Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...arising. The annual expenditure of Harvard has gone up to more than nine hundred thousand dollars, and yet much more than this could be advantageously spent. This enormous sum only covers the ordinary expenditures. For the many special needs there must be special gifts. And in this year's report the president mentions special needs in almost every department of the University. The first and most pressing need is for a new library reading room; this is a university need. The college wants cheap dormitories, a new dining hall, and money could be well spent in enlarging and improving Hemenway...
...report of the Dean of the College which is published with the annual report of the President contains several tables of interesting statistics, among them two accounting for the losses and gains by classes during the last year. The second of these tables shows that the number of men who entered a higher class was larger than the number of those who were dropped and entered a lower class. This is significant as another fact proving how much the earnest and scholarly spirit predominates in the work done here. Last year the Dean pointed with pride in his report...
...With the report of the President for 1890-91, comes the report of the Dean of the Graduate School. The number of students registered in this department of the University last year was 132, of whom 117 were resident students. In addition to these, there were 36 graduates registered in the undergraduate classes. The number of students admitted to the degrees...
Professor Pierce closes his report with the recommendation that the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts be moderately raised - perhaps to two years of residence and study - in order to give the degree a higher and more valuable significance...
...President's report is published a table which shows conclusively that the restriction of scholarships to needy men does not, as many have complained, take away from well-to-do men an indispensable incentive to effort for high standing. A large proportion of the men of high standing do not receive any sort of aid from the University, and have nothing to hope for in the shape of prizes, except out of the regular course. In England, of course, and at many colleges in this country scholarships are given to the men of highest standing without regard to their needs...