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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...besides that, subscribers will profit by the loan, for the bonds will sell at a substantial premium. The 4 percent. bond of 1905 sold at 140 and the 3 1-2 per cent. bond at 110. The bonds may be sold at a moment's notice and people are therefore protected from any possible loss. The present issue provides "if the government makes a new issue of bonds, except those obliging payment in not more than 5 years, bearing a higher rate of interest, the holders of these 4 per cent bonds will have the advantage of this higher rate...
...bonds bear interest at four percent. The entire amount may be paid at once, or two percent on application, followed by payments of 18 percent on November 15, 40 per cent on December 15, and 40 per cent on January...
...Union Army and Navy, and of these 167 were killed or died of disease. On the Confederate side 257 graduates and undergraduates of the University took part, and 64 of this number lost their lives. The Class of '61 alone was represented in the war by 68 percent of its members...
...College is not due altogether to the predominant number of undergraduates from the Bay State; for, whereas, 1,432 of the 2,551 registered students come from Massachusetts, the number of athletes from there is proportionately larger. This may be seen in the fact that nearly three percent of the members of the University who are native sons of Massachusetts have won their "H". And in the remaining part of the undergraduate body who come from the 47 other states in the Union, not one percent have achieved their letter...
Crew, perhaps, offers the best illustration for these figures. Of the five men in College who have been awarded an emblem in this sport, everyone hails from Massachusetts. Track, on the other hand, is the most representative of the major sports, since two out of five, or 40 percent of its letter men, come from outside this state. In baseball, three out of nine "H" men, 33 percent, are not from Massachusetts. In football, the percentage is 30, and in hockey...