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...America as the wealthiest nation in the world. But the philanthropic disposal of that wealth, in part at least, has taken place in many lands and for many humanitarian purposes. Funds have been organized to aid the cause of world peace and international amity; others, such as the recent bequest for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, have been put at the service of cultural relationships. Still other awards promote American ideals and business standards...
...generous bequest of the late Charles Martin Hall, of Niagara Falls, New York, is most fortuitous in view of the policy of expansion in recent years adopted by the Administrative Board, as well as conducive to broader understanding between Orient and Occident. In addition to physical growth as a geographical unit, in conjunction with the University of Peking, Harvard is now enabled to become a part of the great equalizing force of modern civilization. Whether or not the theory of the decline of Western culture is accepted, it must be agreed that both the Chinese and the American university will...
...significance of the prospective relationship makes difficult an adequate appreciation of the generosity and foresight which placed Harvard among the beneficiaries of the bequest and the recipients of scholastic stimulus...
...Fund, "for the study and teaching of Tropical Medicine in Harvard University" 100,000.00 Anonymous: For research and instruction in abnormal and dynamic psychology $25,113.01 George F. Baker, Hon. '26: Graduate School of Business Administration for endowment 573,392.89 Estate of E. D. Barbour: On account of his bequest, "to Harvard University for the general purposes of the University" 742,232.00 Estate of R. D. Bell: His bequest, the "income . . . shall be expended for the benefit of the Department of Biological Chemistry . . . in the Harvard Medical School" 100,000.00 Carnegie Corporation of New York: Fellowships and Scholarships...
...establishment and maintenance of a professorship in modern European or Asiatic history in the University. Harvard is to receive also a trust of $30,000, the income to be awarded annually to a student of history in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Subsequent to the bequest of other public and private gifts, the University will receive the residue of the estate, the income of which is to be used for the purchase of books for the Library. The will stipulated, however, that if the remainder exceeds $200,000, only that amount shall be held in trust...