Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard library has been open to the students of the society, and the librarian and his assistants have given them valuable aid in the selection of books, as well as many facilities for their use. During the past year, 44 certificates of study have been granted by the society; 39 of these for courses of one or more studies carried through the year; 1 for work done through four years, corresponding to the degree of A. B. at Harvard; 2 for second year honors in classics; 1 for final highest honors in classics...
...beginning of the microscope of to-day is traceable to the small, single lens instrument of the sixteenth century, called at the time Vita pulicaria, or flea-glass, because by its aid the true beauty of the flea, in outline and detail, was first brought clearly before the public eye. Aside from the great advantage accruing to mankind from a just appreciation of the flea, the learned men of the time declared that, with this wonderful machine, they had discovered many new monsters; and one savant affirmed that he had seen the devil himself...
...glad to see such a determined feeling everywhere, that no stone shall be left unturned whose upheaval can aid the chances of our 'Varsity crew next June on the Thames. We have resolved to beat Harvard a four-mile race, and we are going to keep on until we do. - Columbia Spectator...
...French readings given by Prof. Bocher and Cohn, suggest the need of a similar course of German readings. The popularity of the German courses shows the interest in that language which is felt by the students at large. A course of translations and readings from the higher novelists would aid materially in vivifying our German study. We do not want to propose what will overtax the already burdened German department, but we can promise, in behalf of the students, that any effort in the direction of a course of evening readings, will be appreciated...
...opportunity to realize the truth of the often disputed saying that "Virtue is its own Reward." Checks to the amount of the subscriptions paid were sent to each subscriber, payable to bearer, and thus the society has proved its ability to maintain itself alone on its own merits without aid. We congratulate the management of the society on the success which has attended its efforts to place the society on a firm financial basis, and we think we express the sentiment of all under-graduates when we say that the business of the society has never been carried...