Word: pay
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nobly to the cry for help from its poor. The charity is not of the grudging and condescending kind, but comes from an overflowing heart longing to help those whom it regards as equals and brothers. When the letter carriers of Boston give unanimously a whole day's pay to the poor, does not this show the spirit of Christ? Should we ask before answering, "can they say their creeds...
...made up of a large number of small subscriptions, yet all larger sums sent to the order of the president of the CRIMSON will be promptly acknowledged. No contribution will be too small to be of value and every member of the University will thus be able to pay some tribute to Mr. Bolles's memory...
...scholarship because it may be used to help several men and because character and worth alone are the conditions upon which it is given. There are many men who find themselves from time to time, through no fault of their own, in a position where they simply cannot pay their expenses and where, unless help comes to them from outside, they must give up their college course. In just such pinches as these men appeal to the authorities for help; and the authorities are at present able, to a limited extent, to give that help. But there is much room...
...women's colleges,- Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, and Vassar. All students who have taken the bachelor's degree in any one of these colleges, and a few others who are eminently qualified, are given free use of the privileges of the school. On the other hand, students are obliged to pay all their own expenses while living at Athens...
...strangely modern, and takes almost after the realist of today, telling tales of home life in a homespun way. There is no poetry in his plays, and in this respect he is like Massinger. The latter is very skillful in his dramatic effects. His play, "A new Way to Pay old Debts," is the nearest approach to Shakespeare we have, with the single exception of "She Stoops to Conquer." But wonderful as Massinger and the others may be in their separate ways, Shakespeare far surpasses them as a poet, a painter of character, and an imaginative writer...