Excerpt from The History of the Origin and Growth of Carleton College: Northfield, Minn In recognition of this timely and unprecedented donation to the exchequer of a western college, the trustees at a special meeting, unanimously voted to change its name, and affix to it that of its greatest benefactor. So, with the latter's consent, it was from this time forth known as Carleton College. That fifty thousand dollars, coming when, and coming as it did, set the struggling college at once on its feet, settled the fact that it ...
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Excerpt from The History of the Origin and Growth of Carleton College: Northfield, Minn In recognition of this timely and unprecedented donation to the exchequer of a western college, the trustees at a special meeting, unanimously voted to change its name, and affix to it that of its greatest benefactor. So, with the latter's consent, it was from this time forth known as Carleton College. That fifty thousand dollars, coming when, and coming as it did, set the struggling college at once on its feet, settled the fact that it was to live and prosper, and raised it immediately into such promise and prominence that other persons of wealth were ready to array themselves among its patrons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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