Word: smith
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This is but the expression of an opinion that has been long since advanced by Adam Smith, but the fact that it comes from the president of a university that is noted for the liberality of its scholarship system gives it a new and greater interest. It is generally thought that the best disposal a man could make of his money was to found some scholarships in a college which would aid the poor student and reflect credit upon the profession which the student entered...
...Baker and R. D. Smith, Jr., have been elected stewards of the H. A. A. from...
...official list of batting averages, as made out by Secretary Merrill of Brown, the three highest averages were those of Durfee, Smith and Chase of Brown, while Green and Payne of the same college are found in the first ten. The remainder of the first ten is made up of one from each of the other colleges, Olmsted being Harvard's representative...
...late Prof. Henry Smith, of Oxford, was so unwilling to inflict pain that he even hesitated to find fault with lazy and stupid pupils. On one occasion two undergraduates of his college brought him their exercises for correction. To the first he merely said, "Thank you, Mr. A., that is very nice, very nice indeed." To the second when he anxiously inquired as to the possible fate of his companion in an approaching examination, "O your friend Mr. A.? He, too, will be ploughed...
Grant, Smith...