Word: generous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...expenses. It will be harder than usual to do it this year because of the sportsmanlike choice of Poughkeepsie as the place for the race, regardless of financial inducements, and because twelve men are being kept at the training table instead of the usual ten. Undoubtedly, however, the generous and thoroughly representative support of a crew, financially as well as in other ways, helps to strengthen class loyalty and arouses the members of the crew to do their very best. For these as well as for the material reasons, all those Freshmen who have not done so ought to contribute...
...found in the companionship of his books and the society of a few intimate friends the fellowship which other men find in the larger interests of the University life. By nature distrustful of his own ability, generous in his appreciation of the merits of others, he was never lacking in loyalty to his friends. His work as a student was characterized by literary insight, and his strong personality won the respect of all who knew...
Charles Eliot was born Nov. 1, 1859. At the age of eighteen he entered college with the class of '82. While in college, though never attaining any exceptional rank in his work, he was known for his fidelity and for his high and generous ideals. Almost immediately after graduating he decided to become a landscape gardener. He studied here, and later abroad, and began his professional training in the firm of Olmsted and Co. in Boston. A few years later he was taken into partnership by Mr. Olmsted...
Forgetting the past and resolving on a generous open-hearted rivalry in the future, Harvard again joins hands with Yale and welcomes her heartily and joyfully to her old place as Harvard's "nearest and dearest...
...made still more successful, the experience of its promoters shows; and they have decided to put on file in the room a number of periodicals. To the payment of the subscription prices for these periodicals students are asked to contribute. We hope the request will meet the ready and generous response which it deserves...