Word: gifted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chaplain (Colonel) William D. Cleary received the gift consisting of rugs, individual easy chairs, lounges, library tables, reading lamps, a piano, and a ping-pong table. Introduced by the Invocation pronounced by Chaplain J. C. Ryan, the proceedings featured Sidney L. Rindler who spoke in behalf of the council and expressed his pleasure to be able to contribute towards the war effort. Dr. Philip G. Berman and Bennett Silverblatt, vice-president of the council and chairman of the War Work Committee were the other speakers of the evening...
...discussion of reasons for such a gift, he said, "This outdoor spot, in the heart of the city, has been created in our darkest hours of war so that children may grow up to be better men and women in a better world. It is a living token of that hope and of that faith which we so sorely need today...
...Gift's Importance Noted...
Prior to the actual presentation, Professor McIlwain stressed the great importance of John Harvard's original gift of books which did much to start the College...
...inscription in the granite base of a flagpole near the modern playground equipment commemorates John Harvard, mentioning his foresighted concern for the advancement of education which inspired the gift of his library, half his estate, to the embryo Harvard...