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During the summer vacation, the astronomers at the observatory have been by no means idle, but even harder at work than in the winter. The most interesting piece of news from this department is the generous gift of $50,000, by Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York, for a photographic telescope. The instrument will be made with a double lens, a new form not yet adopted by European astronomers, but considered by Professor Pickering far superior to single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will...
...most important feature of the college is the botanical laboratory, the gift of a few enthusiastic friends of botany. This has been fitted with apparatus mainly imported from Europe, and is considered the best fitted laboratory for women in the country. Especially does it offer superior opportunities for advanced courses in botany. The advantages offered in this department are for three classes of students. Those who hold first degrees from Barnard and other colleges, and desire to work for a higher degree, making a special study of botany; those who wish to study some one branch of botany, without reference...
...against the advice of his physician, had come out with the express purpose of again greeting his old pupils. When the doctor was called upon the three hundred alumni rose to their feet and cheered vigorously. After the dinner the mura statue of Dr. McCosh, in bronze, the gift of the class of '79, was unveiled in Marquand Chapel. Rev. A. W. Halsey made the presentation address on behalf of the class, and Dr. Patton received the gift for the college. A reception was given the alumni and friends of the college by President and Mrs. Patton at their house...
...essay to be written by some member of the law school. The prize of $100 offered by the association in 1888 was awarded to Samuel Williston, LL. B., '88, of Cambridge, for an essay on "The History of the Law of Business Corporations Prior to the Year 1800." The gift of $1000 from ten members of the association to the law school, made at the close of 1887, for the purpose of increasing the instruction in constitutional law during the academic year of 1888-89, has been applied to that purpose by increasing such instruction, given by Professor James...
...Henry W. Sage, the princely patron or Cornell University, has announced a gift of $300,000 for the endowment of the library, and his purpose to make good the cost of the library building, amounting to $200000, in case the University loses the McGraw-Fiske suit...