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...working to show that Harvard is "very expensive." The correction of these errors is enough, without the new facts which could be adduced, to show that far from Harvard's being "a college for rich men's sons only" it is the only college to which poor men can afford...
...about college appreciate what a gift the new boat house is. It is perhaps the finest thing of its kind in America. The workmanship, conveniences and design are excellent. The two bath rooms are fully as good. if not better, than any others in Cambridge. The two piazzas will afford lounging room for hundreds of students. The large dressing room is heated with steam and furnished with two hundred large lockers which could easily be used by two persons each in case of need. The whole building is well lighted and may be well ventilated-by no means a trivial...
...several hundred dollars, miscellaneous as much more, it will be seen that two thousand dollars is a very small estimate. As a class the freshmen this year have not subscribed freely to the crew. Too many men who have given large sums to the 'varsity and who could well afford to give still larger sums to the freshman crew, have subscribed but moderate amounts. Too many men who could afford to give moderately have given but little; and a great many men who have given nothing at all could subscribe a dollar or two. Two dollars may seem...
...Copyright law discourages our own authors and publishers. (a) authors lack pecuniary stimulus to their best efforts-Nation 38, p. 112; (b) markets are flooded with foreign works offered at a lower price than that at which new productions can be prepared-Forum I, p. 497; (c) authors cannot afford to make literature a profession-R. R. Bowker, p. 51; (d) legitimate publications are at a disadvantage in competition-Saturday Review...
...good style, well cut clothes for men, costs only a trifle more than is charged for poor work. Men who can afford it, make a mistake in not buying the best clothes they can get; as the result represents the finest material, the best workmanship, and artistic designing. We make a specialty of producing the finest that can be made, and our prices are moderate, with a discount of 10 per cent for cash. The patronage of gentlemen who appreciate the above facts is solicited. FRANK D. SOMERS, 5 Park St. Boston...