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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...floor, but comparatively few seem to be aware that in the room on the left of the stairs is one of the finest collection of meteorites in the world. This collection which, on the basis of the present value of the substances contained in it, is worth, approximately, a million and half dollars, is the result of nearly fifty years of labor by Professor Cook. The mucleus of the collection came from Professor J. Lawrence Smith of Louisville, Ky., who sold it to Professor Cook at a reduced rate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mineralogical Department. | 11/14/1890 | See Source »

Funds to the amount of over one million two hundred thousand dollars are held in trust by Harvard university, for the benefit of deserving students with limited means. The income of these funds, for the year 1890-91 will amount to about ten thousand dollars and will be distributed in the form of Fellowships, Scholarships, Price Greenleaf Aid and Beneficiary Money. The Fellowships are twenty-two in number, the Scholarships one hundred and sixty-two; of the former twenty are intended for graduates only; of the latter twenty are for graduate students 105 for undergraduates, and the remainder for students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard University Aid Fund. | 3/15/1890 | See Source »

...site of the university. This gift has more than met the requirements for a beginning and it is expected that buildings will be in process of construction before the money is all contributed. The land together with the subscriptions, make a sum total of over a million dollars. The value of the site is not to be included in the $400,000 to be raised, but form a separate fund by itself. Nearly $30,000 have been raised during the past week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chicago University. | 1/29/1890 | See Source »

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