Word: minimum
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...himself and his personal friends only. A strict interpretation of "personal friends" is necessary: one should be most careful to discriminate between his own personal friends and those people whom he would like to fee in some way. The gift of Class Day tickets as fees combines a minimum cost with a maximum appreciation, but this very fact, that they are gladly received, shows that others have not considered such people as personal friends...
...argument that constant sport turns a man from his studies is equally absurd. If a man wants to study, there is plenty of time to do so; and if he doesn't wish to study more than the minimum required, no restriction of the kind that this rule enforces will compel him, or even incline him, to study more. There is plenty of time for a man to play on three University teams and get a degree "cum laude." It is merely a personal matter...
...Hereafter, preliminary candidates who have received certificates of preparation from their schools will be credited with any subject or subjects in which they pass. The old rule, which fixed a minimum number of points for which credit was given at a preliminary examination (eight for Harvard College, and six for the Scientific School), is abolished...
...that payments are to be made in five annual instalments, which ought to permit a man to subscribe more than he might otherwise be able. Our treasurer has given us an estimate of $25 per man as sufficient for a moderate fund. But it seems to me that the minimum ought to be at least $50. This involves a personal expense of but $10 a year for five years, and surely a man in behalf of the class can make so small a sacrifice as the saving of one dollar a month, even out of the meagre twenty five which...
...University has recently been submitted to the Bursar, under whose supervision the present system of guides is maintained. This report states that during last July, August and September 3430 persons were shown about the University grounds and museums. The largest party conducted by one guide numbered 20, and the minimum number of visitors in any week was 150. During the first seven days in August there were 424 visitors...