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Costs of the extension courses are made convenient to the leanest purse by the Lowell foundation, which puts up most of the funds is raised from the students themselves, who must pay $2.50 for the equivalent of a half course at Harvard, or $87.60 for a full course. Buildings are loaned free of change by the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1485 Local Residents Enroll As University Extension Courses Start Thirty-First Year | 10/28/1941 | See Source »

...Fortnight ago the Republican treasury reported an operating deficit for August. Joseph Nutt. G. O. P. treasurer, found money difficult to raise. In Pennsylvania where Joseph Grundy, famed campaign cash collector, tariff lobbyist and onetime Senator, has "retired'' politically, he encountered the leanest pickings in years. But after the Maine election Treasurer Nutt reported to the White House (and the public): "This is making my job easier. People who want to maintain the present administration in power have gone to work and the money is coming in. I'm sure now we can raise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maine Quake | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

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