QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . e College. In 1852 thetrustees offered to the public four hundred scholarships, each good for twentyyears of tuition, at $100 apiece. eight thousand years of tuition weresold at $ per year in advance. All receipts for tuition were soon cut off andwithin a few years the College faced financial ruin. At this juncture, bj the will of Maxwell Chambers, Flsq., of Salisbury, thestruggling institution fell heir to a quarter of a million dollars. A clause in itscharter limiting its property to 5^200,000 reduced the amount received by the Col-lege to that figure. Th
QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . e College. In 1852 thetrustees offered to the public four hundred scholarships, each good for twentyyears of tuition, at $100 apiece. eight thousand years of tuition weresold at $ per year in advance. All receipts for tuition were soon cut off andwithin a few years the College faced financial ruin. At this juncture, bj the will of Maxwell Chambers, Flsq., of Salisbury, thestruggling institution fell heir to a quarter of a million dollars. A clause in itscharter limiting its property to 5^200,000 reduced the amount received by the Col-lege to that figure. This was a fabulous sum in those days, and new buildingswere erected, new professors elected, apparatus and cabinets purchased, and theCollege launched on its career of ever-widening activity and Executive Committee. Board ot Trustees 0! Davidson College. W. J. Chairman J. Rumple Secretary O. D. Treasurer K. Wilson Attorney Alkx. R. a. H. White George W. W.^tts R. A. Dunn P. M. Bkown.
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