Word: benefactors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great scheme, this plan of Mr. Ford's. If it works, he will go down in history as the great benefactor of America. If it doesn't, he will at least be blessed with the satisfaction that honest, if not practical, endeavor has been...
...girl's romance, continues to be popular, both in book form and on the stage. One's interest is held to the final curtain by the element of mystery provided by Judy's ignorance as to the identity of her guardian. The "happy ending" which comes when Judy's benefactor and devoted lover prove to be one and the same person furnishes a pleasing conclusion to the play...
...competition was a problem in landscape design. The competitors were furnished with topographic maps of a given piece of property supposed to be along the Charles River. On the assumption that a benefactor had given money to the Toplarian Club (of which men in the School of Landscape Architecture are members) for a small country club, the plans submitted included a garden for pleasure and experimental growth of plants, tennis courts, a boat house for canoes, and other arrangements for the pleasure of the members of the club...
...competition is a problem in landscape design. This year the competitors have been furnished with topographic maps of a given piece of property supposed to be along the Charles River. On the assumption that a benefactor has given money to the Topiarian Club, of which men in the Landscape Architectural School are the members, for a small country club, the plans submitted are to include a garden and an experimental growth of plants, a boat house for canoes, and tennis courts, as well as other arrangements for the pleasure of the members of the club...
...physicochemical problems is, of course, going on at the laboratory all the time with the assistance of interested young men, who are usually candidates for the doctor's degree, and with the cooperation of many scientific individuals and institutions. The Carnegie Institution of Washington, and a generous anonymous benefactor, have provided funds for apparatus and expert help...