Word: fund
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...effort is being made through the columns of the press to celebrate the coming birthday of Washington, by the donation of a fund to be raised by voluntary subscriptions to the Washington and Lee University. A few years ago a number of representative men, who were interested in higher education, formed a "Centennial Organization for the Better Endowment of Washington and Lee University." The object of this organization was to raise a fund of a million dollars to endow this leading university of the South. Of this sum, about $400,000 has been raised, one half being received from citizens...
...expenditures $31,325. These expenditures fall short of those estimated for this year by $5000. The circular states that the sum of $50,000 is required for special purposes, such as $17,000 for a becoming home for the president upon the college grounds, $25,000 for a fund for college commons, $3000, $2000, $1500, respectively, for departments of physics, astronomy and geology, $1000 for class and lecture room equipments, and $500 for the gymnasium...
...fourth year of the Harvard Annex has demonstrated that the undertaking may fairly be regarded as no longer an experiment. The success of this form of collegiate education for women is said to be assured. A fund of $67.000, has been obtained by the ladies of the Executive Committee...
...observatory at Columbia is on top of the library building. The great need, Professor Rees, its director, has said, was a special endowment. An endowment fund of $150,000 or $200,000 would make it the finest observatory in the country. The college had spent so much money in new building that it could not specially endow the observatory...
...Longfellow Memorial Fund now amounts to $11,500. Efforts are being made to increase the amount...