Word: funds
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...fund was started in November of last year, by a committee of ladies interested in the University, to make annual provision for a band of twenty-five pieces which would "promote the dignity and beauty of public academic ceremonies and add to their charm and interest." There are likely to be about four occasions during the year when such music would be desirable, and to meet the necessary expenses of $180 for each occasion, the committee desired to raise a fund of $20,000. The work of collecting this amount was commenced with the approval of President Eliot, Major...
...Class Committee is the permanent body which acts in the capacity of trustees; it collects and holds the class fund, calls class meetings, and has general charge of all class affairs...
...will of Henry Stedman Nourse '53, filed Saturday, a fund of at least $50,000 is set aside for the benefit of the University. The will provides that the fund shall bear the name of the testator and that at the option of the President and Fellows it may constitute a permanent fund devoted to the needs of some of the departments or may be expended in the erection of buildings...
...Elizabeth Agassiz house, have been drawn by Mr. A. W. Longfollow '76, and work will probably commence on the building as soon as the frost leaves the ground in the spring. It is to be erected by the friends of Mrs. Louis Agassiz, who have already collected a fund of $116,465.37 for the purpose. It was originally planned to have the structure cost only &100,000, but the present high price of materials may make a larger outlay necessary. In case there is any surplus left after the building is paid for, it will probably be devoted to furnishing...
Deturs will be awarded to men who win positions in the first group and who have never before received a detur. They are books purchased with the income of a fund left by Edward Hopkins, who was born in 1600. The books are bound in red leather and are stamped in gold with the seal of the University...