Word: current
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...allegation that "a number of the Harvard Eleven are at present beneficiaries of the college funds," that only one member of the Harvard team is the recipient of beneficiary aid from the college. He holds one of the eighty-nine grants of the "Price Greenleaf Aid" for the current year, the only form of undergraduate scholarship which is granted in advance. The assignment was made by the President and Dean of the College upon the written recommendation of the teachers under whom the applicant was then studying in one of the largest New England academies, and was made on precisely...
...their students that they are the favored ones on this earth. These boys are the most to be pitied of any class in college, since they are isolated, although it be by their own choice, and receive little comfort or enjoyment in college life. They are not in the current, so as to speak, but sit upon the bank untouched by the life that flows so joyously by them...
...current number of the Week's Sport contains a synopsis of the football season with a critical review of players...
Professor Shaler's article in the current number of the Atlantic Monthly is indeed interesting. He makes some striking remarks on the difference between the strain caused by mental and physical exercise, showing by the use of statistics how very great is the mental strain under which the teacher or literary man labors. The agriculturist, the artisan and the professional man in general who is not engaged in teaching the youth, are accustomed to continuous toil for at least ten hours daily six days in the week. With the instructor it is quite different; about one third of the year...
...current number of the Week's Sport contains a synopsis of the foot ball season with a critical review of players...