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Some months ago a committee of the New York Harvard Club was appointed to investigate the cost of a new club house and a suitable lot of land. The growth of the club has been so rapid of late as to make larger quarters indispensable...
...Amos T. French. In their report they estimated the annual income from the present membership of about 600 resident and non-resident members at $10,400. It was therefore recommended to purchase land and erect a club house similar in general arrangement to the Grolier Club, at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Half of this amount it is proposed to raise by subscription among the members as a gift to the club. Interest on the mortgage for the rest, $30,000, and the expenses necessary to maintain it, was estimated at $9,470. As for location, the committee...
...southern hemisphere has never been examined through a very powerful instrument. The cost of an instrument fitted for such work is estimated at about $50,000, and until this sum is donated, the work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research are stored in a wooden building, liable at any time to be destroyed by fire. The need of a fire-proof building to insure the preservation of the valuable collection is very urgent, and as over $7,000 has already been subscribed it is hoped that a suitable structure...
...tuition is very small, practically free and there are 160 endowed scholarships. The library and museum which must require time to grow have already a good beginning; the former contains room for 75,000 volumes and has some very valuable manuscripts, the gift of Mr. George W. Childs. The cost of the Drexel Institute in site, buildings and equipment has been $500,000. This Mr. Drexel has paid with but one proviso - that everything used in construction and equipment should be the best procurable. In addition Mr. Drexel has given securities to the amount of a million. The result...
...commodious house for the athletic teams is being built on the Yale field. It is to cost about...