Word: generally
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...American Economic Association offers two prizes: a first of $1,000 and a second of $500, for the most meritorious papers on the subject of "What Can a Man Afford to Give?". The donor of the prizes, Mr. E. A. Karelsen, believes that a general discussion of the rational basis of contributions for altruistic purposes will do great good, and hopes that competition for the prizes may be nation-wide. Any American citizen is eligible to compete. The essays are to be submitted in typewritten form on or before October 1, 1920, to the secretary of the American Economic Association...
...name mentioned in this incident is fictitious, but the occurrence is a true one, Mr. Straus does not contend--nor does anyone else--that it is typical of college men in general. The "superior" type is, fortunately, becoming relatively scarce. An examination of the names of men of achievement appearing in "Who's Who" shows that only one uneducated child in one hundred and fifty thousand is able to accomplish anything that entitles him to honorable mention in the progress of his state; that children with common-school education win out four times as often; that a high school diploma...
...Dill, as the Poet, had a difficult part and in general he played it well. He was at his best in his soliloquy and at his worst in the conversation with Fame. Miss Jennison, as Fame, looked the part to perfection, and if her Cockney was somewhat variable, it was forgotten in contemplating the picture she made. Mr. Fawcett did the best bit of characterization in the piece. Only once did he over-act--at the moment when he says goodbye to the Poet...
Nearly $70,000 was contributed in the Boston district yesterday to the University Endowment Fund as the result of the class canvass of the past three weeks. This brings the general fund to 71 per cent. of the required amount, and places Boston more than half a million dollars ahead of New York...
...notable public service; and so far as Princeton, Technology, and Harvard are concerned, he greatly relieved a precarious situation. His will is truly remarkable. Of the entire estate five-sixths, or approximately one hundred and seventeen million dollars, is to be devoted solely to the interests of the general public--to charity, art, and education...