Word: came
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...amount of about $500,000 is bequeathed for the purpose of establishing a number of travelling scholarships. This bequest will be called the Frederick Sheldon Fund. These gifts to the University are from that part of Mrs. Sheldon's estate which came to her from her husband, and are, as she mentions in her will, to be considered as gifts from...
...party stood in the south-west corner of the room. The 21 boxes were distributed through the rooms on the first floor. A soft red light from tinted globes was suffused through the lobby, which was draped with laurel festoons. On the east and west ends a brighter light came in from the Dining Room and Periodical Room, both of which were illuminated with strings of Japanese lanterns. An attractive feature of the Game and Writing Rooms was the festooning of yachting flags. Red globes and candelabra with a profusion of palms and plants carried out the general color scheme...
...consider these proportions in order. The statistics show that only the hockey and tennis teams came through with credit balances. All other minor teams had deficits of varying size that had to be met from the general fund. In other words any advantages that the rule may have possessed have ceased to operate, but its evil effects are as strong as ever. The basketball team has to cater to the public by arranging games in Mechanics Hall, and all the teams have to send their candidates on unfruitful tours through the University in search of support. It is high time...
...speaker discussed the Morocco crisis of 1905, in which France and Germany's nearly came to open warfare. The trouble started in February, 1905, with Germany's encroachment on the old privileges of France in Moroccan territory. The French representative in Morocco informed the German minister that his country was not satisfied with the condition of affairs; Berlin asked for more specific charges. The trouble quickly became complicated by the interference of the two home governments and the mistakes of M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs. Emperor William's inflammatory speech in Tangier still further aroused public opinion...
When the very complimentary invitation to undertake this task came to Professor Reisner he had been on leave of absence for the past two years and was conducting excavations at Gizeh for this University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and was also under appointment as director of the Harvard Exploration of Samaria in Palestine. The delay at Constantinople in allowing a permit to dig at Samaria made it uncertain whether the application would be granted or not. In October last the permit was finally issued, and the actual work will probably begin next spring. The spring and summer...