Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Club as an "outrage." In view of a number of inaccuracies and an apparent misunderstanding of the facts, I have come to the conclusion that your readers would want to know the background which certainly must have influenced the Corporation in its vote to use part of Mr. Allston Burr's generous bequest to build a new Varsity Club...
...think your readers should be informed that the building furnished will not exceed a cost of $250,000 nor is it expected that Mr. Burr's bequest will be in an amount as large as $1,500,000. There is no question but that Mr. Burr had a deep and sincere interest in Harvard, as evidenced by his statement to the CRIMSON which was quoted. His interest in Harvard athletics and in the Varsity Club was demonstrated by the fact that he had given the present Varsity Club in 1912. The record of his generosity shows his interest also...
...Burr indicated interest in the project, yet a dance at his gifts and services to the University shows that his interest was not restricted to the varsity club. True, he gave money for the present quarters. But he also headed the committee to raise money for Memorial Church and gave substantially to it, served as an Overseer and as President of the Alumni Association. He once told the CRIMSON that he only wanted to serve the University's most pressing needs. A new varsity club does not fall in his category. To spend so sizeable an amount in such...
...building was made possible by the unrestricted gift of the late Allston Burr '89, who also gave the money in 1912 for the present structure...
...Burr died in February, 1949, leaving the University an unrestricted gift of $1,500,000. In 1912 he gave the funds for the present Varsity Club, adjoining the Union, and in later years expressed a desire to see a new clubhouse built nearer to the Houses...