Word: benefactor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...keenly; but though he desired them keenly; but though he desired them earnestly for Harvard, he cannot have desired them half so earnestly as she does herself. Fortunately she has not to wait for them, as Mr. Hill seemed to anticipate, till the rise of "some generous and wealthy benefactor," though she still must wait for several years. The recent financial crises made it necessary to give up all attempt to complete the fund towards the erection and maintenance of the Phillips Brooks House. Now, however, that the effects of that crises are wearing away, we look forward eagerly...
...Stephens, presenting with kaleidoscopic diversity and photographic accuracy the most typical and amusing scenes and characters of the unique thoroughfare on the east side of New York, and showing the wonderfully thrilling leap of Steve Brodie, the king of the Bowery, the helper of the distressed, the benefactor of the poor, from Brooklyn bridge. Other scenic views are the Bowery at night, pier 13 East River, with burning ware house, Chatham Square by moonlight, the rich man's residence uptown, the river under the bridge, and in Steve Brodie's picture-lined saloon. A radical innovation has been decided upon...
...University from invested funds and from tuition-fees is needed to maintain the present scale of expenditure for salaries, repairs and improvements, general expenses, and the various useful objects to which the incomes of special funds are devoted. Under these circumstances, in the absence of any single benefactor who desires to erect a suitable reading-room and stack, is it not time that the whole body of the alumni and friends of the University should undertake to provide by a general subscription these indispensable means of instruction and research? It is the most comprehensive object for which money...
...very few. In the CRIMSON I have seen more than one complaint of their deficiency. In this respect Harvard is far behind Yale, whose noble gymnasium is amply supplied. It has been said, and with some reason too, that Harvard has only to make its wants known when a benefactor speedily arises. I trust that the voice of a stranger may reach a rich man's ears and remove this reproach from a great University...
...duty we owe to the church. Sunday is the foundation, the keystone of the church, and were this to be broken down, the church would not long outlive it. No matter what sect or denomination we belong to, we must all unite in pronouncing Christianity a wonderful benefactor to mankind, and essential to society. The church and school-house are the symbols of our American civilization...