Founded on Perfect Logic
"It seems to me that every man who has enjoyed Harvard's advantages and has profited thereby should now gladly attune his ear to the University's appeal for needed financial assistance. That a need exists is proven by the very fact that the appeal has gone forth; our University asks for money not in order to have it, but to use it, to keep abreast of the times, and to maintain her primacy in education. To whom shall our kindly mother turn in her need, if not to her sons? Shall we be outdone in loyalty to Harvard, and in giving to Harvard; by those on whom she has less claim, those whom she has not fostered? Hardly so. The idea of the Harvard Fund is founded upon the strong rock of perfect logic, and it will make its own appeal to all loyal Harvard men." William W. Fisher, '04. Vice-President, Southwestern Division, Associated Harvard Clubs Dallas, Tex.
"The establishment of the Harvard Fund fills a long felt need of the alumni body, in that it enables all to contribute something towards a debt which most of us feel we owe the University. Heretofore, many who would have liked to contribute have been deterred by embarrassment, on account of the smallness of the amount they could afford to give.
One of the principal advantages of the Fund is that small gifts are as welcome as large ones. The number of contributors is most important."
Fund Makes Special Appeal
"The Harvard Fund has met with immediate and general approval among the Harvard men of the Northwest, and the wonder seems to be that the plan did not suggest itself long ago. It is making a special appeal to many men of smaller means who have not felt themselves in a position to make any substantial contribution to the University, but who welcome the opportunity to give an annual amount which in their minds will be the equivalent of the annual interest on the larger sum which they would like to feel themselves in a position to contribute some day. It has been a matter of genuine surprise to us to note the wide-spread interest on the part of the Harvard men of this section." Bergmann Richards '09. Vice-President, Western Division. Associated Harvard Clubs. Minneapolis