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...political writer in favor of the whigs. His wit and force made him formidable so that, when be turned to the town, he was received with open arms. He became the intimate friend of the great ministers, was of the highest consequence in the state, and the patron of all literary...
...decrease was due to an assessment made necessary by reason of the business not yet being firmly established. The membership of this college year up to January, as the table shows, is largest, and numbers President Eliot for the first time as a patron...
...accommodates 250 people. The marble statue of the Virgin Mary which was presented by Mme. La Roux of Paris, has been placed in the corridor, near the entrance to the chapel. The English Catholics at Rome have presented statues of St. Paul and St. Thomas Aquinas, who is the patron saint of the university, and these also have been placed in the corridor. In addition to the lecture hall, chapel, and parlors, the first floor contains class rooms, dinning rooms and kitchen...
...Henry W. Sage, the princely patron or Cornell University, has announced a gift of $300,000 for the endowment of the library, and his purpose to make good the cost of the library building, amounting to $200000, in case the University loses the McGraw-Fiske suit...
Rutgers College has recently received $25,000 from an unknown patron...