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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last November I had the curiosity to study into this subject of the scholarships, and I regret to say that it is true that several men who have taken scholarships this year, ought not to have received them...
...say "what do you know of their financial matters?" I answer at once: In some cases, nothing, in some a good deal; but this I do know in every case, that when a holder of a scholarship lives in a $300 room, and, compared to the average student, in real luxury, that man is either frightfully green and imprudent in his expenditures, or else he is frightfully dishonest in taking money he does not need...
...this evil to be remedied? If a man has the face to lie to the Dean about his circumstances, I see no way of action but that the Dean take him to task. That is to say, I think that the college authorities should institute a committee on scholarships, which should judge whether a man's evident style of living entitles him to pecuniary aid or not; such a committee, I admit, would have odious duties, but a crying evil would be remedied to a great extent, at least...
...cannot but ask for an explanation. Doubtless a member of the upper classes would say: - "They are freshmen and so know no better. But as a freshman I dismiss this answer with the contempt it deserves. For my own part, I can devise but one explanation. Probably the men who converse are so thoroughly familiar with the principles of English composition and are so skilled in the practice of it that little, if anything can be added to the knowledge and skill they already possess. Being thus raised so far above us who have not attained this intellectual height...
...write this to say a word of defence for the dear old lady, or people will begin to think she is getting sour and cross as she grows old. She is the same kind, generous mother she always was, only more so, and to the extent of her ability and her purse, she does all she can for her boys. We also wish to certify, hereby, that these boys are well bred and polite, and what is the best additional quality, they are afraid of no one. If family jars ever occur, or if Johnny does something the older boys...