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...will of the late James Arthur Beebe '69, who died at the Copley-Plaza Hotel on November 27, contains several large bequests to the University and to University interests. The largest bequest is $150,000 to the building fund of the Harvard Club of Boston, with directions that the money be used for the purchase of adjoining property, and the extensions of the buildings thereon. He also leaves $10,000 to the Class of 1869 Fund, and another $10,000 to Percy Lee Atherton '93, to be spent for progress in music in the University...
...will of the late William Endicott A. M., hon. '88, contained a $25,000 bequest in trust to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The income is to be used for the purpose of "The Cancer Commission of Harvard University...
...building is the result of a bequest of $50,000 made during the year 1912-13 by Miss Harriet Cruft, and is to be known as the Cruft Memorial Laboratory...
...took up his residence near Boston and Newton, in a district known as Charlestown, and became interested in the college established at Newtowne in 1636 by order of the General Court. This interest led to a bequest of half his estate, $3900, and a library of 300 volumes to the college. Accordingly in 1639 the University received the name of Harvard College. What the colony had pledged its credit to do for the University, it never did, and the burden of responsibility fell on John Harvard to a great extent...
...bequest of $25,000 to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, in trust, the income to be used for the purposes of "The Cancer Commission of Harvard University" is contained in the will of William Endicott (Hon.) '88, filed yesterday in the Suffolk County Probate Court. A similar bequest is made to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to the Museum of Fine Arts...