Word: summing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...over the protests of a disorganized and heterogeneous minority. Some have objected on pacifistic grounds, others on grounds of health, namely the annoyance, if not danger, to patients ill in hospitals. And among other groups, there is one which voices its disapproval at the spending of so large a sum during a period of national depression...
...congress was Chile. Her Ambassador to the U. S., Don Carlos Davila, gloomed that imports by Chile of U. S. automobiles were off 90% at the beginning of 1931; hinted that all Latin America is tightening its belt, doing without luxuries; explained that due to Depression the total sum which Latin America received last year for all her exports was 33% less than...
...other aids has also gone up. He makes no mention of the fact that extra money has been received this year to take care of scholarship men in the houses. There are approximately 220 upperclassmen who will live in the House Plan who are scholarship holders. An extra sum of money which will take care of the average increase in room rent has been received and this will be used to increase the stipends of these...
...aids have gone ahead proportionally with student costs. If to the present total there are added certain competitive prize awards and new scholarships recently made available, the annual total reaches about $250,000. With few exceptions the whole is thrown open to the competition of all meritorious undergraduates. This sum represents the income from invested principle amounting to about $5,000,000. The undergraduate body at Harvard is doubtless more heavily endowed with scholarships and financial aids (not loans) than that of any other large college in the world...
...Whether or not this sum is sufficient to meet the needs of the worthy candidates is difficult to determine. It is obvious that no student has a right to expect an education without cost and without effort directed towards his own support if he lacks other means. On the other hand, it would be discouraging if potential scholars were stifled because of insufficient cooperation and inducement. Just what standards to set up in order to determine the relative merit of candidates for financial aid has been the subject of differing views. Careful study, however, covering the history of students...