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On Nov. 3, 1949, (Syracuse) University received a grant of $1.5 million dollars form the estate of the late Mary Margaret Shaw. The Daily Orange gave the story an eight-column banner headline in its boldest type with a story running two columns on the front page.
Last week the Harvard Crimson, Harvard university's paper, reported that $2 million was left to that university by the Hettle Green estate. This story was published with a one-column head and a one-column story on the front page.
One consoling journalistic thought: the Crimson might have run its story in the notice column. --From the Syracuse Dally Orange March 2, 1951
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