Word: aid
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...also been decided that any member of the college who is not a member of the club may attend at the additional cost of fifty cents. The club extends a cordial invitation to non-members, and it is hoped that the different athletic organizations may be well represented to aid in the success of the dinner. A book has been placed at Bartlett's; also names will be received by the following committee : Eliot Norton, '85; J. R. Coolidge, '83; J. G. Coolidge, '84; H. Lyman...
...well as the Articles of Confederation, Constitution and other important matter. One of the most valuable features of the book is the summary of the "Literature of the Period," giving references to almost all the valuable works on this period of our history. The work forms a very valuable aid to men who are studying the subject in private as well as those who have taken the course. The second part will be ready at the publisher's (Mr. Wheeler, 15 Brighton street) this morning...
...Emperor of Germany has thanked those Germans in America who have contributed to aid the sufferers by the late floods in Germany...
...growth, but the outcome of legislation, may be added to the long list. The proposition is for the consolidation of the educational institutions of Indiana into what is called "one grand university," to be established in Indianapolis. The colleges at Lafayette and Bloomington were founded by congressional aid, and therefore the consent of Congress in the form of an enabling act would be required before this scheme can be carried into effect. The tendency to unite colleges is something like the popular habit of consolidating business enterprises, but it is a mistake to think that heaping up several colleges make...
...strictly professional uses of general knowledge fail to justify the grammar school and the art curriculum. Something, indeed, may still be said for the higher grades of professional excellence, and for introducing improved methods in the practice of the several crafts, for which wider outside studies lend their aid. This, however, is not enough; inventors are the exception. In fact, the ground must be widened, and include, secondly, the life beyond the profession. We are citizens of a self-governed country; members of various smaller societies; heads or members of families. We have, moreover, to carve out recreation and enjoyment...