Word: bequests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must supplement from private practice the salary which the University gives. An increase in his private practice necessitated the resignation of Dr. T. K. Richards '13, last summer. What is needed for the support of Wadsworth House work, in addition to the funds coming from the Henry K. Oliver bequest and from the $10 fee charged each student, is annually voted by the Corporation...
...error is greatly increased. This assertion is borne out by the many criticisms current among the undergraduate body. The situation is additionally aggravated by the fact that the whole sum allowed Wadsworth House for running expenses and salaries is only $22,564.40, the interest on the Henry K. Oliver bequest. The University contributes nothing, save to pay a possible deficit. Under the present large staff it is quite impossible to have any full time man, with all the expenses to be met by this slender...
Christopher Gore was one of Harvard's greatest benefactors, and the library which stood on the site of the present Widener Library Building from 1838 until it was torn down in 1912, was built from his bequest to Harvard College. The building was called Gore Hall, and the name was transferred to the dormitory of that name on its erection...
...typical example of the mental gymnastics which have helped the University to salve its conscience in using restricted funds for general purposes is evident in President Lowell's report in which he considers the use of the Pierce bequest to the Philosophy Department. The value of the gift to the Philosophy Department was in effect cancelled, but the process was so subtle that the President felt that the conditions of the bequest had not been violated...
...These can be designed for men not going further in the subject in the same manner in which Biology A is not intended for men concentrating in Biology or Zoology or men who will go on in medicine. It is in the support of these courses that the McKay bequest will be administered according to the letter. Contemporary conditions are such that its spirit will hardly be violated in any case...