Word: costs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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This gives the cost of board $4.00. The board for the corresponding time in 1875 was $4.60; in 1876, $4.50; and in 1877, $4.30 per week...
...have access whether the Library was open or not. It could not be lighted in the evening; but lack of money prevents the present reading-room from being used at that hour, so the change would not increase this inconvenience. The disadvantages of the present room, such as the cost of heating, presence of examinations, and proximity to a recitation-room would be avoided, and the Library would have taken one more step towards making itself "the nearest friend of every student and every instructor...
...this respect Oxford is ahead of Harvard. The regulations meant to discourage dissipation and immorality are directed against the temptations of the town outside the college walls. Students are rigorously restrained from frequenting public houses and saloons; this hardship, however, is mitigated by the privilege of obtaining at cost from the college stores as much wine or spirits as is desired. After all allowances are made for debaucheries in other towns, there are good grounds for believing that the moral character of Oxford is exceptionally high...
...College be moved nearer to the Botanical Garden, or let the Botanical Garden be transplanted to some position nearer to the College. Or, if the College is too poor to go to this expense, I would respectfully suggest that the Faculty furnish conveyances to and fro. The cost need not be large, and the benefit conferred would be great, especially on a rainy day, or when the snow is several feet deep. For the sake of myself and the others who take the course, I hope the Faculty will attend to this matter...
...forward in large numbers on the following day. And here, in connection with this, it is urged on all Freshmen to join the Association immediately. They will find the Secretary in his rooms, Grays 42, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 P. M. The cost of joining is only $2.25 (which includes a beautiful shingle), and this sum entitles one to a life membership...