Traditionally, The Crimson has provided a reading period Oldies Quiz. As an austerity measure, this service was cut back this year. We can only apologize, cite the rising price of vinyl, and ask for our readers' understanding.

But we still thought you might need cheering up, halfway through exams. However bad things are now, they could be worse. In fact, theysoon will be.

Facts and Figures

1. In early 1929, Goldman Sachs and Co.stock sold for 222.50 a share. In early 1932, what price did a share of the stock sell for?

2. What is the all-time Dow Jones high, and when was it reached?

3. What was the Dow Jones average when it hit a 12-year low in December 1974?

4. H.Ross Perot suffered probably the largest one-day financial loss in history, when speculators sold his stock short in 1970. How much did he lose, and how much did he have left?

5. On February 1, two major periodicals will raise their prices, one from 20 to 25 cents and the other from 50 to 75. What are they?

6. What does Penn Central claim to be losing a day?

7. What major nation has the lowest rate of inflation in the West, and what is the rate?

8. Who said: "I don't have millions-only millions of Yugoslavs"?

9. How much will the Air Force pay for each new YF-16 fighter?

10. How much did the New York Yankees reportedly offer Jim "Catfish" Hunter?

Suicides

11. On October23,1929, how many well-known stock speculators committed suicide before noon?