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...which was given to the School last June by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, will be used for the erection and maintenance of the new Medical School buildings. These buildings will be five in number and will be erected on the new grounds in Brookline. Mr. Morgan's gift provided for the erection of three of the buildings, and Mr. Rockefeller's gift, together with the additional sum yet to be raised, will provide for the erection of the other two and for the increased running expenses of the School...
...Union the Dean says: "To persons interested in the social life of students, the most important gift of the academic year, and one of the most important ever received by the University, is the building for the new Harvard Union. . . The mere size of the University has made it impossible for all students to belong to any one society or club; and the older societies and clubs, though their influence has steadily improved, are sometimes believed to promote the formation of cliques. At best, they cannot be thoroughly democratic. The Harvard Union is a club to which every member...
...standard works, and a very complete reference library. One of the most important acquisitions is "The Harvard Book," a large work in two volumes, published by the class of 1874, and containing historical, biographical and descriptive sketches of Harvard, illustrated by views and portraits. This rare book is the gift of R. T. Edes...
...recent gift of 400 volumes from J. B. Gerrish '71 is by far the largest gift from an individual that the library has received. 100 volumes of French literature and drama have just been presented to the library by J. H. Hyde '98. The collection of University catalogues has been very nearly completed by the gift of 30 catalogues beginning as far back as 1825, received from Mrs. Frank Bolles of Cambridge...
...Union Library has recently received a gift of four hundred books from Mr. J. B. Gerrish '71 The volumes are all in the best editions, beautifully bound, and include the following sets: Milton's Works, eight volumes, edited by Nutford; Swift's Works, nineteen volumes, edited by Walter Scott; Dryden's Works, eighteen volumes, edited by Scott and Saintsbury; Ben Jonson's Works, nine volumes, edited by Gifford; Bullen's "English Dramatists," sixteen volumes; Chaucer's Works, edited by Skeat, seven volumes; Gardiner's History of England, ten volumes...