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...amount to $135, and additional subscriptions for the present use of the Herbarium, paid to the same date, $3,750. From Andrew P. Peabody $200 additional has been received for prizes for students in the Semitic languages for the academic year 1891-92. From Jacob H. Schiff $1,000 for book for a Semitic department reference library. From Charles Fairchild $2,500 for the present use of the Geological department. From Henry L. Higginson $8,877.53 to pay for grading and other expenses relating to The Soldiers' Field. From the class of '79 an additional gift...
...sets of prizes are announced. For students of Semitic languages, $200 has been given by Dr. Peabody, and $250 by Mr. Schiff. This money will be distributed in fourteen prizes to students taking elective courses in Semitic languages. For students of ethics, Robert Treat Paine '55 has given $200 for two prizes of $100 each "for the best essays by any student of the University on the ethical aspect of the modern social questions." This year, for the first time, the Crowninshield scholar-ships are available, - two with an income of $200 each. The Henry B. Humphrey Fund has been...
...exercises yesterday at the Semitic Museum were opened by President Eliot who gave a short address describing the growth of the Semitic department and the importance of Mr. Schiff's present collection. The collection is not yet fully completed, for some specimens are on the way here, and some are still to be bought. President Eliot then introduced Professor Toy who spoke of the extent and use of the Museum, and the life of the Semitic people. Phoenicia was the first naval nation and the inventor of the alphabet. The Phoenicians left their traces on all the coast...
...Jacob H. Schiff, Esq., the generous founder of the Semitic Museum, may be assured of the sincere gratitude of the University...
...should be further noted that the recent magnificent gift of Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, for the founding of a Semitic Museum will at once begin to supply the additional appliances for the completest and most practical study of the history, archaeology, art and sculpture of the Semitic peoples. The intention is to have here, and in position for use, casts of all the principal monuments and bas-reliefs that have come to us from Oriental sources. Profesor Lyon will spend the summer abroad for the express purpose of making the best selection possible. These, it is thought, will make this...