Word: bequest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reported that the will of Mrs. Rebecca C. Ames, widow of the late Fred L. Ames '54, which has just been filed, contains a bequest of $50,000 to the University. By the terms of the will, the income is to be expended for the maintenance at college of "poor and meritorious students." The University has as yet received no official notification of the bequest...
...meeting of prominent educators of Massachusetts. Rhode Island, and Connecticut, was held in University Hall on Saturday to discuss the method of selecting American students to be given the scholarships at Oxford University established by the Cecil Rhodes bequest. The meeting was held at the invitation of Dr. G. W. Parkin of Toronto, representative in America of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Those present included representatives from the universities, colleges, and secondary schools of the three states mentioned. The principal topic under discussion was the question of whether the scholarships should be awarded only to college graduates or should also include...
...clock in the Faculty Room of University Hall, with Dr. George R. Parkin of Toronto, who is now in the United States as the representative of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Methods to be followed in allotting the Oxford Scholarships provided for American students by the Cecil Rhodes bequest, will be discussed. President Eliot will preside...
...George Higginson Professorship of Physiology, from Mr. Higginson's children, $100.000.00; from T. Jefferson Coolidge, to establish a fund the income of which shall be used "primarily for laboratory expenses of original investigations by members of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory staff." securities valued at $57,500.00; an unrestricted bequest from the estate of Henry Villard amounting to $50,000.00. The Treasurer has also received from the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, $41,610.00 in cash and securities valued at $16,309.72, for improvements upon, and additions to, Soldiers Field, to be made by the Committee, with the approval...
...Saturday, January 24, at 10 a. m., in University Hall, with Dr. George R. Parkin of Toronto, who is now in the United States as the representative of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Methods to be followed in allotting the Oxford Scholarships provided for American students by the Rhodes bequest will be discussed...