Word: earn
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rush across another man's court to get a stray ball. There is no reason why there should not be stop-nets about every court, as the expense of getting them and putting them up would be very slight. By following this hint we believe the management will earn the thanks of all lovers of tennis...
...college man of good presence, who wants to earn money by evening work of the canvassing sort, can be accommodated with a good opportunity, at good pay, by addressing B., care CRIMSON printer, Cambridge...
...college man of good presence, who wants to earn money by evening work of the canvassing sort, can be accommodated with a good opportunity, at good pay, by addressing B., care CRIMSON printer, Cambridge...
...afford to devote their time to the public service. On the other hand, it is commonly said that the majority of Harvard students belong to wealthy families, and that they look upon politics as something beneath them. This is not true. Nineteen-twentieths of the students in Harvard must earn their own living after they leave the college. If they look askance upon politics, it is because politics does not offer them a living. He would be an ill-advised youth who would rush into the political arena in the vain hope of honorably wrestling therefrom a competence sufficient...
Under such circumstances as these, how can politics or the public service attract young men of education and ability who must earn their living, and who feel compelled to place their talents in the most remunerative market? Harvard provides direct preparation for all those callings for which a great university can prepare its young men. But, as I have said, direct preparation for political life is scarcely possible within the college walls. Many studies which relate thereto, and which are necessary parts of a statesman's education, can be, and are assiduously pursued, and I doubt not that you would...