Word: fund
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...left in trust for the benefit of his sister, and upon her decease the sum of $50,000 is to be paid to the president and fellows of Harvard college, the net income of which, after deducting 5 per cent there of for the purpose of increasing the fund, is to be applied to the payment of the tuition and other expenses of certain descendants of David Ellis and others who may be members of the college. The residue of the trust property, if any, is also to be paid to the president and fellows of Harvard College, the income...
...different schools of the university are then in turn mentioned, and all seems to be in a flourishing condition, except the Dental School. Particular attention is called to this department. After a struggle of fifteen years it possesses no property except a few chairs, and a fund of $955 in the treasury; and yet it has earned an European reputation, and attracts more students from abroad than any other department of the university. Its claims for a better support by the public in the matter of endowments are referred to. The dining association may now be considered...
...good example, and then says "Every word which President Eliot spoke about the work of a medical school in his late address at the dedication of the new building is applicable to the Veterinary department; but not one is being applied. He spoke of the necessity of gathering funds to pursue the work. With regard to this veterinary school, the matter has never been written up in the papers, as it should have been done; no public interest has ever been awakened. Had the question been taken up as it should have been done, we know of what we speak...
...deposits in the Cambridge Savings Bank, and the income of certain other shares held in trust, all the property of the late professor has been bequeathed to the college. His books will form part of the library, and the remaining property will be, at his request, called the Constantius fund. This fund is manned after his paternal uncle, Canstantius the Sinaite, and its object is two-fold. Half the income is to be devoted to buying Greek, Latin and Arabic books, bor ooks explaining or illustrating such named books; the other half to go to the catalogue department...
...annual subscription of $5,000 which has been given to the observatory for the last five years, has now ceased. An attempt is being made to supply its place with a permanent fund...