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There are two general ways in which the expenditure here may be lessened; first, by lowering the price of board; second, by making smaller charge for tuition. In the present management of Memorial Hall, the board seems to have reached the lowest price, consistent with furnishing a tolerable quality of food. Of course, as Harvard is in a city she cannot compete with country colleges by offering cheap board...
...prove, is because he lives much more soberly, drinks less, marries, earlier, and takes, better care of the young and aged. In London, within the last two centuries, the death rate has fallen from 80 per thousand to 23. At the age of 15 the rate of mortality is lowest. From 25 to 70 the greatest number of deaths occur from violence, accident, or suicide. The subjects which should interest us most are in regard to what we eat, drink and wear, and the amount of our mental and physical work...
...franc. That is, a book of which the published price in France is 3 francs, can be furnished by the society for 63 cents to those who order it to be imported. The book sellers in this country charge anywhere from 30 to 35 cents for the franc. The lowest rate at which the society itself has been able to furnish books to members through importers in Boston and New York is 27 or 28 cents to the franc. By ordering direct importation, a member saves from twenty to twenty-five per cent. The saving on German books is about...
...England's scholars and England's divines followed the researches of ours. Standing before such a large body of young men, he felt compelled to say, as an English divine had said before, "I bid you aspire" Seek better things. There are, however, three classifications of better things. The lowest - but one not to be despised - the personal success of rank and wealth. This is in the power of any who has iron enough in his nature to say, "I ought, I can, I will." Higher, is the service of one's country. One, who as a patriot can rank...
...Sale. - A nearly new Hallet & Davis piano; also a large amount of elegant second-hand furniture, lace curtains and draperies, book cases, wall and shelf ornaments, parlor set, imported eight-day clock, at very lowest cash prices. L. L. Powers, 420 Harvard Street...