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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... OUR CHRONICLE. Lent Term, 1885. Dr. Taylor, our Master, recently offered to the Council of the Senate the sum of two hundred pounds to be applied to the increase of the stipend of Dr. Schiller-Szinessy, as Reader in Talmudic, during the present and ensuing three years, in recognition of the great value of his researches. The offer has been accepted by the Senate, and a vote of thanks passed to Dr. Taylor ' for his generous benefaction.' A bequest of over DEGREES12,000 has been left to the University by the Rev. Edward Gray Hancock (bracketed 2nd Classic, 1855), formerly Fellow of the College (1856-186'*). The Council of the College has approved a proposal for the erection of a new bl.jck of buildings in the space to the west of the Chapel. The block will communicate with the Second Court and be carried out at right angles to- the Library towards the Master's Lodge. It is estimated that space can be found for at least three large Lecture-rooms and some eighteen sets of Undergraduates' rooms. The pressure on the accommodation provided by the College has for some time past been very great, and the teaching has in consequence been hampered by purely mechanical difficulties. All members of the College will, no doubt, welcome this effort of the Council to overcome these difficulties in the only adequate way. We hope in our next number to give some descriptionof the plan and scale of the new additions. Mr. Penrose is the Architect. The Senior Bursar, at the request of the Council, has prepared an account of the principal Foundations and Benefactions of the College, with abstracts of the original documents. This will' presently be issued as an appendix to the new Statutes. It contains much interesting and eurious information, and has brought to light many half-forgotten matters c...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154361209 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154361209 |
| Weight | 0.86 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.59 In |
| List Price | $22.07 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 262 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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