Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-09

$4,000 are in buildings $21 900 in bonds,
S323,00O in mortgages; the University Of
California has somewhat more than 81 OOO,-
900, equally divided between bonds and mort
cages; Wesleyan university has 81, 125, ,000 OF
which $S1 900 are in real estate, $3.50 900 In
bonds, $4,000 in stocks, 1886, 900 in mort
cages; of the 50 900 possessed by North
western university, $150,0O0 are represented
in buildings, bonds and mortgages, and the
balance is embodied in lands and leases; the
property of the University Of Pennsylvania,
more than s2,5OO,O00 is divided into $357,00O
in buildings, s514,000 in bonds, $4,000 in
stocks, $429, 900 in mortgages and the remain
ing million Is, as the treasurer describes,
''in other values" Harvard's immense prop
erty is changed in the forms Of its invest
ments more frequently than the property Of
many colleges, but of its eight or more
millions, railroad bonds and real estate rep
resent the large share, the amount of bonds
exceeding the value of real estate. Colleges
have few United States and few state and
municipal bonds, but they do own large
amounts of the best railroad bonds and Of the
bonds of water works companies, some
what also of the bonds of street railways, and
also small amounts of the bonds of the
counties of western states. AS my eye runs
down the list of securities of Cornell uni
versity l find a record of county bonds in
several western states, as well as railroad
bonds, but county bonds seem to pre-
dominate. Turning to a college OF quite a
different position and history, Washington
and Lee, in Virginia, l find that, out of
5000 600, $4,000 are invested in securities
of the state of Virginia; that town and
county bonds are represented by a few
thousand dollars, and that railroads In the
south represent the larger part of the
balance. college of a different environ
ment and condition is Rochester university
New York. OF its $1,2OO, 900, $335,OOO are in
| railroad bonds
GOLDEN JUBILEE.
The University Of Notre Dame the leading
Catholic college of the midwest will cele.
brate its golden jubilee during the coming
week, Twenty-Five archbishops and bishops
of the United States and Canada will be
present at the celebration, and three days
will be devoted to the jubilee. The eXer-
cises will be opened Tuesday morning June
IL, with pontifcal high mass Of thanksgiving
| celebrated by Most Rev. William Henry
Elder archbishop Of Cincinnati. The sermon
will be preached by Archbishop Ireland of St
! Paul.
The afternoon will be devoted to an in
spection Of the various departments of the
university, the commencement exercises OF
the preparatory class in St. Edwards hall
and field sports on the Brownston hall cam,
pus. In the evening the alumni exercises
| Will be held in Washington hall
The committee in charge Of the celebration
has decided upon heavy bronze medal as q
souvenir of the jubilee. Two bars Of bronzt
| are Joined by a broad ribbon Of gold and
| blue and bear the beginning Of the inscrip-
tion "Nostrae Dominas Aur. Tub" Pendent
from the lower and narrower OF the bar,
hangs the medal proper, a disk OF bronze
larger and heavier than a silver dollar. II
the central field OF the diverse the maiI
building Of the university is figured in mod
| erately high relief while the inscrp
| tion "Universitate Feliciter Condta
MDOOCXLIV." fills the raised margin. Tht
reverse Of the medal bears within a wreath
OF oak and laurel the rest OF the motto
| "Quinquages. Ann. Collegi. Confirm. AlmI
Mater Rite Ceiebrabat, MDCCCXCIV."
In the third decade Of the present century
Very Rev. S. T. Bodin. the fret priest or
dained In the United States. was performing