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...Boston paper published yesterday morning a casual reference to a gift of $60,000 for Harvard from the Hon. Seth Low, president of Columbia college. The gift, it was said, was to be used for scholarships. Up to a late hour last night no official information had been received on the subject, but the truth of the matter will undoubtedly be made known today...
President Low's announcement of his liberal gift was made after some routine business had been transacted, and it produced a profound impression. The trustees at once adopted a resolution of thanks, and a committee was appointed to recommend some formal recognition of Dr. Low's generosity...
...making his offer, President Low stated that it was his desire that his gift should be made the means of extending college privileges to some of the boys and girls of his native city, Brooklyn, under conditions calculated, he believes, to be of service to the schools of Brooklyn, both public and private, in maintaining a high standard of efficiency. To his wishes the trustees gladly assented...
...Dohm of New York city, widow of the late W. C. Dohm of the class of 1890 at Princeton, has presented to that college all the athletic trophies won by her husband. As the best way of connecting his gift with the athletic interest of Princeton, the university authorities have put the collection in charge of the Athletic Association. The prizes will be placed on exhibition in the trophy room of the Osborn clubhouse. The collection consists of twenty-five heavy gold medals, most of which are first prizes, and eight silver cups, with a large number of smaller prizes...
...telegram which announces that the Hon. Edwin Crossley, lately Member of Parliament for Halifax, England, proposes to present to the Lick Observatory his great three foot reflecting telescope, with its dome and all its apparatus complete. Mr. Crossley, himself an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, makes no conditions to his gift, except that his telescope when set up at Mt. Hamilton shall be called the Crossley Reflector and that the expenses of transporting the instrument and dome from England to California shall be borne by Americans...