Word: collect
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee of the Classical Club, appointed to collect subscriptions for the fund for excavating Delphi, take this method of making a report to the University. They are happier to say that the generous sum of eleven hundred and ten dollars ($1110) has been promised or paid. This whole amount, except one hundred any sixty-two dollars ($162) was subscribed by undergraduates. The committee wish, also, to thank publicly these gentlemen, not members of the club, who have kindly given their time to the work of canvassing, as well as the editors of the CRIMSON and the Advocated...
Section 3. The treasurer shall collect and have charge of all moneys belonging to the association, shall pay all bills, when properly approved, and submit a report thereof at the annual meeting, and to the association or executive committee whenever called upon...
...committee of twenty from the Harvard Young Men's Christian Association has been appointed to collect money for the purpose of entertaining foreign students at Moody's Summer School at Northfield, Mass. Last year Harvard, Yale and Princeton collected money for this purpose. This year, however, the movement has been broader, and some of the smaller colleges have been asked to contribute also. Harvard's contribution last year was over six hundred dollars, and it is hoped that the sum will not fall below that figure this year. Foreign colleges have been asked to sent representatives to the meetings this...
...does not some enterprising student collect subscriptions in Hastings hall to fix the sidewalk in front of the gymnasium which leads to North avenue? If the men in the hall would subscribe fifty cents apiece, they could get a few loads of gravel put on the walk to relieve in a large measure its exquisite muddiness...
...Banjo clubs. Professor Churchill's readings were excellent and called unbounded enthusiasm from the audience. His first selection, "Dr. Marigold's Last Prescription," was given very appreciatively, but did not take so well as his others. "A Strange Duel," was strong and graphic, but it was "No. 5 Collect Street" that found the most favor. His interpretation of that was admirable, and the rendering of the encore, one of "Sam Lawton's" characteristic stories, was inimitable...