Mr. Scranton's Gift, 1941
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Mr. Scranton's Gift, 1941
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Scranton Times regarding Worthington Scranton's gift of the Scranton Estate to the University of Scranton.
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1941-11-20
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University of Scranton Archives
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univscrapbook-b084_0053a
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Times Shamrock Communications
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MR. SCRANTON'S GIFT
Worthington Scranton's gift to the University of Scranton of the family homestead, spacious grounds and other nearby properties
easily comes within what Attorney M. J. Martin, chairman of the board of trustees, says "is the greatest gift ever offered the people of Scranton for higher learning and education." The properties will be used, Brother E. Leonard, president of the university, says, for the contemplated enlarged educational program by the university. Mr. Scranton's gift at the same time is the largest benefaction in the history of the university.
Announcement of Mr. Scranton's plans are hailed with satisfaction not only by the university authorities but by the public generally wad recognize that in the University of Scranton region has the answer to the demand for an institution of higher learning. Mr. Scranton is a college man. So was his father before him, the latter being a most generous contributor to Yale. Worthington Scranton, too, has contributed substantially to his alma mater.
The Scranton homestead on the Ridge row plot was built grandfather, who the founders of the city. Accordingly, it is associated with four generations of the family and goes back to the "days of the founding fathers. That the house and the property should now be used for higher educational purposes by a university perpetuating the name of the city founded by the Scrantons is most appropriate. The gift comes, too, at a time when the celebration of the centennial of the city's founding and diamond jubilee of its incorporation is still fresh in the memory of the people. It might be termed the culmination of that celebration.
Mr. Scranton, by his presentation of the properties to the university, has added his name to the long list of worthy, men and
women who are recognized as community benefactors by their generosity.
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