Word: pledgee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once again the Council promises that this will be the College's only solicitation this year. Emergencies forced the Council to break this pledge the last two years. It is hoped and expected that the new arrangement of converting unallocated money into a reserve fund will enable the Council to...
President Conant called it an "endorsement of a great educational enterprise," and Dean Donald K. David termed it an "expression of confidence" when John D. Rockefeller, Jr. last June presented the School of Business Administration with a $5,000,000 pledge and, along with it, one of the best testimonials...
Despite all this, the Rockefeller pledge has forced the Business School today to show real evidence for its reputation. Under terms of the donation, the $5,000,000 must on July 1, 1950 be matched by an equal amount in gifts or pledges toward the School's $20,000,000...
Pledge cards, with which students may allocate percentages of their donations to seven specific charities, will be used again this year. Although national organizations are not stressed, the donor may write in any charity of his own choosing. While the Student Council is supposed to receive 20 per cent of...
"The problem we are concerned with," Dowd stated, "is the degree of responsibility the University has to the students, not just the moral principles involved in a pledge. Because the pledge may involve the entire student body, it is an 'apolitical' problem, and therefore should be handled by the Council...