Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...active management of the Wilde, though he still is general superintendent of his affairs. The lyceum bureaus now "run" him. A recent paper says: "It is conceded that he has considerable ability, but he is so very soft, and so utterly lacks strength of character, that he cannot help making himself and his 'movement' ridiculous. It is said that he applied to Carte the other day to supply him gratis with a private secretary and a valet, and that his request was politely refused...
...Graham, the champion one-mile runner of the world, has been engaged by Mr. Robinson to help him in training the men who are practising for the mile...
Rodney Wallace of Fitchburg, Mass., has given to Smith College a $5,000 scholarship to help indigent students. He has also contributed $2,000 to aid in building a music hall, and $2,000 for the art collection of the new art gallery. The gift of $5,000 is to be a nucleus for a fund of $50,000, which the college officers will endeavor to establish for the assistance of those students who need help...
...hoped that the banquet to be given President Eliot and members of the faculty, Jan. 27, by the Harvard Club of Chicago, will help to stimulate a deeper interest in the affairs of the university in the West. To this end the managers have determined to make it the finest affair of the kind ever given in the city. Professors Child and Goodwin and Messrs. C. F. Adams and Phillipps Brooks have signified their intention of accompanying President Eliot to Chicago. Walter C. Larned, a prominent Chicago lawyer, is chairman of the committee. F. S. G. Reed, '81, will...
...athletics, to enter for the athletic contests that take place in March, and not show the usual freshman timidity in putting themselves forward for athletic honors. The winter meeting of the Athletic Association will determine, in a great measure, how much we may depend upon '85 to help Harvard keep up her reputation for general athletics that she has won at Mott Haven during the past two years. Again we expect '85 to give more hearty pecuniary support to her nine and crew, and to make the best showing possible in the coming athletic contests...