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Professor W.M. Davis has been granted an appropriation from the Shaler Memorial Fund to defray in part the expense of his trip to the South Pacific to study the physiographic evidence relating to the problem of coral reefs...
...throes of financial stringency, with call money absolutely uncallable. The evidence of this monetary crisis is the fact that in spite of frequent appeals less than half of the members of the class have contributed anything to the fund; which, as every Senior knows, must be large to defray even the necessary expenses of the class. Of course money is always scarce during the last two months of the Seniors year, but with the decreasing need for furniture, books, and other impedimenta, there ought to be some means somewhere for securing nourishment for the frail class fund...
...Class Treasurer their pledges, to the Class Fund. This response as compared with that of previous classes is lamentably slight, and not at all consistent with the prompt generosity shown by 1913 in giving for other purposes. A great deal of financial support is necessary to defray the expenses of class activities, and furthermore a good beginning is desired in building up the fund that will later revert to the College. To be sure demands for money for unusual purposes have been numerous this year, but the Class Fund can be neglected under no circumstances. Therefore, let the Seniors send...
Never before has the Harvard Debating Team had to face so serious a problem as that which confronts it this year in the matter of finances. As long as all undergraduate organizations representing Harvard were supported by general subscriptions, the Debating Team found it easy to defray its expenses in this manner. But since all the other organizations have been relieved of the necessity of calling upon the students to contribute to their support, the Debating Team has found an existence dependent upon student generosity very precarious. Some income is received from the Coolidge Fund, but it is far from...
...condition the society will again this year pay its members a dividend of nine per cent. In the eyes of the undergraduates the payment of this large dividend is one of the greatest benefits of the organization, for it comes at an opportune time and in adequate amount to defray the expenses incident to a large football game...