Word: costing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Oberlin is to have a new college building to cost $60,000. Work will be begun when the spring weather permits...
...objects by submitting occasionally to its members lists of book which it regards as desirable reading on current political and economic questions; by supplying the books so selecting annual courses of reading for its members; by supplying the books so selected at the smallest possible advance beyond actual cost; by furnishing and circulating at a low price, and in cheap form, sound economic and political literature in maintenance and illustration of the principles above announced as constituting the basis of its organization: and by assisting in the formation of reading and corresponding circles and clubs for discussing social, political...
...Dartmouth College two fine and much needed buildings, namely, a library and a chapel, are now in the course of erection. During the summer of 1883, the Hon. Edward Ashton Rollins of Philadelphia proposed to build a chapel at the cost of $30,000, provided that twice that amount should be raised from some source for a library. In the mean while, Halsey J. Boardman, Esq., late of Providence, R. I., informed the trustees that it would be in accordance with the known wishes of that gentleman that his legacy of $50,000, when paid, should be used...
...Wednesday the new university catalogue for 1884-85 appeared. It is very much the same as the catalogue of last year, there being but few changes; but its outside appearance is a marked improvement over the preceeding one. Without raising the cost it has been found possible to substitute a neater and more durable cover than the old flexible one; and the change in the color is a noticeable improvement. To the artistic eye the color adopted may not, perhaps, be exactly crimson in shade; still it is very much nearer than before and about as near the mark...
...intend to support the eleven tomorrow in their game with Yale, must sign the book at Bartlett's before ten o'clock to day. In order to obtain the largest reduction in the cost of the tickets, forty-nine men must go down to New Haven. We do not believe there will be any great difficulty in getting this number of names; in fact we should be very much surprised if only forty-nine men went. The foot ball team has worked hard this year, harder, perhaps, than in any former year. The chances against them have been difficult...