Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reported that the corporation have received a gift of $1000 in aid of the Political Economy department. This will enable the college to retain one instructor besides Professor Dunbar next year. It is as yet undecided who the instructor will...
Tickets for the performances of "Conrad and Medora," to be given in Horticultural Hall on the evenings of Friday, April 20th, and Saturday, April 21, in aid of the University Boat Club can be had at 39 Matthews from 2 to 6 Monday afternoon...
...meeting of the trustees of Columbia College, last week, in New York, the project was discussed of appealing to the citizens of New York and of the country at large for aid to enable them to convert the college into a metropolitan university, where students who are now compelled to go to European universities can obtain thorough instruction in the higher branches of learning...
This project has occasioned considerable comment in many of the New York papers. The N. Y. Times says in regard to the financial aid required: "If local pride still counts for anything with the rich men of New York, substantial benefactions from some who are not specially distinguished as patrons of education may be expected," and their assistance together with the support which will undoubtedly be forthcoming from those especially interested, will make the difficulty of raising an endowment of $4,000,000 much less than was at first expected. This subject is also discussed in the N. Y. Post...
...Hasty Pudding Club gave a successful representation of "Conrad and Medora" at the Turf Club Theatre, New York, last Friday, in aid of the boat club fund. About $700 was netted...