Word: tells
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...case. Be that as it may, Mr. Clark has seen fit to add one more to the already large list of colleges and this one is to be carried on as an ideal creation of his own mind. Whether he will be successful in his design, years only will tell. We cannot but look upon this institution as a possible rival of our own University, but we can console ourselves with the thought that such an institution as Mr. Clark has conceived, is the result of years of development and growth; that such an institution cannot spring into existence like...
...below in another. The extent of the variation is the desirable thing to know. In one instance this variation might not exceed the physical limits; in another it might result in a deformity. These differences are but vaguely suggested when expressed in figures, yet it is futile to tell a person that he is above or below the average without indicating the degree, or informing him of its significance...
...munificent bequest of Mr. Price Greenleaf. Fully to estimate the position of the poor man at Harvard, we should take into account also, the great opportunities for earning money through private tuition, through innumerable avenues of trade, and through writing for the public press. A large number of correspondents tell of money earned outside of their scholarships. The immense aids provided for our students maintain a balance of condition here, and enable even the poorest to obtain a Harvard education. And what an education it is; how broad and deep and individually stimulating,- the most truly American education, which...
...place, and unable to attain its characteristic advantages? No systematic evidence on the subject has existed. It is time it did exist, and I have made an attempt to obtain it. To each member of the graduating class I sent a circular asking if he would be willing to tell me in confidence what his college course had cost. I desired him to include in his report all expenses whatever. He was to state not merely his tuition, board and lodging, but also his furniture, books, clothing, travel, subscription and amusements; in fact, every dollar he had spent during...
...reply has been very large indeed. To my surprise, out of a class of two hundred and thirty-five men actually in residence, two hundred and nineteen, or ninety-three per cent., have sent reports. Am I wrong in supposing that this very general "readiness to tell" is itself a sign of upright conduct...