Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...evening the dormitories will be canvassed. At those hours all are requested, as directed in the circulars which have been given out, to have ready any articles of clothing which they wish to be distributed by wise charitable agencies. It is hoped that this opportunity for assisting the deserving poor of Boston and Cambridge will not be overlooked. As the work of the Student Volunteer Committee has become better known, the response to the request for clothing has increased each year. Any men, whether living in dormitories or private houses, who are not reached by the collectors and who have...
...spontaneous uprising of students of every creed and no creed to declare that, caring no less than ever for self-culture, the Harvard student of today cared also to be of service to the poor and the unfortunate. President Eliot, Professor Peabody, Bishop Lawrence, Dr. McKenzie, the late Ex-Governor Russell and half a dozen students spoke at this unique meeting, and the Student Volunteer Work was launched...
...from time to time, as the men prosecute their work they can go to the director for information or advice. In six different Ward Conferences of the Associated Charities of Boston, as well as for the Associated Charities of Cambridge, men have acted as volunteer visitors in poor families. In the Children's Aid Society more than a dozen men have regularly superintended Home Libraries.- small libraries placed in the homes of poor families and constantly renewed, the membership of each library including ten children from the neighborhood, and the volunteer visitor meeting with the group in the home...
Extensive collections of clothing from the students of the University have been made by the committee semi-annually. Each collection has yielded seven or eight hundred articles, which have been turned over for distribution to the poor by such responsible agencies as the Associated Charities of Cambridge, the Boston Provident Association, the Roxbury Charitable Society, and several other agencies and churches that deal with the poor...
...first preliminary trial held last Tuesday the standard of speaking was so poor that the judges were not able to select the full number of men to speak in the final trial. At this second trial, accordingly, five men will be selected who together with the nine men chosen at the first trial, will speak at the final debate which is to be held Thursday evening...