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...Paul Tulane, of Princeton, N. J., now stands ready to increase largely his immense gift to the city of New Orleans for educational purposes, provided the property he has already given be made entirely exempt from taxation. He is said to have set apart $239,000 in stocks and bonds, to be handed over to the city as soon as such exemption shall be secured, giving the city meanwhile, however, the dividends declared upon the securities, amounting to about $16,000 per annum...
...expedition. Mr. Thayer offered to defray the expenses of Prof. Agassiz and six assistants. The expedition yielded scientific results of great importance, and, although the expenses proved greater than was anticipated, Mr. Thayer did not refuse to defray them. Thayer Hall was erected in 1870 as a memorial gift, commemorative of his father. In 1874 the fire-proof herbarium on the grounds of the Botanic Garden was built at a cost of $15,000 by Mr. Thayer. He received in 1866 the honorary degree of A. M. from the university, and has served on the board of fellows...
...vigorous crusade against the extortionate demands of our waiters. No reason has yet been adduced to warrant the system; if the waiters do not receive wages enough they are at liberty to go elsewhere. Furthermore, the donor in nine cases out of ten receives no benefit from his gift, for the waiter is stimulated more by the hope of the reward than by the gift when given...
...there exists at the college a secret band of sophomores whose dark and wicked design it is to prey upon the freshmen in all manner of means. Through some unknown source these conspirators got wind of the possession of a quantity of peanuts by the aforementioned freshman - a parting gift from a fond mother or perhaps a sweetheart, as full of hope and trusting courage the youth set out to win his way in college. Peanuts! how many tender associations cluster round this name! Thoughts of boyish joys, remembrance of generous treats, the hoarded pennies invested with the itinerant vendor...
...Young Ladies' Journal states that the most learned woman in the world is a young lady of twenty, now residing in Paris. She is a native of India, and can read and write and talk in twelve languages, having a wonderful gift in that way, besides being well up in mathematics, astronomy and history. She is studying medicine, and will go to India to practice, where she says thousands of her countrywomen die every year because they will not consult male physicians...