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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Since January 1, about $50,000 has been subscribed for the reendowment of Phillips academy. $500,000 is the sum which has been asked for and the results of the last fortnight have been very encouraging. Boston has already given $5,000 towards the $20,000 required for erecting the new science building. The balance of this it is expected will be raised by $5,000 subscriptions each, from New York, Chicago and Providence. Mr. M. C. Day of New York has given the academy the funds necessary for building a new cottage, to be called "The Bancroft." in honor...
...Cambridge city government. R. R. Upton of Yale will open the debate for the affirmative (Democratic), following by G. P. Costigan Jr., on the Silver Question; then W. E. Thoms of Yale for the affirmative, and R. C. Surbridge on the Tariff; finally W. P. Aiken of Yale will sum up the affirmative and A. P. Stone will close with remarks on Civil Service Reform
...within the discretion of two-thirds of the committee; or they may, if deemed expedient, lease a lot and build. But the committee was not authorized to take definite action in pursuance of the power given it until $30,000 is subscribed over and above any sum that may be obtained by mortgage or loan. After this sum is raised, mortgages may be placed on the property, not to exceed...
...southern hemisphere has never been examined through a very powerful instrument. The cost of an instrument fitted for such work is estimated at about $50,000, and until this sum is donated, the work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research are stored in a wooden building, liable at any time to be destroyed by fire. The need of a fire-proof building to insure the preservation of the valuable collection is very urgent, and as over $7,000 has already been subscribed it is hoped that a suitable structure...
...give and bequeath to the College of New Jersey, located at Princeton, in the State of New Jersey, to which I have already given largely during my lifetime, the sum...