Word: needful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with regret he was obliged to state that the expenses of the society were larger than the business. Two years ago, a superintendent had been engaged for three years, at a salary of $1200 per annum, to run the business of the society, as it was greatly in need at that time of an active manager. This was a great expense ; and now room rent has to be added to it, as after this year the society cannot occupy its preset quarters free of cost. A larger business was expected, but out of 1,000 students only about...
...half per cent. on the transactions. This, continued through the year, would leave the society with a deficit of about $1500. The whole machinery is at last in admirable working order, but it could just as well do three times the work it now does-and would need to do one-third more work in order to pay expenses without assessments...
...smallest child can use it without injury. Moreover, the late Lydia E. Pinkham recommended it, and thousands have testified as to perfect efficiency. With such a valuable article in the market at a comparative low cost, we see no reason why the would-be chewer in the library need in any way cause disturbance to the would-be students around...
...That girls and women can go safely, comfortably, happily from one end of this country to the other, with only their own quiet and modest behavior as a protector. An American man never seems to question the propriety at all. One glance tells him the lady, alone, helpless, in need perhaps of some service. He does the right thing at the right time, as by a fine instinct, which is surely wanting in the men of many older countries. The American men, young and old, are the gentlemen...
...matter. The divinity School would receive great benefit from the donation. But we cannot feel that the library of the Divinity School should take precedence over the University library. For years the undergraduates have protested against the inefficiency of the management of the University library to meet the needs of the college. The invariable answer has been that the college authorities were unable to accede to the requests of the students because of a lack of funds. The reason has been accepted, and the discussion allowed to rest. But we are now brought face to face with a pressing need...