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According to the report for 1923 of Eliot Wadsworth '98, chairman of the Endowment Fund, only about 13 percent or $1,847,631 of the fund is restricted in its use by the University. The remainder of the $13,945,536 subscribed is without restriction. The total figures represent the pledges of 23,-477 men. Of these two-thirds are already paid in full...
...fact that property occupied by educational institutions is tax-exempt, has in the past furnished a very natural incentive to the city to oppose expansion by Harvard. No less than 40 percent of Cambridge property is said to be nontaxable, due to the law. The proposed legislation would remedy the situation by providing that any city which contains educational, charitable, or similar organizations, shall be recompensed by counties and state for its loss of income...
...Another tendency is to syndicate the press. The Rothmere syndicate in England controls over 60 percent of the daily papers. Over here Hearst and--on a smaller scale and slightly higher plane,--Munsey, are working along the same lines. As the papers become more powerful and centralized in control, they lose more than ever their individuality...
Very few students have yet applied, nearly 90 percent of the applications to date having come from graduates. Unless the undergraduates get their applications in before Thursday night, they will be forced to scramble for standing room. The H. A. A. emphasizes in particular that all late applications will be ignored...
Last year the final total of questionnaires received by the Committee was 88 percent, only 4 percent more than have been returned to date this year. With still some time to go before it is too late to hand them in, 491 have been received. It is entirely voluntary for men to answer the questionnaires, but the Committee, which has no connection with the college office, announces that it requests all men to return the blanks as soon as possible...