Word: furnished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Rutgers receives an annual endowment fund from the state of New Jersey sufficient to furnish forty students with tuition free of charge...
...every three persons in the country. In round numbers, the United States has one library to every ten thousand of population, though in many states the proportion is far greater. New Hampshire, for example, has a library to every 2,700 persons. The neighboring states of Massachusetts and Connecticut furnish a library to every 3,134 and 3,479 persons respectively. California, Colorado, Wyoming and Michigan stand well up on the list. The Southern States, as might be expected, make the worst showing, Arkansas bringing up the rear with one library to every 50,158 of population...
CARLETON GREENE, Sec'y.Ushers at the Symphony Concert to-night who are unable to fill their positions are requested to furnish substitutes, or send notice to E. R. Shippen, 14 Grays, before noon...
...some time there had been a deeply felt want for a daily paper that would furnish the daily news and announcements with which a large university abounds. In December, 1879, this want was satisfied by the publication of "The Echo," a sheet about the size of the present DAILY CRIMSON and devoted to the same class of news. It in no way interfered with the other journals and led a prosperous existence until the fall of '82, when it was succeeded by a larger sheet, and of a somewhat higher tone, called "The Harvard Herald," a name that was changed...
...custom of having college organizations furnish music at the winter meetings is rapidly growing in popularity. Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale have all adopted this plan, and the brass bands of those colleges are taking measures to make its execution successful. We have a band that can undoubtedly vie with that of any other college; why, then, should we not adopt this plan also? It certainly would be a very enjoyable feature, and would add much to the pleasure of the meetings. We hear from our brass band only too seldom. It is true that...