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...extravagant - (a) Amount expended on pensions in 1866 was $13 000,000; in 1876, $28,-000,000; in 1886, $64,000,000, in 1891, (estimate of Sec. of Treasury) $133,000,000; Hall, p. 17 - (b) Germany's appropriation is $9.000.000; Century XLII, p. 183 - (c) Only 72 per cent. of the appropriation goes to the soldiers' Hall, p. 19. - (d) The Arrears Act of 1879 cost the nation $500,-000,000; Hall, p. 7. - (e) Acts are passed without careful consideration of what they will cost; Ibid...
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Last year was the most successful in the history of the society both as regards total business done and as regards the net profits. As will be seen from the figures given below the total expenses last year were somewhat less than 10 per cent while, in the previous year they were considerably more than 10 per cent. In other words the business has not only increased but it has increased at a proportionately less expense...
...well feel a special interest in its success. It is no exaggeration to say that it saves thousands of dollars to the students of the University every year, both directly to those who buy their books and furniture from it, and indirectly to those who never spend a cent in its store, for by competition it has forced the tradesmen of Cambridge to abandon their former extortionate prices. The success of last year is in great measure due to the large business done, but a great deal of its due to the very able way in which the affairs...
...himself at the end of the year, but it would be much more satisfactory if the instructor would tell him at the beginning. At the end of the year a student frequently troubles an instructor to explain his mark. "Oh," says the instructor, "I mark at least fifty per cent, on work done in the class room. You wrote a good paper, but your daily work brought you down." The student turns from him to another instructor. This one says: "Well, I do not keep account of daily work. I take the examination mark and then strike an average between...