Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...collection of the Harvard Endowment Fund there are two objects to be accomplished. Both are of great importance. The first is to get the support of every Harvard graduate, and as many people as possible who are not graduates of Harvard but are interested in her welfare and the work she is doing for this country. The second is to get the money necessary to enable her to do that work properly. It is unnecessary to try to make any comparison of the relative importance of these objects...
...must, any we believe will, get the money--not all we could use to advantage, but enough to relieve Harvard's most pressing needs. The support of the every Harvard man and of men interested in Harvard is harder to get because it is an intangible thing. It is true that there is no necessary connection between a subscription to the Fund or a failure a to subscription and the sort of support that is really what is wanted. But there is a real inspiration in unanimous action, and while it is perfectly obvious that no member of the Faculty...
...letter made public yesterday, the Endowment Fund Committee, of Boston made a call upon the teachers and administrative officers of the University for their support in the drive. The committee laid emphasis not so much upon the desirability of individual subscription as upon the inspiration which unanimous action in giving would lend to the drive. The text of the letter follows...
...collection of the Harvard Endowment Fund there are two objects to be accomplished. Both are of great importance. The first is to get the support of every Harvard graduate, and as many people as possible who are not graduates of Harvard but are interested in her welfare and the work she is doing for this country. The second is to get the money necessary to enable her to do that work properly. It is unnecessary to try to make any comparison of the relative importance of these objects...
...must, and we believe will, get the money--not all we could use to advantage, but enough to relieve Harvard's most pressing needs. The support of every Harvard man and of men interested in Harvard is harder to get because it is an intangible thing. It is true that there is no necessary connection between a subscription to the Fund or a failure to subscribe and the sort of support that is really what is wanted. But there is a real inspiration in unanimous action, and while it is perfectly obvious that no member of the Faculty...