Word: funds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Moscow!" because from that city he received thousands of gold rubles to promote the General Strike. Just now the fortunes of "Emperor" Cook are at considerably lower ebb; and as Secretary of the Coal Miners' Federation he very thankfully waits upon the Lord Mayor's Fund, administered to keep Out-of-work miners from starving. Last week the Lord Mayor of London, well-fed Colonel Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, gave a luncheon at Mansion House and at the speakers' table sat both Edward of Wales and "Emperor" Cook...
...cried "Emperor" Cook huskily, turning directly to H. R. H., "You, sir, have done a marvelous thing. Never was I so impressed as by your speech on Christmas night. I was with two Communist friends and when your name was announced to speak on behalf of the miners' fund, they scoffed, but they listened to what you had to say and when you had finished, with tears in their eyes they put their hands in their pockets and gave what money they had to the fund...
...announcement of the gift of $75,000 to provide a permanent fund to bring young German students to Harvard to continue study started in Germany should be received with as much enthusiasm by those interested in promoting international accord as it is by Harvard. The value of such an endowment for the college is well known and the presence of foreign students has long been recognized as one of the most broadening influences which can be brought to bear on men in their undergraduate years. There are already a number of endowments for Englishmen, notably the Common-wealth Scholarships...
...endowment of $75,000 for the purpose of enabling young German students to continue at Harvard preliminary training begun in their native country constitutes one of five gifts which the university has just received, it was announced yesterday at University Hall. This fund is made possible through the estate of the late Charles W. Holtzer, of Brookline, and will bear his name...
Among the other gifts the George G. Wheelock Holiday Fund is the most unusual. Established by W. H. Wheelock '98, of New York City, in memory of his father, it will enable a few boys who could not otherwise make the trip to return to their homes for vacations...