Word: generous
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unit, surgical dressings, much of the bacteriological and anaesthetic apparatus and some of the buildings have already been paid for by a comparatively small number of University men. The very heavy expenses of conducting so large an operation for the balance of the war will need continuous and generous financial support, and for this purpose the collection at the game has been proposed...
...Higginson, "Habit," by Professor James, and "The Mistakes of College Life," by Dean Briggs, and "Master Fortissima." The Freshman cannot read this little book without gaining encouragement and new strength for the fight to maintain high ideals. There is no reason why the advice and inspiration contained in this generous gift should be limited to the Freshmen. anyone who buys the book will find something helpful, something which will make the world seem brighter and the daily tasks less arduous...
...catastrophies. They have rendered prompt and practical relief when fire, flood or pestilence sweeps a community. It also is interested in preventive measures of disease and educational improvements. In the last ten years, the American Red Cross has rendered valuable assistance in more than 80 disasters. Backed by many generous men and women, it has received and spent more than $10,000,000, and donated relief supplies valued...
...name of Murphy. The money therefore accumulates; but it will not be lost, for sooner or later the Murphys will come forward. Their present apparent reluctance is probably due in about equal proportions to diffidence and to the limited amount of publicity which Mr. William S. Murphy's generous bequest has received. The offer was a useful as well as a picturesque one, and was altogether to be commended, and it is fair to predict that in time it will add many men, though only one name, to America's roll of fame. The temptation of a free education...
...young men and women. There is no organization in the University responsible for collecting this material, tabulating it, keeping it up-to-date, and maintaining the outside contact necessary for genuine information concerning various opportunities. What is lone is done in a haphazard manner. If a professor is generous with his time and thought, he can help scores of students every year; but if he is too preoccupied with his own academic duties, he may neglect this phase of his responsibilities altogether...