Word: particulars
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...admit of any sum being appropriated for this need, it is proposed to acquire the amount by subscription. The sum which will be needed is estimated at $80,000, and of this about $50,000 will be used to erect and equip a building, first class in every particular, and the remainder will be set aside as a fund, the interest of which shall be used to meet the necessary repairs and running expenses. Whatever is pledged shall be payable, one-half before the 15th of next April, and the remainder before April 15, 1886. Some of the alumni class...
...anxious to express himself in print on the subject, that our office is literally overrun with communications on this head. We can only say that it is "first come, first served," but even then we shall only be able to publish in future such letters as show particular worth or original ideas...
...found. The subscription table enclosed will afford information as to the number and the distribution of subscriptions, so I will not enroach further upon your space. Permit me through your columns to thank Messrs. Minot and W. R. Wilson, '86, who so kindly assisted me last year; also, my particular thanks are due to Mr. Parker, '86, who, for two months during the treasurer's absence from Cambridge, had entire charge of the accounts, and I am especially obliged to Mr. Sexton, for his kind assistance and advice explaining the intricacies of the books. Apologizing for trespassing upon your space...
...Dartmouth on the elective system of Harvard: For a man with strong talents for one particular science or art, or for him who has mapped in detail his life for years to come, and can call to his assistance the ablest advice in making his selections of studies, the Harvard elective system offers a premium for laziness, and a position among a large and noted alumni at almost no small exertion...
...applied, to a medal made of the same material-namely, gold and silver-is free of duty under certain sections 2,498, and 2,505, of the act of March 3, 1883. The purpose of the cup, like that of a medal, is to commemorate a particular event, and substantially it is a trophy, and has no other value except in point of material, and is free of duty,' A basket of cups, won by Mr. L. E. Myers during his recent visit to England, have been detained on the same pretext, but will now, no doubt, be similarly released...