The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
ENDOWS PROFESSORSHIPS.
u. n EATON LEFT sf00. o EACH TO
HARVARD IND COLUMBIA
For Chairs IN the Science of Government.
State and Municipa nj -Tostator Specifies
What I- Would Iike tn Have Taught
0:5, 900 Given to tho Comstoek society.

State and Municipnl-Teatator Specifies
What Ii- Would Like to Have Taught
0:5 900 Given to tho Comstoek Society.
The will Of Dorrian u. Eaton. nled for pro-
bate yesterday and disposing OF a large estate.
was executed on June IL. 1895, and names his
widow. Annie \. Eaton. John y, Pine and Ev-
erett J.. Wheeler executors.
After making many bequests he directs that
the rest Of his estate be- held In trust 80 az to
pay his widow an income OF $4,000 a year. On
her death 100000 Is TO be paid 10 Harvard
University TO eniow and maintain a professor
ship OF the science OF government. The tes-
tator says:
Il do not attempt to prescribe the specific In
s~tructIon to be given through this professor
shin; but | NAV say that | have endowed IL
not only in the faith that It will always be Allied
by an abs and patriotic citizen. z~ealously de-
voted to It's purpose. but in the hope that
through It's teaching. that great principles
upon which our national Constitution f. based.
and in conformity to which administrator
should be carried on. will be vindicated and
strengthened that tina tit relations between
parties and government will DO made plain;
that the obligations Of the moral Jaw and NJ pa
trIotlc endeavor In party politics and all official
life will be uersuastve,y expounhed that
the Just relations between public opinion.
party opinion and individual Independence
viii be set forth; that nn effective
influence will be exerted for making
public administration and legislation In tho
United States worthy OF the character and
Intelligence " their people. and that not only
the ~salutary lessons othis,ory will DO presented
but that ;hs most appropriate and effective
means OF practical wisdom IN our day
will be considered for preventing corr
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and government, and for inducing and enabling
the most worthy citizens 10 fnirly exercise a
controlling powe. In he relubl!c. II se"rs 70
mo that these lessons, and especially such rs
may be drawn from the history OF the ancient
! I'a,ian aud Du,ch republics, and from that OF
kngIand, have been by no means adequately
exrolnded in the teachings o, our political
science"
Next. Colum bia College Is to have 100000 TO
found a proisssorship Of municipal science and
administration. Regarding this bequest he
SAYS:
"The explanations which I have made a. TO
the other profcssorshIp are largely applicable
here: hui. without attempting to prescribe the
instruction 10 he given, ] wish TO add these
words The problem OF municipal government
is one u great difficulty and peril, and there's
llttie IN our early Con 'titutton toad In its solu-
tion. A true and safe municipal system is yet
to be created in the United States. Nowhere is
patriotic and wise leadership on such a subject
more needed. - can It he more useful. than N
the city o. Now York. To determine n definite
-lhrre within whiCl cues and villages shall
substantially control their own Affairs: to
fairy mark the Limit. Of COOPERATION
between them ana the states beyond
their sphere 10 provide the best methods
: OF muulrIlAl administration to create cOun-
ella In cities and villages which shan, IN sub
stance, exercise their .oCa, authuritynnt repre-
sent their pubic oNILton rdihe' THAN tlrlr
party rion.un;tp greatly reIG'e the number
and frequency o. elections Ia MUNICIPALITIES;
, 10 prevent The control Of their affairs by parties
and 'acfons. AMI T. max" good government
| the ambition AMI eHdeaNor o. the woIthlest
! ctI gems these sa"m - me 10 he tho great
! ploblem- oi s'atesmeAsh,p. toward the soIu-
! ton Of which / trust this prOirssorSh!p Will
largely contribute. Through n | hope NUM-
enrd cities Of other countries. and IRON Al the
beat governed municluaiItles ut the Union. will
iiq r%ff'ctiyH exprs.siun
the rcsiduiy estate on the. death OF bis
widow should not be- sufficient 10 pay these
requests the residue Is to b~ divided between
the two universities. II there is NOR" than
the Society for the suppression OF Wee. the
Skin alI cancer Hospital and the state Chart
his widow j. 10 have h;s residence, 2 Fast
Tw"nty-ninth street, kent IN repair and fire..
from taxes as long : she liys, or desires. and
on her. death It vii fall INTO the rosduary es-
tate. Mos, OF the contents Of the house got 70
his wife. To the widow. iur'her, are. devised
all hi. rea. estate holdings at Bratt!eboro and
Dummerston. W. He thinks II best for his
wife to sell these parcels and requests that she
do SO for her own benefit within three years OF
Aside from the requests 10 the two UNIVERSE
IT,. a. stated. tho other pnb ic requests are:
800 to the Free Library at brattieboro; Uni
81 an Congregational Society at Brat,lGh2ro;
5000; Society Tor Ia" Employment and Relief
o, Loor Nom"n SGynec{|d with All Souls
attended WDrshln' SDtVl. american nltArtan
Association Of Massachusetts,. $1,000: Civil
S"ryice Reform ASSOCIATION Of the CITY oi New
state Of 'ew York, ,sl,Olm: Association Of tho
Bar Of the CITY OF New, York, alseri"s Of vol
u 1tm@G sr ",ntaIa'Ts r. deG a. rs am ana rr1Ssr1HiHg.
socieiy; f'r the supprs' sion Of Vice. $500,
cs ptESsi Cute GtaaI Easop s'f ssg.oTGS. a to "S Hr.., 'r fioTa
i,!'s''at'i.r'sT bal 81 6r3,hsr., ST. SO. to Mrs Emily
Of 81. halitro,her s $500; 10 Phillip s'drsy
Bennett. Of CALAIS. %yermont 5000; 70 the
IT7tst'T,I ?gnt Mr. NJ Mr. NaFcyf :. Eaton Ms %, Mont q;
tiuiliord, It. $1,000; and 10 her son. named
for mc,' $40; To- Villain Ken Forster,
terrator's. niece, Ruth Eaton Kent OF Mont.
pel!er. all the lots anl bindings he owned
IL MGntpclier. and $500; and a d aehars:
her husband Murray \, Kent to Dorman Is,
I Kent. son Of his. niece, any one hundred
officer in tho United States Army, >" 5 2,5OO; 70
A1altna, Nystrnm; cmp,oyeI for many years IN
$3.50; 10 Hen Hayes. domestic formerly IN his
n,upiOy. $500: q Caroline Ernest, domesiic,
sGIsie 70 s Mr,. % s25S9 to b W"rm to f. c2 MT,e cor w nr5
=, 2Oo, SId slo1tr hts wife agl so % ssen q
NJ, Gen, joseph iia'ch o Huntington. VI, in
whose house ] made my home while in college