Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-15
Price Four Cents.

one ?-the boys were especially anxious to
 have it." Well" said Mr, Y. to me, "I
 could arrange it, as you see, by taking down part of the wall, and then building up this annex in the rear. It adds six or seven thou
 sand dollars to the cost-but they will have
 the platform, and there is no use in doing such things by halves, when once you are in for it"
 During the lifetime of M Yassar, fr. the
 two brothers bought fifteen acres of land in
 the south part of the city, commanding
 fine view of the river, and set apart S9O, 900
 for the building and furniture. The ''Esssar
 Brothers Hospitar' IS also the residuary lega- tee of the late MT. Vassar, and will receive not less than S150, 900 from his estate as an endowment fund; this may be increased to nearly S2O0, 900, should 8 construction be given the will, which it is thought equity and justice demand, giving seven Sunday school organizations, flor books and papers, ST. GOO, instead of that sum leach, 7" as was &C., cidentally nominated in the bond" I trust there will be reasonable comp. omise of this matter, as there should be. On account of frequent strikes" and the present high prices of labor and material, work will not be commenced on the hospital till next year. l think MT. J. G. Vassar will add hberaIIy to the endowment of this benevolent institution, as his heart is in the work and he is supposed to be man of greater wealth than his late brother.
 After driving about these grounds, bound ed by four avenues, Mir. Yasssr said. Nov let me take you out to the college and per.
 haps there will be something new to be seen there" And there WAS. Of this grand in stltution we have spoken before. The build ings cost about S6o0, GOO, and the endowment is about S400, ,OO0-nearly all the princely gift of the late Matthew Vassar, ST It is the pioneer college in this country for the higher education of women. Several years b6fOrd it commenced t6a day remarked to me in his own house, "There is no school in this country where 8 girl can obtain as good an education as boy can get in college. I intend to supply this great need" And he did it. The brick riding school building has been converted into a gymnasium, &c. There is a separate build ing for music and painting Another for the Astronomical Observatory. And recently the Vsssar brothers have erected two-story brick building at a cost of about S2O, 900, for laboratory of chemistry. Here we found Prof. LeRoy c. Cooley, years ago one of the faculty of Cooperstown Seminary. He is hard worker in his department, but shows no gray hairs yet It being Saturday we found President Caldwell some what st leisure { if any one at the head of such vast institution real ly has any leisure), and most courteous and accomplished gentleman he is Time was all too brief for what we wished to see in the E- brary, art gallery an other departments
 The COIl6cLlOn or OH ana water color paIntlnRS is a valuable one embracing some noted pieces The cabinet of natural history has many at- fractions to the most casual observer: thecol- lection of stuffed birds, shells, 6c, are among the most valuable h this country. In the large chapel we saw the costly organ just do- mated by Mrs. John H. Dean, of New York. There are thirty one members of the faculty and about 300 students in attendance this term. In and about the buildings are nearly 100 persons employed in various capacities The total expense at the college is from S4OO to 5000 year. The living is frst-clsss, as the healthy appearance of the scholars and their own testimony prove. The influence ali eady exerted in this country by this noble institution is most benefcent and eIevating.
 The late Matthew Vassar, ir, also gave $50, 900 for scholarship fund at the col leee; S, ,000 to the small Episcopal hospital; 10,OO0 to the Baptist church, of which he was a member, and various sums to other different local objects of merit or charity. And he left his widow handsomely provided for. [
 Neither of these three vassars ever lived h an ostentatious manner; none of them were purse proud men Matthew, ST., and nephew Matthew, jr., were childless; John Guy isa bachelor-an active, vigorous man, though never of robust health, the most noted traveller in the world. who is spSnding his closing years and deyoting all ,>&s wealth to illustrated the truth of the Proverb: Money is a defense" They have made it such for others, in the best possible direc- tions- have spoken of them thus at some length, because knew my readers would be interested in the noble works which will ''follow them" God gave them wisdom, large hearts, heavy purses and long lives, which they have used for the good of the race Place their names well up on the roll of honor They were relatives of the noted English philanthropist Thomas Guy, who built hospitals, Almshouses, dc, and 'swho dedicated more money to charitable objects than any other private individual on record in England Matthew, jr. was the first cap tain. of the Poughkeepsie Guards, in which Company I trained" number of years