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...shall be the duty of the members of the faculty serving on the board of directors to aid the superintendent in obtaining in advance from the faculty lists of text books to be used in the various courses, and the number of copies likely to be required...
...over by the treasurer of the society to the corporation, to be held by them in trust and suitably invested. The income from such investments shall, by vote of the directors, be devoted to the purchase and free distribution among such members of the society as apply for such aid, of text-books, furniture, or fuel. The treasurer shall keep a special record of all such balances, payments to the corporation, receipt of interest and expenditure of the same, as well as of other cash passing through his hands...
...there can be derived many advantages from the Eastern colleges that are unattainable in the West; but the so-called Western colleges deserve respect and sympathy for, in a measure at least, affording to the man desirous of an education what he could never hope to realize without the aid of their encouragement and instruction...
Rodney Wallace of Fitchburg, Mass., has given to Smith College a $5,000 scholarship to help indigent students. He has also contributed $2,000 to aid in building a music hall, and $2,000 for the art collection of the new art gallery. The gift of $5,000 is to be a nucleus for a fund of $50,000, which the college officers will endeavor to establish for the assistance of those students who need help...
Commander John P. Cheyne, an Arctic explorer, arrived in Boston yesterday. He is soliciting aid for his scheme to reach the North Pole by balloon...