Word: needed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...slight remonstrance to your editorial of the other day objecting to the hour examinations. While they may be disagreeable in some cases I think as a rule they are beneficial, especially in hard or doubtful courses. They count very little on the year's mark and no cramming need be done for them except by a few lazy men, whom it will not injure to "brace' once or twice during the year instead of doing all their study for the semiannuals. And they certainly are of great use in giving one an idea of the nature of the questions...
...wane, and that we may look forward to the time when our classes will equal in numbers those of the large English universities. The number of scholarships has been largely increased by recent bequests, and we can assert with greater truth than ever that no man need fear, on the score of poverty, to make Harvard his home...
...honor to himself and to the University that trained him. He always retained a keen interest in the University, and especially in the departments that touched philosophical and social subjects. The gift in his memory of the money for the United States History Library at once fills an urgent need in an important branch of study, and forms an appropriate memorial to one of the ablest and most loyal of the younger graduates...
...movement so earnestly begun. Here, indeed, is a chance for true charity. If a man cannot give much, let him give little. The committee, with excellent taste and judgment, have so arranged matters that the amount of anyone's contribution will be known only to himself. So no one need be ashamed to give but a small...
...does not seem that we are unreasonable in making one more appeal to the generosity and to the patriotism as well, of all who call themselves Harvard students. No man but can give something, and no one but himself need know whether it be much or little. The box at the Co-operative is always ready. The meeting will succeed, have succeeded already; the only question is, shall the credit be due to us who will receive it, or shall we let others step forward and save...