Word: money
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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After some unimportant discussion, a gentleman known as the Resister arose, saying, "As a matter of fact, the money would be best employed in meeting the running expenses of the College, including stationery used in posting notices, damages to the barbers of Cambridge, and chemicals to remove paint stains. I don't know that I have any motion to make, for the case is tolerably evident...
...rooms could be raised. This expense could also be met by building an L to There, - a step rendered almost a necessity by the present overcrowded condition of that edifice; or else the janitors might be hired for one day only in each week. He moved that the money be devoted to building a place of confinement for suspended men, and supporting them there at their own-cost. This motion, however, was not seconded...
Several motions were made and lost. At last a little gentleman arose, and, moving excitedly about in his seat, broke out: "I zink ze money had better not be touched, presently; maintenant, ze inwards of Olden need decoration, which zing I move...
MORAL: It is easy to sell one's self, but difficult to collect the money...
...report that a daily newspaper, to be called the Harvard Echo, will soon be started, is not wholly without foundation. Six Sophomores intend, if they can get enough advertisements to cover all expenses, to establish a daily paper. The paper, however, is not to be a money-making advertising medium, but merely a literary enterprise...