Word: summing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that to have success, such a movement must have organization; and that to have organization it must have money. Mr. Birtwell is a man who commands a large salary in his present work, and he has consented to undertake the direction of the work here for a comparatively small sum. Eight hundred dollars could not be better spent...
Students will, we feel sure, subscribe for this sum willingly. Men who are too busy to give time can give money. The plan of work is a good one, - remarkable not only because it has never before been tried here, but also because it is sure to be taken as a copy by other large colleges throughout the country. Every Harvard man will wish to share in making it a success...
...instruments which were stolen were purchased for a comparatively small sum but their value was greatly enhanced by the difficulty of transportation to Peru, and to the high mountain summit...
...over the business of last year. It can be seen readily that a large part of these receipts comes from persons who are not members of the society, for, by dividing the total receipts from all sources by the number of members, we have about $67, a much greater sum, certainly, than is spent by most members...
...acquisitions is the case containing the more interesting cryptogamia. This has been arranged in part and proves attractive to all visitors. A few weeks ago a graduate of the University, who resides in one of our eastern cities, presented to the Botanical Department for present use, the very generous sum of ten thousand dollars. Of this amount, one quarter will be used by the Herbarium for the completion of its series of scientific publications, one quarter by the Botanic Garden, and the remaining half by the Botanical Museum in the completion of some of the cases which have been...