Word: generously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wealth of Old Masters' drawings thus sifted down last week through dealers to lesser collectors was born in 1859 in Washington, D. C. Migrating to England as a youth, Henry Oppenheimer went into "the City.'' became a member of the Speyer Brothers' banking firm. A generous and kindly Jew whose friends called him "Hen Opp," prosperous Mr. Oppenheimer soon began to acquire majolica, medals, coins, intaglios, objects of antique Greek and Roman art. In 1912 "Hen Opp" laid the keel of his collection of Old Masters' sketches when he made an extensive purchase from...
...money back of such generous art patronage was made by James Duval Phelan's father, who came to the U. S. from Queen's County, Ireland, sailed for California in the Gold Rush of '49, accumulated $10,000,000 as merchant, banker, real estate tycoon. Son James never cared for business, was nevertheless one of San Francisco's first citizens. At the height of the 1906 Fire, intrepid James Phelan filled his snorting, blunt-snouted Mercedes with dynamite, gallantly chugged out to the Potrero district, blasted a path that halted the fire at Van Ness Avenue...
...year made $429,000. Slow-spoken, tousled, deliberate, Metalman Marsh wears polka-dot ties, is rarely without a cigar. Before last week he had never received scientific kudos. Never plagued by labor troubles at the Hoskins plant, he worked out an employe compensation plan 13 years ago whereby a generous slice of profits is distributed to his 200 workers every year. Many a Hoskins man has waxed well-to-do ploughing back his bonuses into Hoskins stock, which pays $2 plus extras, sells at about $52 per share on the Detroit Stock Exchange...
There has been much talk of late about Harvard's position as a privately endowed University, an institution free from all political or other pressure. This position has been made possible by the generous gifts of the College's graduates, who, over the course of many years, have been willing to sacrifice part of their own pleasure in order to benefit Harvard...
...their huge subject. Following William Randolph Hearst from his abbreviated career at Harvard, through his early publishing ventures in California, his entry into New York, his pre-War triumphs and present stormy twilight. Authors Lundberg, Carlson & Bates liberally plaster Publisher Hearst with controversial tar, while Mrs. Older is equally generous in coating her hero with sympathetic whitewash. Some contrasting findings on the character & career of Mr. Hearst...