Word: stinting
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...done so in every case. For, notwithstanding the modest statement in the Catalogue that none but the really indigent are expected to apply, it is a well-known fact that there are a number of holders of scholarships who could live comfortably without them, while others, who have to stint themselves in regard to food and clothes, are refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another...