Word: sum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...James Stillman, of New York, who gave the $50,000 for the new infirmary and the land on which it is to be built, has offered to contribute annually for four years the sum of $2500 towards he support of the institution...
...sum of money for the erection of the new University boat-house has been completed by the Harvard Club of New York. The amount asked for two years ago was $25,000, but the increased cost of building materials during the past six months has brought the required amount up to $27,500. The additional $2,500 is now offered by the New York graduates in addition to the previous amount. With the continuance of good weather, the building will be roofed over in a week and there will be no doubt of its completion by February 1 as originally...
...University of Michigan has recently set aside the sum of two thousand dollars for a new course in marine engineering which will require five years of residence at the university to entitle the student to the degree of Master of Science in engineering...
While the advisability of admitting so many people to the game and taking in so large a sum of gate money is questionable, the intention has been to make sure that every graduate and undergraduate should have a seat of some kind, and the aim of the management has not been mercenary...
Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, who gave Soldiers Field to the University, has given the sum of $150,000 to be used for the erection and equipment of a building suitable to the uses of a University Club. The Corporation, in return, offers the Warren property, at the corner of Harvard and Quincy streets, for the site of the building...