Word: whitney
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Secretary Whitney has placed a bill before Congress appropriating $50,000 to aid in the preparation of charts of the sky. This work is at present being carried on by the observatories connected with the universities...
...number of volumes now in the Library (exclusive of pamphlets and the Whitney Library) is 17, 703. There are 11,564 pamphlets bound in 1, 528 volumes, making the total number of volumes...
Anthems by Shelly, Whitney, and Percival were sung by the choir...
...sixth annual dinner and election of officers of the Delta Upsilon Club of New England was held at Young's Hotel, Thursday night. Among the prominent members present were Hon. M. B. Whitney, of Westfield, Williams College, '49; Hon. James White, Williams, '51; Dr. David Thayer, Union, '40; Rev. E. E. Atkinson, of Chicopee, Brown, '79; and Rev. Dr. William Elliot Griffis, who was the toastmaster of the occasion...
After the dinner and the speeches, the following officers were elected: William V. Kellen, president; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, Amherst, '79, vice-president; George F. Bran, Brown, '81, secretary and treasurer; J. H. Gray, Harvard '87, N. B. Whitney, A. B. Wheelock, Cornell '76, J. C. Ryder, Colby, '82, A. C. Stanard, Univ. of Mich., '84, E. R. Ultry, Amherst '85, W. L. Fairbanks, Tufts '87, executive committee...