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Exeter has received from the executors of the late Francis E. Parker. as a portion of his bequest the sum of $90,000, largely in first-class securities...
...library. That it should have occurred to the minds of many of the students that now it is possible to light Gore Hall in the evening shows no mark of indecent haste. We shall not therefore consider that the question of lighting the library by means of the recent bequest is an unfit one for our columns...
...legacy which we have reason to hope Harvard will receive by the generous gift of the late Edward Price Greenleaf, of Boston, calls forth the deepest gratitude from every friend of Harvard. It is too early to make any comment until definite information with regard to the bequest can be obtained. But, we may all hope that the report is not exaggerated, especially when we think what unestimable benefits can be procured by such a bequest. The erection of a new dormitory alone ought to immortalize the generous donor. However, it will be well to delay further comment until...
...Gore Hall steeples. But this is a practical age. It is true that "we cannot live by bread alone," but bread is quite necessary. If money is to be left to the university, why cannot some benefactor not gain immortality for himself and his gift by leaving his bequest wholly under the jurisdiction of the university government...
...another column we publish an announcement of a new prize which has been offered to the students of any department of the university. The fund on which the prize is based is a bequest from Charles Sumner. The subjects for discussion will be connected with the topic of Universal Peace. This is the third prize which has been offered during the past year to the students. The Dante Prize, the Sargent Prize, and the Sumner Prize will be found announced in the next catalogue as regular university prizes, in addition to the Bowdoin and Toppan prizes. There is no college...