Word: earners
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college age and this, too, in a sense distinct from that glamour of false sentiment under which much "slum-work" is carried on. Any idea of condescension is entirely foreign to the spirit of the Prospect Union. It is an association of college students and wage-earners for mutual helpfulness and the benefit derived by the student is not a whit less, if it is not even greater, than that derived by the wage earner. A proof of this is seen in the fact that the very best strength of the University has been freely spent in this service...