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...term "White Elephant" originated, as Siamese know, from the practice of the ancient Siamese kings in presenting to courtiers whom they wished to ruin a white and therefore sacred elephant, the upkeep of which, including the hire of hundreds of attendants, was enough to bankrupt any man of modest fortune...
...amazed. Here was a person who not only taught human kindness but did so pragmatically. I ventured a question. "But the upkeep of the deers must boawful high...
...this system, the War Department expects to build up a reserve corps of trained executives familiar with military methods. The cost of sending a man through two years of college will be no greater than the upkeep of a regular army private over a similar period...
...actually gets. The second year, and thereafter, he pays $7,000 interest on the $90,000, or 7.7%. Then, when his building is completed and in rent, he is indeed fortunate if his entire income from it is sufficient to pay interest, tax, salary, and upkeep items...
...often it extends the work of the university without strengthening it at the center, or adds money to some fund which is relatively ample. Sometimes the situation is even worse than that: many a university has been presented with a proud building, yet has not received adequate funds for upkeep, with the result that financially the institution is almost worse off afterwards than if it had received no building...