Collins Donated

Famous quotes containing the words collins and/or donated:

    Gwine to run all night!
    Gwine to run all day!
    I’ll bet my money on de bobtail nag—
    Somebody bet on de bay.
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    Hard times accounted in large part for the fact that the exposition was a financial disappointment in its first year, but Sally Rand and her fan dancers accomplished what applied science had failed to do, and the exposition closed in 1934 with a net profit, which was donated to participating cultural institutions, excluding Sally Rand.
    —For the State of Illinois, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)