Word: profiting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...average undergraduate, however, the full value of the lectures seldom presents itself until it is too late for him to profit from them. We are inclined here at college to try to do too much, to have a hand in that thing or this thing and in consequence to do many things indifferently instead of a few things successfully. We plead no time to stop to take the voluntary advantages offered us by the University; and yet it is certain that at no time after college life do we find these advantages under as good circumstances. These varied lectures...
...more Sophomore Theatricals. The question arises, is this a loss? Viewing the matter broadly it would seem not. In the first place the Sophomore theatricals of late years have failed to succeed in their alleged chief purpose, - to furnish financial support for the crew. Not only has the profit of the Sophomore Theatricals been almost nothing but some years there has been a deficit which has had to be met by individual members. Again, a surprisingly large number of the D. K. E. society are agreed that the theatricals are hardly worth the having. Moreover from the artistic or dramatic...
Opposed to all these, are the remedies suggested by evolution. In a system of profit-sharing the employer gives added fidelity to his employed as his part of the capital, but certainly this idea is not feasible in every business. Cooperation would carry the matter farther, would fuse the functions of employer and employed, and thus utilize the higher business abilities that are now latent in the common people. In his next lecture, Professor Peabody will consider the philosophy of the movement...
...Yale-Princeton football managements have decided to play the Thanksgiving day game on the Manhatten field. The two college associations have rented the grounds from the Manhatten Athletic Club for about $5,000, thus the club will make a profit of that amount, whereas last year it lost nearly...