Word: funds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have shaken ourselves entirely free from the Gladstonian structure and tradition of finance. The gold standard, an enormous sinking fund, the strict 'and punctual discharge of international obligations, all are gone, unwept, unhonored and unsung...
Gradually the work of the Legislators' Association won recognition. The American Bar Association patted it on the back. Finally, in 1930. Mr. Toll got financial aid from the Spelman Fund of New York. He moved the headquarters of his Association to Chicago, set it up in a two-room office near the University of Chicago. Today the Capitol of the U. S. is still in Washington, D. C., but so far as the states individually have any point of contact, it is Mr. Toll's office building in Chicago. There now are the headquarters of 17 organizations serving...
...Editor Ethridge took a trip abroad at the expense of the Oberlaender Trust, a fund to provide German junkets for influential Americans. On his return, he took over the flabby old Washington Post. Six months later he was on his way to Richmond and the Times-Dispatch, soon raised its circulation 10%. Made president & publisher, Mark Ethridge seemed content until the Courier-Journal lured him away with a reputed $25,000 a year...
...announcement of the first of the "National" scholarships of the 300th Anniversary fund should be of interest to the University. A donation of $50,000 by Mrs. George Chase Christian of Minneapolis in memory of her husband, has enabled the corporation to provide an annual scholarship for students from the state of Minnesota for the purpose of study in one of the graduate schools...
...main purposes of the Anniversary fund has been the attempt to provide such an opportunity for a student from every state in the Union. This goal may eventually be reached through the generosity and interest of the friends of the University. Mrs. Christian's gift has started this highly commendable movement, and will undoubtedly result in similar tokens of well-wishing front the great body of Harvard graduates and admirers. With this interest under way, the scheme for 48 National scholarships may become a reality in the very near future...