Word: sum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wooden building to put up a substantial one of brick. This brick building is necessarily more expensive, so that before any contract for a roof can be entered into more money must be had from the college, in fact it will be necessary to raise an additional sum of about eight hundred dollars. If this sum can be raised promptly it is probable that the cage will be ready for occupancy in about a month. A meeting of the candidates for the nines both 'varsity and freshman was held last Monday evening. Nearly twenty freshmen were present some of whom...
...lack that some of us have long felt-now seems likely to be supplied. A beginning has been made by the generous gift of ten thousand dollars by Mr. Jacob Schiff of New York; we may hope that this gift will be followed by others till a sufficient sum shall have been raised to tablish a museum on a satisfactory basis...
...from subscriptions to December 30, $623; total receipts $783. Expenses; trip to Exeter, $38.92; to Andover $23 30; to New Haven $247.32; uniforms $168; training-table (16 men) $136.05; other expenses $114.31; total expenses $727.90. There was thus an excess of receipts over expenditures of $55.10. Of this sum $5.10 had been given to the graduate treasurer, as the class was allowed to retain only $50. The report was accepted. It was moved and voted that the surplus of $50 be devoted to the purchase of cups for the eleven, and Messrs. Moore, Barlow and Tripp were appointed...
...brought to a standstill the by exhaustion of her funds. If any benefactor intends to make a gift to the university he could hardly devote his funds to a more valuable specific purpose than to add to Mr. Schiff's endowment. It is needless to say that the sum received through his generosity is not in itself large enough to place the university in the position he hope to see it hold-that of an acknowledged leader in Semitic research. Besides the value of such achievements to religion, art, philology, history, and general culture, the university itself would be greatly...