Word: limited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the State of New York holds in trust the proceeds upon which the university was founded, and which were given by the nation to the state. If this is the case, the university is not absolute owner of the property, but merely a beneficiary, and the charter limit of $3, 000, 000 will admit of the reception of the McGraw bequest...
...regular fall concert of the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality took place last evening in Sanders'. The popularity of these concerts is evinced by the crowded attendance, and last evening Sanders' seating capacity was taxed to its utmost limit. The quality of the concert was as good, if not better, than those of past years. The programme was long yet varied, while the selections rendered were chosen with great skill. The singing of the Glee Club and playing of the Banjo Club was such as to warrant the expectation of a successful western trip. Both Clubs showed the result...
...cannot be fairly promp, let him stay away. It is galling to the instructor to see men troop in one by one after the lecture has commenced. Undoubtedly some of the blame for this tardiness rests upon the instructors who thoughtlessly keep their classes beyond the proper limit, but with a little more effort on the part of the students, the annoyance incident to late attendance would be greatly obviated...
...National Academy of Sciences was founded by the United States Government in 1863. Louis Agassiz, the noted naturalist, being its chief instigator. At the society's origin only fifty members were admitted, now the limit is one hundred, the present membership being ninety-six, of whom twelve are from Harvard. The members of the society offer to investigate without recompense, any scientific questions which the government authorities may present to them...
...secure greater profits in this way. The combination of capital, by producing on a large scale, reduces the cost of production, and lowers prices, till competitors are driven out of business by being undersold. When the complete control of the market is thus secured prices are raised without any limit except the greed of the trust. The very idea of a trust is to abolish competition. Owing to the secrecy observed in regard to profits, outside capital, notoriously timid, is not attracted to the business. Trusts today are in their infancy. The Standard Oil Company has begun to absorb...