Word: aid
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...thine aid divine...
...race, and an effort will be made to obtain subscriptions from graduates to pay for it. So much has been done by the undergraduates towards meeting the expenses of the crew this year, that it is earnestly hoped that the graduates will see the necessity of lending us some aid. In case it should not be found possible to raise the requisite amount for the purchase of a paper boat, the shell of last year will have to be used. We thoroughly believe, however, that the graduates will do their utmost to prevent us from being reduced to this discouraging...
Again, many students regard the use of illegal help in examination as free from deception or disrepute, on the ground that the Faculty show that they expect them to use illegal help by the supervision of proctors; and many who use such aid at present would not think of doing so if proctors were dispensed with...
...Augustus, then, be polite to old Smudge out of policy, if for no better reason, for I imagine he has a rather hard time, and will appreciate a pleasant smile and a kind nod; and who knows but what his aid may avert a dreaded "flunk" on some impossible question? (Smudge has a genius for knowing things that most people put down as "things no fellow can be expected to know,") But, at any rate, however this may be, Augustus will have the satisfaction of having acted like a gentleman...
...subscriptions already made is, however, very much desired, as the end of the college year is at hand. Theatricals are soon to be given to increase the fund; in Boston, beginning next Thursday evening, and in New York, a week from next Monday. The last theatricals in aid of the crew did not bring a large sum into the treasury of the H. U. B. C.; we hope in this respect the next ones will be more successful...