Word: giftedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This initial gift of the committee has been used in securing and clearing the site for the library. The library itself, it is estimated, will cost in the neighborhood of one million dollars, four hundred thousand of which must be raised before the operation of building can progress and this must come from the college students of America. The entire purpose of asking the college man to support the project is one of building sentiment in to the stone and mortar--sentiment which will last longer than the marble itself. It is to be a gift from the students...
...Queen, and Cardinal Mercier. The coats of arms of Belgium and the United States are framed in the high balustrade which surrounds and crowns the building; in this balustrade is interwoven an inscription describing the destruction of the old Library and the fact that the restoration is a gift of the American people. "Furore Teutonica Diruta.--Dono Americano Restituta...
...object of the campaign in the American colleges is not so much for the purpose of obtaining the funds necessary for the construction of the new building as to justify the symbolism involved. In order that the gift shall be truly representative, the national committee is endeavoring to have the number of subscribers very large and the individual subscriptions small. The executive committee of the University's drive has consequently adopted the motto: "Everybody--One Dollar and No More...
...Germans, is to be rebuilt by Americans, and 640 colleges and universities are taking an active interest in the work. The object of the contribution is not so much to obtain funds for the construction of the new building as to justify the symbolism involved. In order that the gift shall be truly representative of the students of American colleges and universities, a large proportion of their number must be included in the list of donors to be kept in a mammoth volume among the records of the new library...
...seems a small gain to repay four years of seeking. But according to the article it should bring distinction in college and the greatest personal satisfaction afterwards. At least it will train a man to higher self-expression in whatever he undertakes--a gift that in itself is no small recompense...