Word: costly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...means a complete solution of the question. Students, as individuals, should be given more attention; competition in scholarship should be stimulated. The section men and assistants, who do not arouse enthusiasm should be supplanted, if possible, by more able men. The University should aim, at whatever cost, to obtain an ever increasing number of instructors of the highest calibre. A faculty which has men of national or even international reputation does more than anything else to arouse intellectual and even individual enthusiasm...
...students of the University who are interested in social service work are invited to attend. As usual, the dinner, which will cost one dollar, may be charged on the term bill...
...record. Harvard University has always stood for the defense of American can institutions, and is now continuing to maintain the standard set so many years ago in the early days of the Bay Colony. While hostilities have ceased, and we hope there will be no renewal of fighting, the cost to the government is still a heavy burden and required the assistance of the people. I urge upon all a prompt and generous response to this loan which probably will be the last...
...reads as follows: "The Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sport approves for the present the plans of the members of the baseball team for daily lunches together and of the members of the crew for daily dinners together, and further authorizes the Athletic Association to contribute towards the cost of these meals in the case of men who cannot afford to pay the full price. It is understood, however, that this action creates no precedent for future years...
...first thought which strikes one in connection with the ruinous telephone tie-up which began yesterday morning is, of course, that the strike must be ended, quickly, and at almost any cost. The fault of the situation seems to lie for the most part in the endless "red tape" and departmental ritual of the Post Office Department. The patient and fairly moderate demands of the operators for an inquiry on the part of some thoroughly impartial tribunal were repeatedly held up, and delayed, and referred on. Mr. Burleson has admitted that there is justice in their demands, but does...