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...Rockefeller has promised to contribute one million dollars to augment the endowment on condition that an equal sum is raised among the friends and alumni of the institution...
...would afford to hear wellknown public men discuss in Cambridge questions of living interest. The men in the neighborhood of Boston alone who could, and who in all probability would, if invited, make addresses each on his own reform, present a most inviting lecture list, and would appreciably augment the already enviable reputation which Harvard holds for ever fostering the spirit of intelligent and honest politics...
...Church. Mr. Treat has been engaged ever since his college days in forming this collection; and after spending many years, and much money on the task, he turns it over to Harvard. This library is undoubtedly one of the very best of its kind in existence, and will greatly augment the number of books already contained in the department of ecclesiastical history...
...participate in the procession which has made the Harvard delegations one of the main features of the parade; and once we have determined to have our university represented on the night of the 5th prox., it behooves all who can afford the slight expense to don a uniform and augment the number of students in line. Confessedly we do not take part in the parade for political motives but merely for the sake of the enjoyment derived therefrom. Thus, as the choice of procession does not represent the political principles of the college, the representatives of all parties should...
...general increase has been made in the rent of college rooms at Yale. This is due to a necessity for a larger income. The annual income of Yale has always been small, but it is a doubtful expediency which seeks to augment it by an increase in term bills. One of Yale's boasts has been that her expenses were small compared with other prominent universities, but this claim can no longer be made.- New Haven Union...