When a university is endowed for $82,820,000, when a tycoon like Edward Stephen Harkness has given it $13,000,000 for an educational experiment, it is sure to be circumspect in its choice of treasurer. And Harvard University had to choose a new treasurer when Charles Francis ("Charlie Ad") Adams was appointed U. S. Secretary of the Navy.
The new treasurer, named last week, is Henry Lee Shattuck. Unlike his predecessor, Mr. Shattuck has no "who" in Who's Who. But not for some time has he needed such identification in Massachusetts. Since 1923 he has been...
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