Word: furnishers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...This comes from the injudicious habit of giving alms. Now the poor are not a class, they are a thousand classes; hitherto people have failed to recognize this and as a result have been deluded by the idea that the real work of charity was to give alms, to furnish work, or to improve the homes of the poor. The truth is that the almsgiver only reaches people who will beg, the employer only those who want work, and the furnisher of homes only those who want homes. But if we are to work in any one direction...
...Many of the dormitories are built in very old style with very little provision for escape in case of fire. The stair-ways are narrow and all wood, so that they would make a perfect flue for the flames. It ought to be the duty of the college to furnish every room above the ground floor with a rope or other means of escape-There are ropes in some of the rooms but not in all. Examination shows that Holworthy does not come under the law which requires ropes to be furnished to every room. This is strange as Holworthy...
...does not seem to consider that she may stand between the English and German. He goes on to show in what respects she falls short of the foreign standards and decides that she has no real claim to the title of university. Her present functions are "to furnish a liberal education as complete as possible," and to prepare students to enter upon professional careers." Of these Mr. Bowditch thinks the former absorbs too much attention. He suggests that "the somewhat overgrown academic department should be divided into two distinct departments" the "academic" and the "philosophical." The philosophical department would correspond...
...material it was an exceedingly difficult matter to choose. The second tenors are a little weak, but can probably be developed into a fairly good set of voices. The first tenor is deplorably weak. It seems as if a class of over three hundred ought to furnish more tenors. Those singing now are nearly all untrained and after an hour's practice are almost entirely unfit for further singing. If there are any more first tenors in the class they would do well to try for the club before it is too late...