Word: holder
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Stroke, D. C. Holder...
...system first introduced by Oxford and Cambridge. The various colleges of which Oxford is composed, possess about three hundred fellowships, which are held for various lengths of time, some of them for life; but marriage, ecclesiastical advancement, or accession to a certain amount of property, compel the holder to surrender his fellowship. The fellow is elected after a severe competitive examination, and is hampered by very few conditions in the enjoyment of his income, and is at liberty to pursue almost any course of study. In some extreme cases, unfortunately, he simply receives his money very regularly, and does little...
Harvard has eleven fellowships of a larger value than most of those in American colleges. Two have an annual income of about six hundred dollars, four of five hundred, and four of eight hundred dollars each. The latter are called "traveling fellowships," and their holders generally prosecute their chosen study in Germany. These fellowships may be held for many years. One of these fellowships was founded in 1871 by George Bancroft, the historian. About 65 years ago Edward Everett suggested to President Kirkland that it would be well to send a young Harvard graduate to Germany to study. President Kirkland...
...generous provisions for advanced study. This young, but rich and prosperous institution, with an endowment of three and a half millions, provides twenty fellowships, each yielding an annual income of five hundred dollars. They are bestowed upon advanced scholars from any place. The chief condition is that the holder shall have a decided liking for some special department of knowledge, in addition to a liberal education and good character. At the first assignment of fellowships in 1876, there were one hundred and forty-two applicants, representing forty-six colleges. The fellowships are in some cases renewable to the same holders...
...hundred dollars is needed to pay the debt of last year's crew, and it will take about the same amount to run the crew this year. Every member of the class should do what he can towards paying this debt, for the holder of this debt has declared his intention of suing each member of last year's crew if it is not paid...