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...study of the operating results and policies of building material dealers, covering the year 1928, has just been completed by the Bureau of Business Research of Harvard University. This survey was undertaken at the instance of the Atlas Portland Cement Company, which furnished funds to defray the costs. The report, which has been published as Bulletin No. 81 of the bureau is based on statements from 369 dealers...
Companies handling lumber reported a gross margin of 25.8 per cent; total expense of 25.0 per cent; and net profit on sales of 0.8 per cent. Stock-turn was at the rate of 3.1. times a year. Profits of 3.0 per cent or over were shown by one-fourth of them...
...operating results of firms reporting to the bureau for both 1927 and 1928 in the lumber, lumber and mason material, and mason material groups indicated that in all but the latter division gross margin was greater in 1928 than in the preceeding year. In all three groups total expense was greater and net profits on sales less in 1928. This variation was similar to that found in other retail fields during the last few years...
...lineup for this game is to be as follows: 1. W. F. Luton '32, 2, N. W. Kimball '32, 3, C. S. Tilden Jr. '32. Luton played No. 1 consistently last year on both the indoor and outdoor Freshman teams. In the last game, he was the star of the evening, running up seven tallies. Kimball played on the Freshman outdoor team last year, and was also one of the trio that defeated the 51st Brigade last Saturday. Tilden has not played so far this season, but he was on the first year squad last year with Luton and Kimball...
Professor Hurlbut was born in Shelburne. Vermont on February 10, 1865. He received his A. B. degree at Harvard in 1887 and his A. M. the following year. He worked in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences until 1890 at which time he took over the duties of an instructor in English, receiving an Assistant Professorship in 1901 and a full Professorship in 1906. He acted a Dean of Harvard College from 1902 until 1916. Since that time he has been conducting English courses in the College...