Word: collectors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...account of their college spirit, shyness, or inability to say "no" give much more liberally than they should; while many others, who can well afford to give, give nothing, because they appreciate the large credit balance or have less enthusiasm, or know how to put off the collector. Thus to some men, and especially Freshmen, this matter of subscriptions becomes a serious problem in their College lives...
...think most of the undergraduate body will agree that the calls for subscriptions for miscellaneous athletic activities are annoying. One is called upon to subscribe as a matter of class loyalty, college support--or even to help some collector "make" the managership of some team...
Another collection lately received, is a representative lot of pre-historic stone and hone implements, and potsherds from an old Indian village site near Lake Pemequid, Maine. This collection was received from Mr. A. J. Phelps of Damnriscotta, Maine, who has been the collector of a good many curiosities for the Museum...
...Pringle was appointed botanical collector for the calendar year...
...portion of Professor Boacher's library, including over 900 volumes and 800 pamphlets relating to Mollere; nearly 250 volumes and 100 pamphlets relating to Montaigne; and some 300 volumes of early editions of the French dramatists of Moliere's time. Professor Bocher had been an assiduous and skillful collector in these fields for many years. His library is a useful and important acquisition, especially for the French department...