Word: gift
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...Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to Mr. Edward Morris for his generous gift whereby Harvard House has been brought into the possession of Harvard University...
...College Library has recently received a gift of 83 volumes from the estate of the late Professor Wolcott Gibbs h. '88. The books relate mainly to Germanie and Scandinavian legends and folk-lore, and to medieval romance. Part of the books will be retained in Gore Hall, part will be placed in the library of the German Department, and part in the Child Memorial Library...
...Another gift of about 200 volumes of German literature have been received from the library of the late Professor George A. Bartlett h. '93. These are the gift of his niece, Miss A. D. Hendricks, of Pittsfield, Mass. Part of these will be placed in the library of the German Department and a considerable number, which consist of text books, will be given to the text book library at Phillips Brooks House...
...University has received from Mr. William H. Knight '03, of Hopedale, a gift of $1,040, the income of which is to be used each year to support a prize for a composition in instrumental music. The prize is to be called the "George Arthur Knight Prize," in memory of George Arthur Knight, late of the Class of 1907, and is to be awarded by a committee of the Division of Music...
...distinction for twenty-eight years in a secondary school in New York City and won the respect and affection of his pupils by his cheerful patience, justice, and hopeful sympathy. He was simple in his desires, sincere and unaffected in friendship, modest in all relations. This fountain is the gift of his boys, including graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia Universities...