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...eight months ago Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, of New York, originated the project of a university in Chicago. He at once communicated with the American Baptist Educational society to the effect that he would donate $600,000 as a nucleus for a college endowment fund. The conditions of his gift were that the money should not be used for purchasing a site or erecting buildings, but that the income should be used to defray current expenses. He also stipulated that $400,000 additional should be raised to be used for general purposes and the remainder to become a part...
...library has recently received a gift of several books from a gentleman in Boston. Among the books are several of the latest works on theological questions...
...Yale library has received a gift of ten thousand dollars by the will of Mr. George Gabriel, a resident of New Haven. The Theological school received five thousand from the same source...
...presided spoke on the subject of football. He was followed by President Dwight, who responded to the toast "The University." He referred to the many material improvements made at Yale during the past three years, and mentioned the completion of Lawrence college, the dedication of Dwight hall, the gift of the Chittenden library and the opening of Osborne hall. Other toasts were responded to by Professor William R. Townsend, the Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twitchell, Judge Henry E. Howland, A. P. Wilder, and Francis O. French, the president of the Harvard club of New York city...
...library has recently received a gift of between two and three hundred volumes from Professor W. P. Atkin son, of Technology, who has made similar gifts several times before. The library has also been much enlarged by purchase, and now numbers over 3000 volumes. Among the new books are a great many French and German texts...