Word: worth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University received, not long ago, by the will of a friend, an estate which, at the time, was believed to be of only moderate value. It was found, however, to be chiefly invested in Wisconsin pine lands, and turns out, at the present price of such property, to be worth something over $2,000,000. This is in addition to the $5,000,000 that Cornell has derived, or will derive, from the sale of her scrip pine lands in the same State...
Theme II. will be due from all the divisions Tuesday, November 7, at 2 P. M. in Sever 3. Subjects: 1. Origin of the Title of Marquis. 2. What is Money? 3. A Criticism of Anthony Trollope's Novels. 4. Are College boat-races worth the money they cost? 5. Evening Parties. 6. A Criticism of Modjeska's Rosalind. 7. Foxhunting in America - should it be encouraged...
...worth noticing that while preparations are being made to administer the great gift of a New England man to the South, a grand jury in Georgia has just issued a formal denunciation of general education, on the ground that it unfits a large element of the population for the work they are best adapted to perform. "And there are," gravely adds a leading Southern paper, "a great many people in Georgia that agree with the grand jury...
...steadily increasing. In the city and vicinity there are a number of excellent clubs; and Princeton, Harvard, Columbia and N. Y. U. have very fair teams. As yet the game is comparatively unknown to Americans, but those who desire an afternoon's quiet enjoyment, will find it well worth the trouble to witness a match. The Caughnaroago Indians have lately commenced a tour through the United States, which will probably make the game much more familiar than it now is. A swift-runner of medium build will, with a little practice, make a good player, and to those who have...
...Pussey's death adds another to the vacant professorships at Oxford. The chair of Hebrew in itself has only a stipend of pound 40 a year, but it carries a canonry of Christ Church along with it, worth pound...