Word: schiff
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...Jacob H. Schiff, of New York, has offered to the Harvard Menorah Society the sum of $100 annually until further notice to be awarded as a prize for the best essay by an undergraduate in Harvard College on a subject connected with the work and achievements of the Jewish nation. The prize, which will be known as the "Harvard Menorah Society Prize," will be awarded for the first time this year...
Three other gifts and bequests were also reported at the same meeting: A gift of $10,000 from Mr. J. H. Schiff for the Semitic Museum, a bequest of $2,000 from the late E. A. W. Harlow '41 and a gift of $1,200 from the Harvard Medical Alumni Association...
...report also comments upon the gift of Mr. Jacob H. Schiff for Semitic exploration. Mr. Schiff for Semitic exploration. Mr. Schiff has given $5000, and will provide $10,000 a year for five years, for exploration in the Semitic field. A committee on exploration in the Orient has been appointed, and Dr. G. A. Resiner, for six years in charge of the Hearst expedition in Egypt, has been made director of the expedition. Palestine is the field in which its is proposed to excavate, if permission is granted by the Turkish authorities. If this permission can be obtained, the expedition...
...University has just received a gift of $50,000 from Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, of New York, for the purpose of carrying on an excavating expedition in Palestine during the next five years for the benefit of the Semitic Museum. $10,000 will be used each year to meet the running expenses of the expedition, and an additional $5,000 has been given by Mr. Schiff for its equipment and organization...
Following Professor Norton, Dr. Cyrus Adler of Washington, spoke of the Museum as the first in the world to be devoted exclusively to Semitic study. Professor G. F. Moore read brief extracts of letters from Professor Toy and others, and was followed by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, the donor of the building, who as chairman of the visiting committee of the Semitic Department, formally transferred the building to the University. In conclusion, President Eliot, on behalf of the Corporation, accepted the gift, which he called the storehouse of a great historical past and said should be an inspiration...