Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...knowledge gained from experience in years past will ensure the presence of the upperclassmen long before the door closes at five minutes after eight. So we want to whisper a word of friendly advice to the uninitiated. Seats and standing room are not only going to be at a premium, but they are going to be unobtainable for even moderately late arrivals...
...doubt that this instruction will be thorough and efficient. The training will be of particular value at the University camp later in the summer, when these men will act as instructors to a very large and green assortment of would be soldiers, where real knowledge will be at a premium...
...first team, and sank back to become athletic slackers when they were in college because they thought they were not good nough. They consider themselves good enough to go and fight their country's battles, however, and we, with our old system of athletics, in which we placed the premium on the specialized expert, have really denied them the physical training that they find so necessary now. Why should they sacrifice their lives if their lack of fitness makes the sacrifice not worth while...
...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...