Word: founder
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First given in 1903, the lectures were named after Edwin L. Godkin, 19th century newspaperman and founder of "The Nation." They are normally given in Sanders Theatre, with accommodations for overflow crowds provided in Memorial Hall...
...Negro and virtually a pauper, but plucky little Mary McLeod Bethune was also a dreamer. In 1904, with only $1.50 in cash, she started a school for Negro girls in Daytona Beach, Fla., and then she wanted none other than Soap Tycoon James N. Gamble, son of the founder of Procter & Gamble, to be a trustee. "But where," asked Gamble as he gazed at her shacklike building on the former city dump known as Hell's Hole, "is this school of which you wish me to be a trustee?" "In my mind," replied Mary Bethune. "And in my soul...
Edinburgh (Aug. 21-Sept. 10) will have as bulky a line-up as ever with the BBC Symphony, the Berlin, New York and London Royal Philharmonic orchestras, the Glyndebourne opera, an all-.star trio (Pianist Solomon, Violinist Zino Francescatti, Cellist Pierre Founder), plus a score of others...
Died. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, 79. co-founder and president-emeritus of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach. Fla.; of a heart attack; in Daytona Beach (see EDUCATION...
...founder of the Ford Motor Company tried to settle the Great War and impose order on the powers of Europe. Today, the same spirit of humanitarianism impels his heirs in their huge educational and philanthropic venture, "the world's greatest helping hand." The aims are the same--to bring peace and to make the world a better place for all--but the Ford Foundation has set out to accomplish these ends in a realistic manner which may bring far more success than ever greeted Henry Ford. Where the man sought to cure symptoms, the institution attacks fundamental causes...