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Leonard Crunelle was the sculptor of the monument, made possible through a bequest to the University amounting to over five million dollars from a descendant of the General...
True it is that the responsibilities created by such restricted endowments as the Nieman bequest and the Littauer grant have pointed the way to new and important educational projects. But these are definitely exceptions. As a general rule, the professional educators who constitute the university administration are the only truly capable authorities to decide the proper direction for experimentation and innovation. And if she is to remain in the van of the collegiate array, Harvard must have fluid funds to dispose of as she sees...
...program which MacLeish intends to follow this year as Curator, while indefinite, was worked out by the poet and President Conant as a way to best meet the terms of the Nieman Bequest which was specifically for Journalism...
...MacLeish will also be one of the advisors of the group of nine American newspapermen attending Harvard this year as the first holders of Nieman Fellowships, established by the bequest of about $1,000,000 by Mrs. Agnes Wahl Nieman, of Milwaukee, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States...
Under the terms of the bequest of the late George H. Leatherbee one course in the School is designated as the Leatherbee Lecture Course and is open free of charge to properly qualified business and professional men. Because of the current interest in transportation problems, the course given by Professor Cunningham, a nationally known authority in the field, has been chosen...