Word: profit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...loss; the limit might be half of the bond required of the student. Even if the Bursar were to charge something for checks cashed, it might be made less than the bank requires, or, even if as great we would all prefer the College to make even such small profit than that the bank should. To be sure, the discount is very small, but when one has to cash many checks the amount lost in a year is considerable; therefore we recommend this to the consideration of the financial managers of the Bursar's office...
...great apostle of sincerity. A public meeting to honor his memory has been suggested, but, whether that meeting takes place or not, Mr. Mead's lecture offers a good opportunity of paying a fitting tribute to the memory of one whose writings no young man can read without profit. We must also commend the wisdom of the Club in reducing the number of lectures from four to three. Without denying the utility of the lectures given by the several College societies, it may be seriously questioned whether we have not, after all, too much of lectures, readings, talks, addresses...
PROFESSOR JAMES'S lecture on Wednesday was largely attended, and was recognized by all who heard it as very instructive. It is suggested that the lecture might be given to Freshmen each year with much profit...
...even gone to the trouble of sending formal invitation cards to his pupils, with the same result. Several other cases could be cited to support the opinion that the evil is rooted partly, at least, in the habitual conservatism of students in making new acquaintances by which they might profit. No wonder that professors soon give up all hope of ever bringing about the different relation which is so much to be desired. If it cannot be said that the whole remedy lies with the students, we must admit that it lies with them at least in part...
...opinion of the instructor that two years can be spent on Shakspeare with profit, and the remark was made in a Boston paper this summer, that it was a sign of the increasing attention paid to English literature at Harvard that Shakspeare could be studied for two years in succession...