The Portland daily press., 1865-02-10
A Noble Endowment.

Our fellow citizen Hon. John B, Brown, "ir
memory of his deceased son James Olcot
Brown, and of his deep interest in the cause O
education and the general diffusion its bless
ings and benefit" has given to Jacob McLel
Ian, Mayor; Henry P. Lord, Treasurer, and
Joseph Q, Noyes, Chairman Of the School
Committee, OF this city, and to their several
successors in said offices, the sum of $4,000 in
State of Maine bouds, payable in 25 years with
six per cent interest, for the purpose of es-
tablishing fund the interest of which is to be
devoted as follows: 9ee .s
1st. To apply portion of the annual income
to the purchase of silver medals to be called
the Brown Memorial Medal" to be presented
to the scholars in the Portland High School,
annually. The medals to be divided equally
among the boys and girls, and to be awarded
by the Trustees to the best scholars of not
less than one years standing at the time of
their graduation. e. .,s1
3D. To the establishment in Bowdoin Col
lege, of four scholarships to be called the
"Brown Memorial Scholarship" the annual
value OF each 10 be $50 to the year 1876; and
from and after that year to be $75 each until
the principal of the fund shall amount to
$500; then and forever after the whole an
nual income of the fund, after deducting the
cost of the medals, is to be divided among the
scholarships fourth part to each.
From 1866 to 1876 six medals are to be pur-
chased annually to be distributed among the
graduates at the High School-three for the
boys and three for the girls. From 1875 to
1885, eight medals are to be provided an
nually-four for the boys and four for the
girls. After 1885, and forever, ten medals
are to be purchased annually for such dis
tribution-hve for the girls and five for the
boys. 5s Is ass7ae l.49
The first scholarship in Bowdoin College is
to be established in 1866, and at the close OF
that collegiate year, and every succeeding year
the annual value Of said Scholarship is to be
paid by the Trustees to the best scholar in the
Freshman class who graduated at the Port
land High School, after having been member
therefore year.
The second Scholarship is to be established
in 1867, and is to be paid to the best scholar in
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land High School. aGE
The third Scholarship is to be established
in 1868, and TO be awarded to the best scholar
in the Junior class, who shall have been a
graduate Of the Portland High School.
The fourth Scholarship is to be established
in 1869, and is to be awarded to the best
scholar in the Senior class, who shall have
been graduate of the Portland High School.
If there should be no such scholars at Bow
doin College, the amount of the scholarship is
to be added to the fund until the principal
amounts to $500. After that, if there should
not be in any class person entitled to the
3 scholarship, the amount thereof is to be
applied by the Trustees to the founding, or to
the increasing, of Library for the Portland
High School, This endowment is most gene
rous, and speaks well for the motives that
prompted it. The donors sonwas graduate
of Bowdoin College, and loved and respected
his dina Mater, We can hardly conceive how
a father could better cherish and honor the me-
mory Of beloved son, and at the same time
furnish incentives to American scholarship,
than by making such donation.
4'How far that little candle throws his beams
So shines good deed in naughty world"