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...late Mrs. Colton, wife of Joseph Colton of New Haven, made a bequest of $40,000 to the Yale Divinity School. Her will provides that at her husband's death the bulk of her property shall go to Yale. The divinity school will also receive, under the will of Mrs. Catherine Jorman, real estate worth about $10,000 after the termination of a life interest...
Some substantial gifts have been made to Williams lately. Among them is the bequest of $50,000 received by the will of the late William Hilton. In addition Judge Dervey of Worcester, has established two scholarships of $3,000 each, and the interest of $1,000 as a prize to the one pronouncing the best oration on commencement...
...landscape gardeners; as well as for those who will naturally be called upon to manage large estates, or who wish to qualify themselves to be superintendents of farms, country seats or public institutions. The property consists of 640 acres of excellent arable land in Jamaica Plain. Since the bequest of Mr. Benjamin Bussey was made, a commodious building, of considerable architectural merit, has been erected, in addition to barns and green houses. In 1872, the revenues of the institution were largely augmented by the gift of $100,000 by Mr. James Arnold. This gentleman stipulated that a professorship of tree...
...large increase in the number of students seeking an education at some one of the various schools connected with the University, and the additions to the scholarship fund for indigent students arising from the Greenleaf bequest, are the chief points to be noticed in the new Harvard Catalogue. That Harvard University is becoming more and more a veritable centre of learning, is easily seen when the number of students connected with the institution during the college years of 1886-87 and 1887-88 are compared, showing an attendance during the former year of 1688 to 1812 for the present year...
...creditable figure of 181. The present year gives every indication of being one of the most prosperous in every way that the University has seen, and the day is not far distant when the catalogue will show an enrollment of over two thousand students. The Price Greenleaf bequest to the college appropriates $12.000 annually to be distributed in scholarships ranging in sums from $150 to $250 a year; and unlike the ordinary college scholarships, will be given not only to students who have already proved their merit in the college, but also to freshmen, or persons who have been admitted...