Word: donors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...result, probably, of the avoidance of expense, the collection was also almost wholly devoid of descriptive labels. By estimation, about 90 percent of the specimens were unlabelled, except as each set of specimens was marked with the name of the collector or donor. In this condition, a collection, no matter how valuable, is extremely difficult of comprehension by students, and indeed the interest which the intelligent public can take in it is greatly diminished. Again, the many duplicates, indestructible, and other objects, which for one reason or another are not on display, are, for lack of proper storage facilities, tucked...
...plan for subdividing the undergraduate body into small residential groups, it was announced yesterday from University Hall. The official statement revealed for the first time the exact sum necessary for the ultimate completion of the House Plan and was the first authoritative announcement that Mr. Harkness is the donor...
...amount given was based upon an estimate drawn up by President Lowell and his advisors and submitted to Mr. Harkness. In a letter to President Lowell, the donor stated his willingness to give the necessary amount, which includes the $3,000,000 already received from him for the establishment of the first two Houses. In the total figure is also included an endowment fund of $1,500,000 to be utilized in connection with the plan. The balance will be employed in the construction of other units and the renovation of College buildings now in use in order to bring...
...Ingersoll Lectureship was established in 1894 by Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, who left funds for the establishment of an annual lecture on the subject of the Immortality of Man. The lectureship is awarded by the Corporation in accordance with the express wish of the donor that it should not be made a part of the regular curriculum offered by the University, and should not be delivered by any professor or tutor in his usual routine of instruction. The choice of the lecturer is not limited to any one religious denomination or to any profession...
...will be considered tonight and recalled that the recommendation of the Athletic Committee, made last year, to enlarge the Stadium to a capacity of 80,000 was rejected by the Corporation, which expressed the opinion that there should be no increase in the seating capacity. The Class of 1879, donor of the Stadium, has expressed a desire not to have the Stadium altered permanently. Therefore Mr. Bingham believes that there are three possible solutions, each of temporary or semi-permanent nature...