Word: founder
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon the match for the Founder's Cup was held. As the weather was cold and windy the number of contestants was comparatively small and the scores made were not up to the average. The cup was won by Quinlan who scored 10. Post was second with a total of 9. The regular series of matches were then shot with the following results...
...Shooting Club held the first meeting for the half-year at Watertown Friday. A new series of matches was started and the Founder's Cup was shot for. Good work was done by all, particularly by Quinlan and McKay. The following were the scores in the different matches...
...University of Pennsylvania last year proved very interesting, and it is to be hoped that matches can be arranged this year with Pennsylvania again and with Columbia. It is important that all the members of the club be present at the match on Friday to shoot for the "Founder...
...Stanford University, lately founded by Senator Stanford of California, and named after his son, Leland Stanford, jr., is now in process of construction. The amount of the donation is $20,000,000. The founder intends to establish a university town in connection with the university proper, the town to be restricted to the use of members of the university...
...Memorial Library at Yale has been completed, and work is now advancing rapidly on the interior. The decorations will be extremely handsome, especially in the great reading room. The ceiling which rises in the shape of a dome will be beautifully ornamented. A tablet in memory of the founder will be inserted over the immense open fire-place. There will be a memorial window of stained glass. The Memorial Library will be connected with the present library and when the whole system is completed each section will be devoted to a special department of literature...