Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the day of the large donor was coming to a close, and that universities must eventually become self-supporting. At Yale, even with the forthcoming increase, students will still pay less than half the cost of education. At Harvard the percentage paid by the individual must be even smaller. Though the total endowment is much larger than at Yale, the drain of graduate schools and work is greater here...
There exist ample $5, $10 and $20 gold pieces. But a $2.50 piece appears just as big to a Christmas recipient. So depositors clamor for the smaller coins. This year the Treasury minted 388,000 of them and distributed them among the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. And not even at the request of many bankers would it mint more. In the New York Federal Bank district, members last week could only get ten $2.50 gold pieces each. Bonuses. Banks and investment houses are notorious for the low salaries they pay their clerks. Handsomest presents reported last week were First National...
...lines have gained year-round traffic. Last week the Cosulich Line, operating between New York and Adriatic ports, announced that it would build eight new ships for Filene-plan service. Six will be of 10,000 gross tons, two of 40,000 gross tons. Fares on at least the smaller six will be $125 from Manhattan to Trieste. California. At Newport News the Panama Pacific Line's new California, largest commercial ship ever built in the U. S., last week was practically ready for experimental trips. By Jan. 28 workmen will have completed her fittings and she will sail...
...library and can buy some of the books you need, do so in the case of the more attractive ones. Enjoy the luxury of reading your own book (and of marking up the margins if you like) and leave the Library copies to be used (without marking) by a smaller number of readers. William C. Lane. Librarian...
...court in Hemenway is smaller than the Providence floor, and Coach F. A. Wachter, in order to free his men from every handicap, accepted Milton's invitation to use its court for practice...