at Princeton returned a profit of $9,318, and at Michigan showed a loss of $2,722.36. Track cost $600 at Princeton, and the loss on it at Michigan...