Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first article on this subject printed recently, the average annue expenditure is calculated, and at the end, Professor Palmer speaks of the high charges for room rent and tuition at Harvard, suggesting that it might be thought that this places a Harvard education out of the reach of the poor man. Continuing he says...
...mean the matchless benevolence of those who have preceded us here. The great sums interested to us for distribution in prizes, loan funds and scholarships make it possible for our students to offset the cost of their education to such a degree that the not output of a poor boy is probably less than in most New England colleges. At any rate, I have asked a large number of poor students why they came to expensive Harvard, and again and again I have received the reply, I could not afford to go elsewhere...
...professional schools, $6,000; making a total of assistance to students of the University of more than $53,000. Next year this enormous sum will be increased $13,000 by the munificent bequest of Mr. Price Greenleaf. Fully to estimate the position of the poor man at Harvard, we should take into account also, the great opportunities for earning money through private tuition, through innumerable avenues of trade, and through writing for the public press. A large number of correspondents tell of money earned outside of their scholarships. The immense aids provided for our students maintain a balance of condition...
...kicked a goal. The ball was then brought into the middle of the field and in about eight minutes Wood made the second touchdown, resulting in a goal. Two more touchdowns were made in quick succession by Nichols and Wood, from which goals were kicked by Saxe. A very poor pass by Nichols over Porter's head gave the ball to Amherst within two feet of Harvard's goal line. It looked for awhile as though Amherst would score, but on the fourth down the ball went to Harvard. Good rushes by Butler brought the ball well...
...practicing here, without violent change, the habits which the home has formed. Those who have been accustomed to large expenditure spend freely here; those of quiet and considerate habits do not lightly abandon them. But it may seem that the smallest of the sums named is large for a poor man. It may be believed that even after restraint and wisdom are used, Harvard remains the college of the rich. There is much in our circumstances to make it so. An excellent education is unquestionably a costly thing, and to live where many men wish to live calls...