The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-14
Thomas Rich of our firm was Mr..
Fayerweath-r's adviser"
Yours Truly,
ARMOUR, RICH & WOODFORD.

Yours Truly,
ARMOUR, RICH & WOODFORD.
Mr. Fayerwpatlrr had consulted
DR.. Hitchcock, of Union Theologic-
nj Seminary rs 20 his gifts. Hav-
ing had in the Seminary good
many talented students from Mary
vile College and knowing the cf-
forts of r. J. Lamar to endow it,
DR.. Hitchcock recommended Mr..
Fayprweaiher 10 include it in the
distribution of his gifts. Mr.. Rich
also being an elder in the Prpsby-
lerian church in my native state,
would naturally take an interest in
" college that had been placed d.
r"ctly under his church rs Mary
willie College had been How much
he said to Mr.. Fnyprwea' her nbnu;
us / do not know. | remember
very well aimed to spread out he
fore him our entire work and our
necessities, especially the wa is of
poor boys aud girls in Tennessee.
The printed pages sent, hal on
them the names Of many di-lin-
guishpd men in the Presbyterian
church, and among them DR.. Hitch
cock, heartily recommending the
claims Of the college to the ibrrali
ty Of the bcnt violent; SO that the
agency of several came together in
securing that greatest gift that any
one ever gave to Maryville College.
Little did any of us know what
would come OUT of the part each
performed. AS John &. Baldwin,
who gave SEC COO, said to me, "G"l
has putt into my heart to help you "
So would we say of the gift OF $l0O-
600 10y Daniel b. Fayerweathrr,
"G"d put it into his neart t" give it,"
and should the entire provisions If
his will BIZ carried out, after the
death Of heirs, the college will get
about $l5O,0OO more.
IT. will Interest our people to see
the list Of institutions to which Mr..
Fayerweather gave. indicate the
denominations: 'r.ei '''''''
Yale College. Conn, (Con-.) $500
MO Cornell University, Ithaca, N.
Y. $2Oo,0O0. Columbia College, N. Y.
City, (Epi>.) $2OO,OOO. Hamilton
College, Clinton, N. v, (Pres.) 800
oOO. Amherst COLLEGE, Mass, Congo
100000. Wesleyan University,
C"n, (Meth) 100000. Bow'l"in
College, Maine, (C""g.) $lG0,OOO.
Dartmouth College, N. H., Congo
100000. Lincoln University. Penn,
(Prrs.) 100000. Univ, rsity OF Va,
100000. Hampton University, Va
(Cong) $.aO,OOO. Maryville College,
(Pr-s) *lOO,OM. Marietta College,
Marietta, Ohio, Congo $50, 900. Ad-l.
mrt College, Cleveland, Ohio, (Prrs }
$4,000. Park College, No., (Pres.)
$4,000. Wabash College, Ind, (Pre-)
$5O,0OO. Union Theological Semina.
ry, N. Y. City, (Pres.) $5O,0O0. La.
fayette College, Pa, pres $5O,OOO
Lincoln and Hampton are for the
coIored people. None of the Col.
leges in New England marked
(Cong.) are strictly denomina,ional
though most Of the teachers and
trustees are connected with the
Congregational Church, which IL
,heologically the same as Presby'
terrain.
Gid bless my native state, Con
necticut, and make it more renown'
ed in raising up others like Mr.
Hand, of New Haven, who gave
81 ,00A,000 for the education Of the
colored people in the South and d
q. Fayprweather, who distributed
81, 100000 to so many institutions
and provided also for the gift tt
them Of about $3,OOO,OO0 more.
ole being dead yet speaketh."
PM. BARTLETT.