Word: annum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...expect to receive his first year is about $50 a month and field expenses. One of the best tields for a geologist is in the mines. The salary of a mine superintendent in the eastern part of the United States is usually $2000 or $3000 per annum, and in the Rocky Mountains it reaches as high as $5000. The step from the manager of mine to the owner of one is not difficult, as an experienced man gets opportunities of buying a mine from its ruined owner for very little. For the life of a mine manager a man must...
...safely asseted that exceptional men get as high as $7,000 or even $8,000 a year. but there are not more than a dozen such incomes in this country. A first class musician may expect to get anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. But it must be remembered that these amounts are received only by men of remarkable talent. The best teachers get four, five, or six dollars an hour for their lessons. It is very advisable that a man learn to play the organ, so that he may take the position of church organist...
...subscription price is fixed at $3 per annum. The first number will probably appear next December, and articles and contributions for this number are due on or before November 1. Contributors must sign full name, class, and college. Address, "The Collegian," Wakefield, Mass...
...president of Harvard College gets $4000 per annum. So does the head cook at the Parker House, Boston. This is a sad commentary on "Modern Athens...
...tuition at Amherst has been raised from $100 to $110 per annum, to go into effect at the beginning of the next college year...