Word: getting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...standing invitation to take only such courses as one feel he is reasonably sure of a good grade in. A man who has received high marks for two or three years hardly cares to court a D by taking a subject that he realizes he may get that mark on,- no matter though the course be both desirable and beneficial. The rule stands as a temptation to take snap courses and as a beacon light to earn men from instructors who have the reputation of being hard markers, although these self same instructors may be among the most desirable...
...Still there is another side to the story. Thus far I have figured out the expenses, and have said nothing about the means of meeting them. Perhaps to get the advantages of Harvard, a student may need to spend largely but a certain circumstance enables him to do so,- I mean the matchless benevolence of those who have preceded us here. The great sums interested to us for distribution in prizes, loan funds and scholarships make it possible for our students to offset the cost of their education to such a degree that the not output of a poor...
...have spent $1,200 a year; and I hardly need to add that much of it has gone unnecessarily, and that were I to pass through these years again I could easily and satisfactorily get on with much less...
...those wishing to join the shooting club can do so by applying at 19 Hilton Block, between 12 and 1 o'clock on Mondays or Tuesdays. Those who have already joined can get their shingles at same room and hour...
HARVARD STUDENTS would do well to call at J. W. Brine's, 10 and 11 Harvard Row, and get their gymnasium and football outfits...