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...their effort to sit quietly on Mrs. Samuel's bequest, the Fairmount Park Art Association reckoned without frizzle-bearded Joseph Bunford Samuel, Mrs. Samuel's husband. For Statue No. 1 in the series, Mr. Samuel himself commissioned Icelandic Sculptor Einar Jönsson to do a heroic bronze Viking, presented it to the Park. It was left to languish in a toolshed. Mr. Samuel thereupon began to fight. After several years he got the Viking put up at the end of Boathouse...
...Sales prize of $60 for the best scholar in Spanish, from the bequest of Francis Sales, A.B. 1835, was divided between James Etmekjian '39, of Brighton and Kari T. Soule, Jr. '39, of Rochester, New York, as the result of an examination taken several weeks...
Early last year Harvard University stiffly accepted a $1,000,000 bequest from the eccentric widow of Lucius William Nieman, rich founder of the Milwaukee Journal. Her object was to elevate standards of U. S. journalism. Harvard decided that could best be done by creating fellowships for newspapermen. Last week Harvard overseers chose nine "fellows" from 312 newspapermen who had applied for the opportunity to improve their understanding of the world they write about. The nine who will study at Harvard on a year's leave of absence from their jobs...
...beginning of the school year, the University made its only book bequest to the non-residents, presenting them with eight copies of a book required for outside reading in one of the history courses. Although these eight books were widely read, they make up all of the Center's library. Considering that there are almost three hundred students who use the Non-resident Center, the University should supplement the cafeteria and the common room with a reading room...
Today the second step has been made in the act of complying with the terms of the Nieman bequest, and in taking it Harvard seems to have judged carefully and moved wisely. Not only are the qualifications of the nine Fellows in general high, but the fairly representative selection from various sections is almost comparable to the worthy theory of countrywide distribution behind the National Scholarships. Establishment of the Advisory Committee, to encourage and assist the Fellows in their study programs, will provide the needful administrative element; planning of discussions with leading journalists will supplement their work nicely. Several points...