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...contest is made possible by a bequest of $2500 received in 1914 from the estate of Addison Brown, in the south District of New York State. The stipulations of the bequest provide that "the net income thereof to be awarded annually or biennially for the best essay by one of the students in the Law School on some designated subject of maritime or Private International Law, under prescribed regulations...
...When the bequest of the late Senator William A. Clark of Montana was refused by the Metropolitan Museum because the provisions of the Senator's will "would preclude the inclusion of these objects with other like exhibits" (TIME, Aug. 10), it seemed likely that the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, substitute legatee, would reject it too for lack of room. Last week President Charles C. Glover of the Corcoran Gallery announced that certain parties had contributed $700,000 for the building of a wing to house the collection. The certain parties were the late Senator's widow, his three...
Last week he died. His will was opened. He had left a small bequest to each of his two sisters in Nebraska. The bulk of his estate (about $100,000) he left to the county for the erection of a school gymnasium and playground. The town was shocked. The Negro's body was carried to the Court House and a public funeral was held. Three clergymen-Presbyterian, Methodist, Roman Catholic -spoke over his body...
...music. This composition must be for at least four voices, and may be either with or without accompaniment. Either secular or sacred music may be written, but if the sacred type of music is chosen, the type exemplified in Cherubin and Mozart is especially recommended in Mr. Boott's bequest to the University...
...Public Utility Management, which will be given this year by Professor T. H. Dillon, 98 men have enrolled. Of these, 50 are not students in the University, but have demonstrated to the Business School authorities that they are properly qualified to take the course. Under the terms of the bequest of George H. Leatherbee, the course is a free one, to be given annually in the school...