Word: money
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...somewhat annoyed at Captain Cook's alleged statement that Yale has a rivalry with Harvard alone, and consoles itself with the reflection that, whatever the Captain may think, the "majority" consider Dartmouth, etc., very formidable rivals. It admits that "colleges with an abundance of men and an abundance of money must dislike having to give up cherished plans for the sake of colleges which lack both, and which make opposition just because they lack both." And it concludes by saying that it does not think that "what has been done in the way of withdrawal" will make any great difference...
...professorship and of an admission examination, the latter to take effect in the year 1877-78. In giving the reasons for this innovation, it is shown that, in addition to its necessity in a first-class school, an institution which has real prestige and power will make a money profit by raising its standard, the improved class of students greatly enlarging the reputation and influence of the institution. Here, again, the Western States have increased their representation, supplying now about one fourth of the students, while New England supplies one half, and the number from the South is also larger...
...Harvard Index appeared early this week. It lacks the alphabetical list of students, which was its most praiseworthy feature last year, and it is so incorrect, and so evidently a money-making enterprise, that we cannot help wishing it was issued by persons of better judgment...
...Captain of the Holyoke boat-club has requested us to state that all persons who wish to join the club must send in their money to the Treasurer before the end of January, 1876. A place will be reserved for any one who sends his name to the Secretary before that time, but it is desired that the money should be paid as soon as possible. No one will be able to join the club after February...
...these columns. The general tone of the article is by no means flattering to the editors of the Index, and the writer comments severely upon several features in the book which are justly censurable. He complains that the Index is published simply for the purpose of making money, and not to provide students with correct lists of the members of the different societies and accurate records of the athletic contests; deplores the lack of any good management in the book, and the omission of the alphabetical list of students which appeared last year; and points out a number of faults...