Word: deficit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...honors) and three the M. A. degree, and that there are now eighty-four students in residence. The low charge of Pound84 per annum was of course calculated to pay only with a considerable number of students. Hence in the early years of the institution there was an annual deficit, but in 1880 there was a surplus after meeting all working expenses of Pound230, and this year it is anticipated that the balance on revenue account will reach Pound1000...
...There had already been paid out $548, leaving a balance of $913. One hundred dollars further would be required to meet all the expenses, including a bill to the 'Varsity of $150 and bills for coach and New York expenses. $92 were then subscribed to meet the deficit. The nine was reported to be $36.75 short. $23.04 were subscribed to meet this deficit. '85 will consequently pass on to her sophomore year very nearly out of debt...
Considerable surprise has been expressed that the expenses bore such a large proportion to the receipes. The profit on the Boston performances was decreased by the deficit ($378.13) in New York and Philadelphia. The New York deficit was caused mainly by hiring an orchestra at the Madison Square Theatre at the price of $250. This was rendered necessary by the sickness of the musical manager, who was to have collected a cheaper orchestra in New York. In order that there may be no misunderstanding in future, the Boat Club and any society giving theatricals for the benefit of the crew...
...that could be justly satisfied by the corporation to their own advantage. It is hard to see why a dormitory built with modern improvements and reasonable accommodations could not be made to yield a sufficient return on the investment to supply in some measure the present deficit in the annual income of the university. If that happy time ever comes when Harvard is free from pressing money wants, then we may all unite in a prayer for a reduction in college rents. We can stand extortion when it is necessary, and when its fruits are devoted to a noble...
...school, the medical school and the physical laboratory shall have been completed, will Harvard have a need for further buildings by any means so pressing as for an increase in the number of and better endowments for her teaching force? When the college has an annual deficit of $20,000 or $30,000, and in consequence thereof is compelled to seriously cramp and injure her active instruction, should not efforts be made to remove these disabilities before they are made for securing accommodations chiefly for future use or for minor aims? The Nation, a paper which...