Word: richer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Squad E--Waterbury, captain, Hatch, G. S. Barton, Winsor, Brown, Whitridge, Richer, Daly, Piper, Brown, Locke...
...such men, and for the few who can not afford the expense even of so slight and simple entertainment, a two-day or three day celebration would be a calamity. They would be forced to wander about with nothing to do but envy the elaborate hospitality of their richer class-mates; and the inevitable result would be that they would cease to entertain at all. Class Day would thus become a mere fashionable show, full of extravagance; a festival which the rich man would naturally enjoy, but which the poor man would have no share in. Any change which could...
...prove successful, even the charge of $1.00 a day for every day's residence in the infirmary beyond five days, insufficient as it may seem, would prove a serious drain upon the resources of some fellows. It would be a great advantage to them and even to their richer fellow students if they could estimate at the beginning of each year that $5.00 would cover their possible sickness expenses...
...Yale's greatest need is an income for general purposes. Most of the endowments and legacies are confined to specific uses, so that, while each year the university grows richer in new buildings and special scholarships, she continues to need money more and more for operating expenses. This association undertakes to collect $10,000 to $12,000 per annum for use in any department. The fiscal year ends in June and we have only about $2500. It will be observed that $10,000 per annum is equivalent to an endowment of $200,000 bearing 5 percent interest...
...deal of humor, pathos, and homespun truth; but the author forces the pathetic note and often disfigures his best opportunities with the written equivalents for "make-up," graduated foot-lights and slow music. The other two writers are more simply faithful to human nature. Mr. Barrie's humor is richer than Maclaren's and poor Jess's window in "A Window in Thrums" is a focussing element which adds immensely to the effect of Mr. Barrie's best book. "Ian Maclaren" does not force the pathetic note, but he repeats it too often perhaps within the compass of one volume...