Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appeal of the Longfellow Memorial Association for aid in erecting a suitable memorial to the dead poet in Cambridge, should meet with generous support from Harvard men. It is peculiarly fitting that they should do their full share in promoting the scheme. The memorial proposed is to be erected in Cambridge; the project is backed by the names of many of Harvard's most eminent graduates and professors, and finally Mr. Longfellow was at one time formally connected with the college as a teacher. We have no doubt the appeal will meet with a ready response from Harvard's present...
...Yale Association of Colorado have raised a considerable fund to aid studious youths from that State in acquiring an education at Yale College. The boys in the Denver high school have been told that the association will gladly pay the tuition of any of them who may go to Yale, and that to those deserving and needing it some other assistance may be given. [N. H. Union...
This morning the ways and means committee will take up Mr. Gibson's sugar bill, providing for the use of the polariscope in appraising duty on sugar. The committee will refer it to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will be asked to state whether the polariscope will aid in preventing frauds on the government...
...infest the buildings. It seems almost impossible to avert this evil. In spite of the notices posted in the entries scarcely a day passes during which we are not troubled by some suspicious-looking persons assailing us with petitions containing a long account of their afflicted families, and demand aid. We hope the janitors will exert themselves to stop this nuisance...
...third of these buried cities is supposed to be ancient Troy because it shows signs of having been destroyed by fire. In conclusion, Prof. Goodwin hoped that the first expedition sent from the New World to explore the Old World would not fail on account of lack of aid. He thought there might still lie buried in Greece treasures as rich as any yet discovered...