Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...behalf of the fund for the new gymnasium have sent the address, which was printed in the News a few days ago, to all the Alumni Associations and to many individual alumni. Already several replies have been received expressing warm sympathy with the movement and giving assurance of material aid. The executive committee of the New York Association have ordered the address printed and sent to each member. Mr. Johnes, '73, who has already volunteered to pay the architect's bill is a member of this Association...
While the northern soldier was aided in material things he was also supported by the thought that his family was far away from harm, sure of aid in case of his death, while the Confederate was battling almost on his own hearth, his family and loved ones daily exposed to the shock of battle and defenceless at his death. The southerner, too, was not fighting for a government, but for his property, slaves and traditional honor...
...glad to publish representative opinions of all the positions that may be taken. Thoughtful men in college may well give some of their time and attention to this important matter. By so doing they will help those who are now so diligently seeking a solution, and indirectly will aid in improving the sense of honor among college men and in raising the value of a college degree...
...discouragement. If poetry is worth writing at all, it is worth the attention of amateurs. True, "poets are born," but they are born with the poetic genius, not with the poetic art. The genius needs the art for its perfection, and the art needs experience, if it is to aid the genius at all successfully. Moreover, the matter of genius aside, as long as poems by young writers are readable, and, as they often are even very creditable, such poems are worth writing and publishing. We believe that to-day the poems in college papere are among the most attractive...
...opinion. If the students will support such a scheme, it can be made a power in expressing a manly sentiment on all cheating. In order to give the Conference Committee the needed data, as to the probable reception of this plan, all the college papers and every student should aid in agitating the subject, so that all modes of expression of opinion may be utilized...