Word: bequests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Bernard Fay speaks before the Morris Gray Poetry Group, a larger number of students than ever before will have the opportunity of benefitting by the unusual bequest which has done so much for those interested in verse. Previously the audiences have been limited, both because a small group could accomplish more than a large, and because the meeting place does not permit a large gathering...
...January worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. by day, pored over books on rare oriental fabrics in his Bronx home by night. Out of his small salary, bit by bit, he spent between $30,000 and $40,000 for old Chinese court robes, Tibetan embroideries and similar textiles. This bequest to the Museum was his entire estate, was uncontested by his nephew, only heir. Last week Alan Priest, the Museum's Curator of Far Eastern art, said the fabrics were worth far more than Donor Paul's expenditures, also said the gift makes the Museum's collection...
...Francis Boott Prize in musical composition was yesterday awarded to Hubert Weldon Lamb '80, of Concord. The prize carries with it a cash award of $100 which is drawn from the bequest of Francis Boott, of the class...
Since 1925 the Harvard Fund has become widely recognized as one of the most important of all Alumni activities. Harvard's continual and increasing need for what the late President Eliot called "free money" is not covered by its great endowment. The average bequest to Harvard, as to most other universities, carries some sort of stipulation as to its assignment and use. All money contributed to the Harvard Fund, however, is put at the disposal of the President and Fellows of the College to be employed as they see fit. One of the great needs of the moment is money...
...Dental School's imminent need is monetary assistance. Although it is fortunate enough in its ability to draft capable instructors for a pittance, the absence of suitable resources places its present position at an impasse. When the Wyeth Bequest was announced a few months ago, several metropolitan newspapers assumed, seemingly without foundation, that some part of it was to be devoted to the Dental School. Whether or not that is the solution is debatable; at least, the discussion brought into prominence the evidence of the needs of this branch of the University. The modern university, to maintain its position must...