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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...qualifying examinations for the selection of a Rhodes scholar from Massachusetts for the term of three years beginning next October will be held today and tomorrow at the Harvard Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston. Candidates who take the qualifying examinations must pay the Supervising Examiner a fee of $5 today, to meet the local expenses of examination and selection. Candidates who file a certificate of exemption must pay a fee of $1 to the chairman of the committee of selection at the time of filling the certificate...
...pest. Despite the numerous notices to the effect that the presence of these men is not desired, their calls have lately become as regular as the delivery of the college mail. Besides this, the books are generally listed at extremely high prices, which is obviously necessary in order to pay a large commission to the agent; and, moreover, students are regularly prevailed upon to buy books for which they have no particular need. This is especially true of Freshmen before the glamour of their new surroundings has worn off. Doubtless this shortsighted policy of patronizing these agents has come about...
Reflecting on his own struggle to get an education, he resolved to found a school where the poorest boys and girls might learn and at the same time pay all the expenses of their education. This resolution was carried out in the Idaho Industrial Institute which he founded eight years ago with the help of five or six friends. Twenty students were admitted at that time. Today the school has increased to a remarkable degree and still there is a waiting list of over 200 who cannot be accommodated. The lecture will be open only to members of the Union...
...status of the teacher, both in public and private schools, is improving throughout the country, and is manifest in increased pay and longer tenure of service. A man, who after due consideration resolves to engage in teaching, should also consider the question of whether he shall take up college or secondary school teaching. The college teacher needs extensive knowledge in a single field; the preparatory school teacher or principal needs greater personal magnetism and has more responsibility and power because he gets boys at the formative period of their lives...
...Association as the first step toward some permanent arrangement by which cheaper board may be secured at the Hall. Three reforms are contemplated as a means to this end. A reduction in the fixed charges, such as the cost of service, will be made. Within the past week the pay-roll of the Hall has been cut down by $590 a month. The variety of food offered will be curtailed, the articles on the menus being less in number, but changed daily instead of offered all at once. The present coupon system will be investigated, both within Memorial Hall...