Word: generously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spoils already that he hesitated to endanger his pockets with more. But perhaps the circumstance that the proctor's door was locked had something to do with it. It appears that his was almost the only door which was locked, and to a sensitive criminal, the hospitality of the generous students who magnificently left their doors open must have been infinitely more appealing than this distrustful attitude of the proctor. One should not be too hard on the proctor; his intimate knowledge of the seamy side of human nature inevitably makes him suspicious, careful even cautious. Rather should one seek...
...opportunity. A game, which, like squash, can be continued in later life with all the benefits and eagerness of youth golf deserves every facility and stimulus which can be given it. But two hundred thousand dollars looms rather large on a college horizon--and even if some generous benefactor should present the entire sum with no strings attached, such as a Chairman in Anglo-Saxon poetry or India philology it might not be justifiable to sink it in a golf course. Universities require many things; this one in particular has certain pressing needs which seem to follow a sort...
...candidacy, saying: "Should the voters honor me by selection for this post I would look upon it as a step forward for our party and the women of America, and I would necessarily look upon it, not as a personal vote, but more in the light of a generous recognition by the voters of this district of the women of Louisiana...
After a cursory view of TIME'S summary of events, the Generous Citizen points with pride...
...these, 650 eat at Memorial Hall, 200 at the Union, and another 650 at the Freshmen Dining Halls. Two hundred men also eat at Lincoin's Inn, the Law School Society; and, at a generous estimate, 500 more at the various undergraduate clubs and fraternities. Subtracting all these, there are still 2700 men to be accounted...