Word: funds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Theodore Spencer, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory and chairman of the English department committee which administers the Fund, calls him "one of the younger poets ... honest and straightforward . . . whose war poetry gives a good physchological account, and physical description...
Apprentice or master, the selection would have made little difference to the founder of the Fund, whose wish was to make poetry live for as many people as possible. As President of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Gray expounded his theory that the "real love of art that brings happiness and inspiration to the heart of man is rare and does not manifest itself in clover criticism." Contrastingly, knowledge of art was in his opinion merely a "common, intellectual interest...
Should the party be a financial success, the proceeds will be given to the Jewish National Fund, which purchases land for settlers in Palestine...
Contributions of $2,000 each to Philips Brooks House and the Greater Boston Community Fund led the list of expenses during the fall term. Scholarships, Council and Committee expenses, and loans to student activities took slightly over $1,800 more. Included in the spring budget is a second donation to Brooks House, this time of $3,000, and a $2,000 gift to the Red Cross. More than $2,000 will remain in the Fund for the summer...
While the enlarged enrollment made for a greater total contribution, the former treasurer indicated that it also served to increase the demands on the Fund. In addition to its normal expenses and its larger than normal charity donations, the Fund has undertaken the support of a delegation to the newly formed National Students Organization. Expenditure entailed in this action will add up to between $1,000 and $1,100 this year...