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...accept this dictum of President Robinson's as holding true of American students in general? Obviously not; nor can we be made to believe that the students of Brown, in particular, are so constituted as to be incapable of at the same time engaging in sport and study, with profit to themselves. We must, then, grant that President Robinson holds a mistaken view of the situation, and, granting this, we cannot but feel surprised that so extreme a view should have been received with "great applause" by the alumni of Brown, before whom the words referred to were spoken...
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...apathy of the students is not alone to blame, however. The memberships and transactions are not so large as they should be, and that is the great cause of failure, but at the same time the superintendent should not have sold things too cheap. If five percent. Profit was needed, five per cent. profit ought to have been made. And it is but a poor consolation that the money which should have gone to the supporting of the society went into the pockets of members buying goods...
...Profit (on sales...
These figures have disappointed the reasonable expectations of the direct ors in two respects. They had looked for a membership exceeding 1000, with a proportionally increased business ; and they had counted upon a rate of profit not less than five per cent. It is believed that the profits must have been greater than the figures indicate, and it is possible that the small percentage of profit appearing is due to mistakes in the inventory of stock recently taken...