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...college, rather than the fund-raising pros, must nail down the donors. Operating on the rough rule that 90% of most drive proceeds will come from 10% of the donors, schools work on their wealthiest friends first. Early announcements of big gifts often entice other affluent donors to follow suit, although the approach has its hazards. One Midwestern multimillionaire kept complaining when a college stalled its announcement of his $100,000 gift; school officers could not tell him that they had expected $10 million and feared his example would induce every potential $100,000 donor to scale down...
Even in the delightful business of buying presents for children, the object often reflects the donor's own desires-the football from the frustrated athlete, the telescope as a gentle push toward studiousness-rather than an understanding of the child's inner world. Not that entering this world is easy; and, oddly, it gets harder as children grow older. The blight of depersonalization sets in with the increasing inclination of teen-agers to ask for and receive plain money. Explains one Boston 17-year-old, who insists on cold cash: "If they buy it, it's always...
...Thomas W. Lamont '92, principal donor of the Library, approves plans for the building. There's no question: It's designed for Harvard undergraduates only...
Financial need rather than scholarly brilliance is the primary guide in granting aid these days-though the applicant obviously must have the marks. Thousands of private scholarships still provide for the bright student regardless of need and, in some instances, serve the donor's particular interests. Freshmen at Emory, for example, can compete for one $500 scholarship by writing an essay on the topic: "We Georgians are often our own worst enemies when we intentionally use colloquialisms in preference to standard English." Dozens of colleges have set up special scholarships or loan funds aimed at helping Negro students...
...first hoped that he could be laid to rest amid the $1,000,000 worth of garden sculptures that he presented last year to Israel's Hebrew University. That idea fell through when the Israeli government decided that a museum was no place for the remains of a donor. Next, Billy's sisters, Fiftyish Polly Rose Gottlieb, and Sixtyish Miriam Stern, scouted Westchester Hills Cemetery in Ardsley, N.Y. After driving out with Executor Arthur Cantor, a Broad way pressagent and producer (The Tenth Man), the sisters chose the cemetery's biggest plot, which cost some...