Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is not a doubt that Mr. Burr was interested in a new Varsity Club...The big point, it seems to us, is that he was very careful to give the University freedom of choice. His fortune of more than a million dollars was left entirely unrestricted as to use. He wanted Harvard to have what it most needed...
...course there is a moral obligation to Mr. Burr. But the obligation is to use his money for the great good and the great need. He was a generous, wise, and devoted son of Harvard. Let us, in turn employ his gift, as he apparently intended, as broadly and as wisely...
Indeed, the University does have an obligation to fulfill. Burr had been trying since 1930 to build a new Varsity Club and the Administration stalled him; his last attempt came just after the war, and Burr died shortly after that. He left his money unrestricted because he believed that was the proper procedure, but the fact that a Varsity Club was the only way in which Burr wanted to invest his money cannot be overlooked...
Once it is established that we're going to have the Club--right smack on Mt. Auburn Street--there is a basis on which its construction can be justified. Just after the present Varsity Club was built (by Burr, in 1912), Harvard experienced an upsurge in intercollegiate athletics, and the new Club is being built with this in mind. It will serve to focalize interest in College athletics, as a place where alumni can meet players, where visiting teams collegiate and scholastic--can be entertained. It will increase interest in Harvard sports to a point where further-donations, enough...
...suggest that the $250,000 from the Burr estate be spent in subsidies for football players. The increased receipts of a successful football team would pay for ten varsity clubs and leave enough left over for the devotees of a new theatre or an "activities center" as well. George Sommaripa, Jr. '51 David Bird...