Word: donor
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This is the thirteenth competition for the trophy, which was given to the Topiarian Club by an unknown donor and competed for annually. The winner has his name inscribed on the trophy...
Inspired by the Wilson Day celebrations, there arose within the nation an anonymous donor with $50,000. He (or she) presented it to the Woodrow Wilson Founda tion, which forthwith announced that it would award two prizes of $25,000 each to the man and woman (between the ages of 20 and 35) who submit the two best articles on: "What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me." The manuscripts must not contain more than 2,500 words and must be completed before...
...Saltonstall '28, Chairman of the Senior Dormitory Committee, attention is called to the fact that the new Straus Hall in the Yard which is in its initial year of service and is now housing a majority of Sophomores is to be converted into a Senior Dormitory. Mr. Straus, the donor, originally intended it for a Sophomore Dormitory and it was accordingly opened to the applications of the Class of 1929 last spring. Now however, Mr. Straus prefers to have it occupied by Seniors only...
...Wisconsin they heretofore had to time their charity six years before they died. But those days have gone: last week the Supreme Court reversed the Wisconsin courts' opinions which had held valid a state inheritance tax on gifts made within six years before the death of the donor. Such gifts were formerly considered as having been made in "contemplation of death." And the question is: Where does "contemplation of death" begin-on the death bed, or 24 hours before death, or one year before death...
Under the will of Isaac Royall, who died in 1781, Harvard College received a bequest of more than 2,000 acres of land in the towns of Granby and Royalton, in Worcester County, Mass. The donor, who was born in Antigua, was the son of a merchant of great wealth, who, having purchased extensive estates in New England, had emigrated to Massachusetts in 1738. Isaac Royall settled in Charlestown, of which town he was a Representative for nine years. Later, he became a Counsellor, and held that office until 1774. However, says Josiah Quincy '28, "his judgment...