Word: fact
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very much to be regretted. If the only motive for subscribing for the magazine were loyalty to it as a Harvard publication little could be said in behalf of the editors, worthy though that motive undoubtedly is. But the high standard which the Graduates' Magazine has maintained, and the fact that it furnishes an accurate statement of college doings difficult for graduates to obtain in such convenient form elsewhere, are practical reasons why its circulation should be larger. The magazine has certainly earned much greater support than it receives at present...
...Council of the Magazine Association finds that the proportion of subscribers from the more recent classes is much lower than among the older graduates, but it believes that this disproportion is not due to a lack of interest on the part of the younger Harvard men, but to the fact that the need of a large number of regular and loyal subscribers has not been sufficiently brought to the attention of the more recent classes. The Council, therefore, sends you this explanation and appeal...
...Advocate quality, and six stories or sketches, none of which are bad, and two or three of which are well above the average. An unsigned sketch parading under the deceptive title "College Kodaks," produces a very full and clear impression in a page of remarkably simple almost matter of fact narrative. "To Say the Least: Ungentlemanly," by H. Williams, Jr., is much in the Stockton vein. The off-hand rapidity of the action is most admirably suited to its impossible but amusing plot. "By Two," by F. M. Alger, is as good as it is hard to characterize...
...annual report of Provost C. C. Harrison to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the year ending August 31, 1897, which has just been published, shows a year of advancement, extension, and general improvement in nearly every department. The provost, commenting on the fact that the university gave aid to the amount of over $50,000 to 331 students, says that the question of free tuition is a very serious one, and that scholarships should be applied for by the student only as the last resort...
...Graduate Athletic Association is now no longer a project, but a fact. It is ready to undertake its work under the control of a well chosen executive committee. Of course this is only the first step in the process of getting the machine into working order. All that could be asked is that the energy and care which have already accomplished so much, be applied in equal degree as the work progresses...