Word: donor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competition for the Lee Wade II Prizes, which was scheduled to be held in Sanders Theatre last evening, has been postponed on account of the absence of Dr. Wade, the donor of the prize. Men who are planning to compete should consult F. W. Hunnewell '02, Secretary to the Corporation, at University...
...class of 1914, are "awarded annually--one First Prize of $25; one Second Prize of $15; and one Third Prize of $10--to those students of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes who, after having recited a selection in poetry or prose which shall be chosen by the donor or those appointed by him, shall be deemed to have won said First, Second and Third Prizes in their respective order of merit...
...Henry Wade, of Cambridge, in memory of his son Lee Wade 11 '14. The income of the endowment is awarded annually "to those students of the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes, who after having recited a selection of poetry of prose which shall be chosen by the donor or those appointed by him shall be deemed to have won" the prizes...
Some years ago a man, not altogether averse to prominence at the Lake Mohonk peace conferences, offered $100 to the student in any American college who would write the best essay on the peace cause. With a great flourish of trumpets, the donor himself making a magnificent speech, the $100 was finally awarded. Statistics showed that if the prize had been divided equally among the contestants each would have received 82 cents for his labors. Of course, the contest may have been an aid to forceful writing, but the chances are that the same results could have been accomplished through...
Permission to use the name of Edwin F. Atkins, A.M. '03, as donor of a recent gift of $62,000 to the Harvard Endowment Fund was received yesterday. It was also learned that Mr. Atkins had increased his contribution to the Fund to the total of $125,000, the largest individual gift to the Boston portion of the Fund. Of this $25,000 was given unrestricted, and $100,000 was given for tropical research in economic botany...