Word: fund
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Edward Clark of Otsego Country has bequeathed $50,000 to the general fund of Williams College...
...college is to be congratulated on receiving the large bequest donated by the late George B. Dorr of Boston. The entire sum is given without restriction, so that it may be used in any way the authorities desire. We would suggest that the money be added to the contingency fund, so that when needed improvements are called for there may be no chance for refusing them on the score of a limited sum for running expenses...
...sufficient fund has been subscribed to assure the continuance of the explorations at Assos...
...alumni of Trinity College, in a recent meeting at New York, voted that a man be sent through the country soliciting contributions for a president's salary fund, and that the salary of the president be fixed at $10,000 a year. Meanwhile the antique story concerning President Eliot and the cook of the Parker House still maintains its vogue - too largely based on truth. And Harvard does not blush...
...work still unpublished will be mainly occupied with material now almost ready for printing, except that part which relates to recent observations. On the cessation of the present subscription, the observatory must revert to its former restricted condition, unless relieved by fresh assistance. A new subscription toward a permanent fund of $100,000 has recently been set on foot, with good prospects of success. About $20,000 have already been promised in case similar promises can be obtained for the remainder of the sum required...