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...bought a share of stock for $100 today and sold it tomorrow for $90 he could, under the present income-tax law, deduct $10 from his current tax return as capital loss. The present law sets Mar. 1, 1913, as the date for computing values of property previously acquired. Question! A man bought a share for $90 in 1912. It is worth $100 in 1913. He sells it in 1919 for $95. Can he deduct $5 as capital loss ? "No," said the Supreme Court, although Justices McReynolds and Sutherland dissented from the unalterable "No." The taxpayer (in this case, Harriet...
...hundred and fifty dates per year with ISO girls is the aim of a men's club recently formed at. the University of Michigan. A man is eligible for membership only after he has been seen in company with a good-looking woman. When initiated into the order, he must disclose her name, address and telephone number to his new brothers. As soon as the name and address are given, any member of the club is privileged to call up and date the woman named...
There was a persistent rumor about the University last night that the "Dial" number of the Advocate had also been suppressed because of the objectional nature of its contents. The Boston American made the statement that "Copies of the Harvard Advocate of the date of April 15 were removed from the newsstands of Cambridge by the police today" but, on thorough investigation, this was found to be untrue. Captain Hurley of the Police force explained that no action had been taken against the Advocate and that, to the best of his knowledge, no steps were being considered toward suppression...
...change of date which has been postponed a week from the first day set, the English teams should bring their full forces for both meets. Arthur Porritt, the sensational New Zealand sprinter will be somewhat delayed by late examinations but will arrive in New York at least two days before the games. Porritt has the distinction of having broken the English intercollegiate record in the 100-yard dash which had stood for over 70 years. He accomplished this feat during a snow storm in the Oxford Cambridge meet in March, running the distance in 9.9 seconds. He is also...
...when it was decided to abandon the traditional mock trial which had been held yearly from 1795, in favor of a comical sketch. According to the report of J. T. Wheel-wright, who has left an account of this first performance, it was indeed an impromptu affair. The date picked was Friday the thirteenth and 11 Hollis Hall was converted into the stage. A large plank, slightly longer than the room, was bowed so as to serve for the footlights, boots were made of blackened cardboard, wigs and dresses were borrowed from the "goodies", and all was in readiness...