Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much better than the system of three years ago. The rooms are not any better cared for, and expenses do not seem to have decreased in the least. Men have now more direct dealings with the college officers, but, since some men persist in giving the porters extra money, the necessity of "tips" raises the cost of one's room, and increases the inconvenience...
...rule forbidding the giving of extra money, and a letter oversight of the equitable division of work would do much to improve the present system...
...will of the late Rev. Thomas S. Valpey of St. Paul's School, Sums of money were left to Andover, St. Paul's School, Holderness and several smaller schools...
...good many people, puzzled to see the statue of John Harvard the inscription "Founder, 1638," have asked that the matter be explained. It has always been known that Harvard was founded in 1636, and that it was John Havard who endowed the money and gave the college its name The facts are that in 1636 the General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts voted a sum of money towards the founding of a school or college. In 1638 John Harvard died and left half of his property to the school which had been founded two years before...
...money has been left without conditions, except in two cases. In the case of the Union Theological Seminary the money has been be queathed to maintain cadetships. At Yale, too, the bequest has restrictive conditions; it is to be used only for the Sheffield Scientific School...