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...Bowdoin was due to the fact that she had many relatives in Maine. To about seventy of these relatives and friends of the family she has left various small sums. The residue of the estate is to be divided up between the endowment of a hospital and a gift to Bowdoin College. It has been estimated that the hospital will receive $600,000, and Bowdoin's share will be fully $400,000. To such a college as Bowdoin, this bequest of $400,000 will mean a great deal...
Last Thursday in Philadelphia was dedicated the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, the gift of Mr. Anthony J. Drexel to his fellow...
...afford the very best instruction. The tuition is very small, practically free and there are 160 endowed scholarships. The library and museum which must require time to grow have already a good beginning; the former contains room for 75,000 volumes and has some very valuable manuscripts, the gift of Mr. George W. Childs. The cost of the Drexel Institute in site, buildings and equipment has been $500,000. This Mr. Drexel has paid with but one proviso - that everything used in construction and equipment should be the best procurable. In addition Mr. Drexel has given securities to the amount...
There are eight large instruments and several smaller telescopes at the Observatory. The largest telescope is 15 inches in diameter and has a power of magnifying 5000 times. This instrument, the gift of the Hon. David Sears, was the nucleus upon which the Observatory was first started in 1843. The four Gregorian Reflectors of different diameters are used for photographic purposes only. Nearly all the modern instruments and appliances for surveying the heavens are at the Observatory A large part of the time signals of New England is furnished by the time service of the Observatory...
...Chicago University has received the gift of a valuable museum and library from the Chicago Academy of Sciences...