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...received. In his report to parliament Lord Elgin estimated the expense at L50,000 and besides this he was out of pocket L20,000 interest. He received for his trouble only L35,000 there by recovering only half his expenses. From this report it appears that more money was spent in this work than in the entire excavation of Olympic which lasted six years...
...music, and gymnastics. These were not sufficient for an education, so before the middle of the fifth century, a class of men sprang up which gave extra instruction. These were called Sophists, or, as Professor Sidgwick calls them "professors of rhetoric and art of conduct." Their whole life was spent wandering about from town to town imparting knowledge by means of lectures and long discourses to those who would pay. Socrates' life was diametrically opposite to this; he did not go about but stayed at home, he received no compensation for his instruction for he considered it a desecration...
...college year any organization after the payment, of its debts has a surplus in excess of the amount stated below, this surplus shall be at the disposal of the Graduate Treasurer and of the board described in the last section, but it shall be spent on athletics: Athletic Association, $400; Base Ball Association, $1,500; Bicycle Club, $150; Boat Club, $1000; Cricket Club, $150; Football Association, $1500; Freshman Eleven, $150; Freshman Nine, $50; Tennis Association...
...number of underclassmen interested in astronomy recently made a complete inspection of the Harvard observatory under the personal guidance of Professor Pickering. Several hours were spent in examining the various instruments and in looking over the stellar photographs which Professor Picketing exhibited...
...having been $1120.90. Besides ordinary outlays, such as wages of men employed to take care of the courts, tournament expenses, printing etc; the interest on the debt of the association has been paid for the year, and the debt has been reduced $150, the sum of $270 has been spent on remaking courts, and a payment of $100 has been made on a die for medals. The debt of the association. which was originally $850, contracted in 1887 for the construction of courts, has now been reduced to $250, and an effort will be made during the coming year...