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PRICES.The aim of the society is to supply its members with goods at the lowest possible prices, subject only to the addition of a slight percentage to cover expenses. As the price of each book and every article of stationery is determined, relatively to the ordinary retail price, by the terms of the various agreements that have been made by the superintendent with the firms by whom we are supplied, it would require a detailed statement of these prices to show the exact advantage of the members of the society over other persons...
Such a statement would hardly be within the scope of this report. It will be sufficient to state that the society buys as a rule at wholesale prices and in no case are the prices of the society higher than the retail market price, and in many instances they are lower in a surprising degree, as in certain cases the society has been able to make arrangements which enable it to sell at prices with which the ordinary retail dealer cannot hope to compete...
...order that the members of N. H. 6 may know the price of a "dissection cat," it may be stated that Prof. Burt G. Wilder, now lecturing at Bowdoin College, advertises that he wishes to obtain "cats, and occasionally kittens," for dissection or experiment, and that twenty cents will be paid for a full-grown cat. The cats, he explains, are killed with chloroform, or while under its influence, and never suffer any pain, making this a merciful way of disposing of superfluous animals...
...subscription price of the HERALD for the remainder of the college year (Vol. III.) is $1.50. Subscriptions may be left at Drury...
...seventeenth annual dinner of the Harvard Club of New York city will take place at Delmonico's, Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, on Wednesday, February 21, at 6.30 P.M. All Harvard men from any quarter, whether members of the club or not, are cordially invited. The price of tickets for the dinner is six dollars. Tickets may be obtained of Charles C. Beaman, Jr., 52 Wall street...