Cross Memorial Fund Established

Fifty thousand dollars for a Memorial Fund in Slavic Language and Literature in honor of the late Samuel H. Crose, formerly chairman of the Slavic Department, was given anonymously to the University, Charles Watkins, president of the Harvard Club of Boston, announced last night.

The announcement was made at the annual dinner of the Club of which Professor Cross was an active member before his death in 1946.

Also announced this week was a grant of $40,000 by the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. Public Health Service to the School of Public Health for the purpose of studying cancer control. The grant was part of a $292,234 fund distributed to 15 health agencies in this country.