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ENDOWMENT FUND SOARING UP

TOTAL FOR FIRST DAY OF DRIVE REACHES TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

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Two million dollars was the total reached yesterday by the Harvard Endowment Fund. Of this $700,000 was raised by voluntary subscription in Boston and the rest came from other parts of the country. In Boston the donors' names were not announced, but individual subscriptions included one for $100,000, two for $50,000, 16 for $25,000, five for $10,000 and five for $5,000. Subscriptions made through members of the various teams calling upon alumni in Boston and vicinity will not be known until this morning when depositories report to the General Committee.

Large Subscriptions in New York

New York's total took a climb yesterday with one more large subscription of $100,000 reported from George F. Baker, Jr., '99. Other subscriptions included $28,000 from Alexander M. White '92, $25,000 apiece from C. N. Bliss, Jr., '97, and C. S. Fairchild '63, $20,000 from R. T. Lincoln '64, $10,000 from R. L. Bacon '07, and $5,000 from Norman Davis.

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