Word: donors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...larger than some single western states which has no good university, are found Harvard, Yale, Williams Dartmouth, Brown, Bowdoin and Colby. We cannot have too many endowments of this generous kind for educational purposes in our young country; but with all respect to the good intentions of the donor, we cannot help feeling that in view of the great wants elsewhere and the superabundance in this locality, the gift is rendered comparatively useless by the conditions which bind...
...comment until definite information with regard to the bequest can be obtained. But, we may all hope that the report is not exaggerated, especially when we think what unestimable benefits can be procured by such a bequest. The erection of a new dormitory alone ought to immortalize the generous donor. However, it will be well to delay further comment until we can speak with more certainty of the bequest...
...Ernest Renshaw wishes to acknowledge the receipt of a racquet strung with india rubber strings. Owing to the absence of any name he has been unable to express his thanks to the donor. He also regrets he is not able to form any opinion of the value of the invention, as only two strings remained in the racquet when he received it. - Pastime...
...distracting pursuits, began to find it hard to hit upon suitable young men upon whom they might bestow the income. The original sum of $13,000 had increased, by careful investment, to about $35,000; and the gentlemen, finding their work becoming too difficult laid the case before the donor, Prof. Tyndall, begging him to receive back the fund, or make some other disposition...
...tools which they are always willing to lend to the students who may be fortunate enough to be under their care. Unfortunately however, these happy students do not seem to realize the fact that such tools are loaned, and not presented to the borrowers with the compliments of the donor. We recently heard of one case in which the janitor had not a single tool left out of a complete set. This is evidently unfair, both to the janitor and to the students. One is denied the pleasure of lending, another the opportunity of borrowing...