Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee regrets to say that the subscriptions have not been sent in as rapidly as desired. Very few men have made any return at all and at present the average subscription is below the required amount. The committee, therefore, request the members of '98 to send their subscriptions to the treasurer as soon as possible. They also request that all who are able should enclose the first instalment as it is desirous to have money on hand to meet current expenses. In years past single subscriptions have reached as high as $500, and '98 should attempt to equal this record...
...would think that some class would turn up showing itself able to come up to the scratch in these matters, after having practical object lessons from three previous classes, but as yet such has never been the case and it is growing monotonous. Why men cannot take the small amount of time and trouble necessary to comply with these little calls upon them is a question. Every man expects to make the most liberal contribution he can to his Class Fund, and every man wishes to have his picture appear in the Portfolio with those of his classmates. It would...
...publications; when they were handed down from year to year by a member of one class who published either book to a member of the follwing class. The transfer was made upon the payment to the former student who had been the publisher during his Senior year of an amount equal to that which he himself had paid. In this way one member of each class was enabled to pay a large part of his expenses for one college year by publishing the "Portfolio" and another man was enabled to do the same by getting out the "Index...
Columbia University has received a gift of $12,500 which is to be used to purchase new books for the library. Five thousand of the amount is given by President Low. The name of the donor of the balance is not known...
...gymnasium at Columbia which will be completed before the end of the year, will be the largest and best equipped in any American college. The total floor space, of 168 by 182 feet, will make it possible to require a certain amount of attendance from all undergraduates, and yet leave the time of exercise to the convenience of each man. The university will probably adopt the recommendation of Dr. Savage, the physical director, and require every stndent to exercise in the gymnasium at least two hours a week, unless an equivalent amount of work is done on some athletic team...