Word: summing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Columbia College traces its origin to a law entitled "An act for raising the sum of two thousand, two hundred and fifty pounds, by a public lottery for this colony, for the encouragement of learning, and for the founding of a college within the same...
There are obviously some men who would be unable or unwilling to pay this sum. No one would be under compulsion to have a telephone. If the University limited the amount of money to be spent by its members on weekends or fraternities or clothes, the argument against telephones as an expensive luxury would be valid. Since, however, each undergraduate spends for "luxuries" as much or as little money as he pleases, there is no reason for denying him at least permission to have a telephone if he wants one. That a great majority of the members of the University...
...Kentucky and Iowa will do equally satisfactory work at Harvard. The success is due in large measure to the ample size of these awards. Starting from $200 TO $1000, according to the financial condition of the recipients, they are renewable throughout the college career and may ultimately reach the sum of $1200. A student unhampered by the necessity of working his way through college will doubtlessly show good results, Mr. Conant believes, and his recognition of the value of security should be commended as realistic wisdom...
...other alternative, that of raising money from the alumni, the present is obviously a poor time. Even if the sum could be contributed, it would seem almost criminal not to use it for more strictly educational purposes, where it is so sorely needed, namely in professorial salaries...
...coming year the budget will be reduced by some $20,000 which can be found, Mr. Bingham assures me, by drastic economics but without eliminating support of any of the present programs except golf, and it is expected that similar economics can realize an additional saving of an equal sum during the two years following. Further than this, in the course of the three years following the present academic year, financial support will be withdrawn from the following six minor sports: cross country, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, boxing, and fencing, and these sports will be put on an informal basis...