Word: donor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Their special scholarship fund however, is at best a makeshift solution. If the University again begins to encourage acceptance of restricted funds, there would be no reason why scholarships could not be established for any group that the donor thought was being treated unjustly. Money that could be put to valuable use would again pour into funds for men named Murphy or South Boston Newsboys or residents of Greater Los Angeles. As long as there is no evidence that the University employs discriminatory practices in its admissions or scholarship policy, unrestricted funds and gifts are greatly preferable to bequests...
...Charities campaign. Nobody set up a standard to judge what were and what were not legitimate allocation requests. Hence the Drive workers were forced to spend time handling semi-political donations as well as performing their main charity function. Pressed for time, counters were unable to contact personally each donor who had an unusual request, and slipped up in a few of the cases where they made personal value-judgments...
...have to result in complications. Those in charge of the soliciting next fall should do two things. Above the space on the donation blank for unlisted charities, they should state that only gifts to genuine charities will be handled. Then, if any gags or impossible requests slip through, the donor should be consulted personally before his gift is added to the unallocated fund. The reputation of the Combined Charities Drive is worth this added care...
...School has also received a full tuition scholarship in honor of Edward S. Harkness, donor of the Houses...
Gift of an anonymous donor, the $2,000 shell will be used in competition for the first time during the four-mile race with Yale June 23. It was constructed in the Seattle shop of George Pocock, famed West Coast boat builder...