Word: funds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...extremely urgent that the students show their willingness to share their part of the burden in supporting the project, in purse as well as in spirit. If the undergraduate body will pledge a certain amount of the required sum, it seems very probable that graduates will complete the fund...
...fact, in order to carry through the present plans $1000 at least is necessary. Should there be raised by any chance more than the amount sufficient to cover expenses, it has been suggested that the surplus be used as the nucleus for a Hollis Hall Scholarship Fund. Or, should this prove inadvisable, the money could be turned over to the Harvard Memorial Society or to the Corporation...
...commenting on the significance and value of such a course in the University the Alumni Bulletin says: "The fund which has been raised to bring Japanese professors to lecture at Harvard on Oriental philosophy will add both to the interest and to the general service done by the University. We are situated in a far corner of the country in a community of strong opinions; and everything that can open out horizons to our students improves the training that they get here. It will be a valuable addition to the equipment of the University to have this foundation...
...defray its expenses in this manner. But since all the other organizations have been relieved of the necessity of calling upon the students to contribute to their support, the Debating Team has found an existence dependent upon student generosity very precarious. Some income is received from the Coolidge Fund, but it is far from sufficient to pay the annual expenses of the teams. This year the debating management has adopted the experiment of holding a sale of tickets for the debate with Yale, hoping thereby to obviate the necessity of soliciting subscriptions...
...University wants to continue this splendid record, it must support its teams financially. At Yale, debating is supported by the college office, and at Princeton by two debating societies to which most of the students belong and pay annual dues. At Harvard it is true that the Coolidge Fund pays part of the expenses of the debaters, but it is not large enough to pay them wholly. Therefore there will be a sale of tickets and no canvassing as in former years...