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...note from a gentleman of Tasmania informed the President that he was about to become the recipient of a wallaby. Dictionaries were consulted, and orders were issued to send the gift to the zoo when it arrives. Said Tine New York Worlds "T. R. never would have been caught like that. 'A wallaby? Bully! Loeb, cable Newman to send an echidna and a platypus along with the wallaby. And, Loeb, see if he can pick up a bandicoot or a phalanger. This country hasn't half enough marsupials and monotremes...
...every man who comes out for track he gives something quite as valuable as can be gained elsewhere in college, something quite equal in value to anything that any professor can give. This gift of great value is training. It is not for facts that we come to college, but for training. If a man receives that training, it matters not at all whether he is given it on the playing field or in the classroom. Everyman of whom Eddie Farrell makes something worthwhile, is possessed of the ability of giving better than his best when he is called upon...
...campaign for the dormitory fund started in September, 1923. The support of the doctors was most inspiring, not only in their individual gifts but also in the large number of gifts they secured from others. Mr. Vanderbilt's gift of the gymnasium and his final gift to complete the fund, are, however, by far the largest part of the fund and constitute the most generous recognition of the wisdom of the project and a most valuable aid to the Medical School...
...delegation of War veterans called at the U. S. Embassy in Paris and asked the First Secretary to convey to U. S. Senator Borah a casket with strangely assorted contents. Said they in presenting the gift...
First and foremost, the development of scholarship. That is the primary and fundamental purpose of the University. Scholarship is an end in itself, a priceless gift that enriches life, that ennobles its possessor, that renders limitless the joy of living, that raises human standards and promotes human progress. But tonight I want to look at scholarship from the point of view of its practical applicability to your future careers...