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Even in the time of Jesus hunger was a very real evil, but it is now a thousand times worse. There are in New York multitudes of men who can not get enough to feed their families. By starvation and poverty they are driven to desperation and when desperate the are dangerous to the community. To remedy the evil of their situation something must be done which no careless charity can do. Giving a man money that he has not earned only pushes him farther down the scale of manhood and makes the struggle to get up all the harder...
...been found that the rowing machines run down when they are used for any considerable time, so that when the crews row a thousand strokes they are not working so hard at the finish as at the start. There has been no attempt to have the machines changed, but the attention of the coaches has been called to the matter...
...varsity crew yesterday rowed one thousand strokes, which is equivalent to several miles. Fennessy and Perkins were laid off by sickness and accordingly Hollister was put on the first crew. The order of the crew...
...seems only fitting that there should be a memorial to him. It is not to be expected that the undergraduate should contribute much towards this, but if each man who knew Mr. Bolles would give a little, it would not be hard to raise the five thousand dollars necessary to endow a memorial scholarship. It is certainly not desirable to canvass for subscriptions, for nothing could be more unfitting than that a man who is not interested should be urged to give to the fund. It remains for those who were Mr. Bolles's friends and those to whom...
...committee wish to raise five thousand dollars, with which to found a scholarship for poor students. Of this sum, only fourteen hundred dollars have as yet been received. Subscriptions may be sent to the treasurer of the fund, Mr. Thayer, 8 Berkeley street, Cambridge...