Word: burden
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Meyers devoted most of his attention to the first bill. He declared such an institution as Harvard too great a burden for one community and that the valuations in Cambridge are one-third higher than they ought to be. Harvard is gradually acquiring land along the river, and now the Institute of Technology may establish itself here. He concluded by stating that he could not see whereby values were in any way benefited by the presence of the University...
President Lowell in reply said that he did not think the first bill would be countenanced, since it would discriminate between Harvard and other educational institutions in the same city. As to the second bill he agreed that if the University were a burden the Commonwealth should share it with the city, but this was disproved by the fact that President Maclaurin of Technology had received petitions from Cambridge citizens asking that the Institute settle here. They ask this in order to increase property values in the city...
...constant reference to that book in the lectures. It the book is only needed in order to prepare for section meetings, why should every member of a course be obliged to pay nearly two dollars for it when a supply in the Reading Room would save the class this burden...
...quoting them at length. He says: 'Each year the ill-arranged Christmas recess brings a chorus of protests from students and parents, ever increasing as the number of students from more distant parts of the country grows, and imposing upon the administrative officers of the College a heavy burden from which they escape battered, worn, and fatigued by endless arguments (to which they must not yield) only when the last hour of class-room work has come. These protests, and the subject itself, may at first glance seem frivolous, but it is not too much to say that the irritation...
...position of the Freshman adviser is simply that of an adviser and not that of a commander. By open play he can always inspire confidence; the problems and difficulties should be openly presented and will be squarely answered. The burden is on the adviser, for he must pave the way for such relations. He should discover what the Freshman is interested in, and should discuss those topics with which he is familiar...