10-29-2014, 11:55 PM
(10-29-2014, 08:38 AM)Oasis link Wrote:[quote author=Papa John link=topic=11004.msg103724#msg103724 date=1414482776]
Leland Stanford Junior University: 31
The University that nearly closed in 1881 because of a debt of $8,182 until railroad magnate Henry Villard donated $7,000 to pay down the debt, and the faculty took a 25 percent salary cut: 27
We also got our share of railroad baron money. I don't see us winning this one, but hope springs eternal.
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The problem was not that they got railroad magnate money. It was that they barely got enough to stay open.                                  Â
