Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lastly, as to the amount of time required for a four mile preparation. In this connection it is amusing to take up the newspaper and find that Princeton --the exponent of the two mile race--has already called out its candidates for the eight, while Yale is not going to begin regular rowing practice until after the Prom. Two hours a day is the most that Yale requires of its oarsmen. If this amount of exercise were demanded all the year round I cannot see how it could have anything but a beneficial effect on an oarsman health and studies...
Application blanks for invitations and tickets of admission will be sent as soon as possible to each member of the Junior Class. These must be filled out and returned to the Committee, accompanied by a check for the specified amount, on or before Monday, January 29. The price of admission will be four dollars for each man, with an additional two dollars for each lady...
Application blanks for tickets of admission will be sent as soon as possible to each member of the Junior Class which should be filled out and sent to the Committee accompanied by a check for the specified amount before January 29. The price of admission will be four dollars for each man and an additional two dollars for each lady. The Committee regrets that the amount has necessarily had to be increased since it may tend to keep a few men from the dance, but it seemed absolutely necessary because of the rise in expenses...
...this optimistic era of increased industry and large earnings the number and amounts of gifts have been in proper proportion to the remarkable prosperity of this country. Never before have wealthy Americans, who have accumulated many times an ordinary fortune during the last two years, made such liberal donations to educational and charitable institutions. Columbia University shocked the public when President Butler asked for the modest sum of thirty million dollars. Already nearly two thirds of this amount has been promised and the remainder is practically assured. Other colleges and universities all over the country are asking for gifts...
...kernel of the matter is contained in a statement of President Lowell's that "Culture . . . does not mean the possession of a body of knowledge common to all educated men, for there is no such thing today. It denotes rather an attitude of mind than a specific amount of information...