Word: generously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recognize the fact that under the present conditions the old course of study was inadequate to fit a man to meet the demands of our modern civilization, and, in consequence, its curriculum was modified to correspond to the requirements of to-day by introducing the feature of a generous amount of elective work in place of the rigid course of study prescribed under the old regime...
...total annual income of the university is about L250,000; more than any other university in the world receives, and of this large sum more than one-third is expended in fellowships every year. Cambridge, being a smaller university, cannot make so large an appropriation, but is very generous...
...Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore heads the list of American colleges, however, in generous provisions for advanced study. This young, but rich and prosperous institution, with an endowment of three and a half millions, provides twenty fellowships, each yielding an annual income of five hundred dollars. They are bestowed upon advanced scholars from any place. The chief condition is that the holder shall have a decided liking for some special department of knowledge, in addition to a liberal education and good character. At the first assignment of fellowships in 1876, there were one hundred and forty-two applicants, representing forty...
...generous alumnus, also, has devoted a considerable sum to musical instruction. His gift is to be applied to the training of Class Glee Clubs. which are to have the pleasure and benefit of being trained by Mr. Schnecker and Prof. West. These Class Glee Clubs cannot fail of being a source of great pleasure and amusement to the fortunate members, and will also be a most excellent school for candidates for the College Glee Club, which, with the advantage of having so many candidates from which to make a selection, ought to be the equal of the Glee Club...
...University, who are not members of the Co-operative Society, it is due principally to your negligence that the experiment of co-operation has come so near failing at Harvard. We ask you now to come forward and join the society. If you cannot do it out of generous, you can at least do it out of selfish, motives. Although the vusiness will be conduced on a somewhat reduced scale, the benefits derived will still be very great...