Word: gifted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alumni will reconvene at the Tercentenary Theatre at 1:30 P.M. for the 119th annual meeting of the Alumni Association, when Theodore Chase, Chief Marshal of the Class of 1934, will present the class gift to the College, and the results of elections for the Board of Overseers and other alumni offices will be announced...
...gift of the Aga Kahn, spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Moslems, will be combined with College funds to provide 40 to 50 schoarships for students from those areas over the next decade...
...Khan announced that the College is expected to spend from its own funds an amount equal to his gift, so that $100,000 will be available for "Aga Khan Scholarships...
...with President Lowell's house under police protection after Judge Thayer's home was bombed (Lowell had headed a review commission for the Sacco-Vanzetti case.) The year was dominated by Lowell, first with his retirement, and later by the creation of the Society of Fellows from his anonymous gift...
...latter part of the year, Lowell's plan of the Society of Fellows was brought into being through his gift. Three of the first five Junior Fellows appointed that Spring are now distinguished members of the Harvard Faculty: Professors Birkhoff, Quine, and Skinner. President Church received its more recently position the next year, calling for more fellowships for distinguished scholars. The College-wide concern for scholarship could be seen in the long discussion of "snap" courses, the demand for longer library hours, and more attention to the tutorial system...