Education: At Penn

The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), anticipating its 200th birthday in 1940, announced, last week, that it would open a campaign next month for a fund of $45,650,000. Of this amount, $27,700,000 would be set aside for endowing the various schools and departments; $17,950,000 would go into land, buildings, equipment. The present endowment of Pennsylvania is only $10,208,000. Largest endowments (as of the end of 1924) :

Harvard $64,413,891

Columbia $56,407,421

Yale $39,697,259

Chicago $31,992,620

Leland Stanford $27,279,571

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