Word: amount
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...answer can be secured, but some significant facts are available. An examination of the reports of the class secretaries of former years shows that the number of men who spent less than a thousand a year is nearly twice as large as the number who spent more than that amount, and that the number who spent over two thousand is small. President Eliot, moreover, says that in his judgment there is not one man in ten here whose father can, without exaggeration, be called rich...
...learn of the amount of aid brought to needy students who are struggling to put themselves through the different departments of the University would astonish outsiders and would, for that matter, surprise most Harvard men. We do not refer to the scholarships, the loan fund, and the like, the benefit of which is well-known; but to the quiet work done by individuals for those who are seen to be in need of help. Wealthy men here, not generally given the reputation of having concern for their fellow-students, have been known time and again to give large sums...
Last year the amount collected was large,- very large, in fact; and much good was done with it. The committee in charge hope that equal generosity will be shown by students this year. Their hope ought not to be disappointed; the appeal comes at a time when students have much such clothing of which they must make some disposal, and the paltry sums given by dealers can well be sacrificed. The money will not mean to the students a fraction of the benefit which the clothing will bring the poor...
...ruins which was used at that period. The walls of the city at this time and later were built of a low foundation of stone three or four feet high topped by a wall of about fifteen feet made of sun-dried brick. Some authorities believe that a large amount of gold and silver treasure found in the second city show that it was the Troy of Homeric time. But there are many reasons for believing that...
When thought is given to the class baseball series of this year, it becomes plain that something must be done, else the series in future years will amount to nothing. To be sure, circumstances were this year exceptionally unfavorable. The bad weather and the fear that the games would have to be played on a very poor diamond delayed the work of the teams, and the lack of grandstands on Jarvis cut down the attendance at the games played there. Inevitably, interest in the series as a whole has suffered...