Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : I have just seen a letter in this morning's HERALD in which the secretary of '83 is taken to task by one of the class for not having begun the canvass for subscriptions to the class fund. This letter seems to me in questionable taste for several reasons. In the first place, if the secretary received a salary any member of the class would have a right to find fault, but instead of this a secretary does an immense amount of work for the class, and gets no return. His office is no sinecure...
Arthur Crayon: Miss Rosebud, I have brought a little picture, which I painted especially for you. It has proved a very pleasant task during the month that I have worked...
...every other. The valedictorian has no time for exercise, or is too weary to take it; the champion athletes has no time for study, or is too stupid to begin it. One sits in his room with a wet towel about his head, and conscientiously works out his allotted task; the other stretches himself upon a lounge and has the day's lesson poured into him by admiring comrades. Both are toiling for fame, though in opposite directions. Both have won honors for their Alma Mater; so she gives them the same certificate of acquirements. And as to subsequent usefulness...
...England's forthcoming Royal College of Music, Mme. Jenny Lind has offered unconditionally to teach a number of free pupils, placing at the manager's disposal several hours per day which she is willing to devote to the task...
...late terrible fire in Milwaukee bears so exact a resemblance to what a spark at the foot of the stairs in any of our buildings might bring to pass that we are compelled to take up our thankless task once more, and ask for fire-escapes on the College buildings. The only reason that can be alleged for not putting them on is the expense which it would entail upon this poverty-stricken institution. Perhaps the Corporation think it good policy to have the story get abroad that Harvard College is economical of everything but the lives of its students...