The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-06
VERY GENEROUS PURPOSE
BEHIND JUDGE GILFrLLAN,s GIFT
his Letter Offering $4,000 to the
University Board of
Regents.

Ine announcement of j. B. Gilfllan to
the board of regents of the university
Thursday, that he was prepared to con
Fey TO 1t $4,000, the income of which
shouId De used in the education of needy
Dut deserving young men and women has
created much favorable comment in mi
Versity circles. In order that the full
purpose Of Mr.. GiIfillan NAV be under
STOOD, MS letter containing his offer is
presented herewith:
TO the Board Of Regents of the University
OF Minnesota:
Gentlemen-Your favorable considers
ton OF the proposition hereinafter set
1ortn In detail is hereby solicited:
Actuatsd by my own experiences from
early life, have had in mind for some-
time the establishing of a fund in trust
the income from which might be used in
ala or such deserving youths of your state
as might be found struggling for an edn-
cation beyond their own means of obtain
ing. AS your board represents and is in
vested with the government of the chief
educational institution in the state il
has occurred to me that YOU might with
propr1ety be made the repository of such a
trust, and the agency for the suitable eye
cnt1on thereof for the bestowaI of the
Denehts to accrue therefrom In case an
enlargement Of your powers is found TO be
necessary or desirable, that can be ac-
compIlshed by enactment Of the legislature
now in session.
The fund proposed to be established for
the present, the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars, to be conveyed to you by deed de-
ming the purposes and conditions of the
trust the benef1ciaries thereof and fhe
basis upon which the benefactions shall be
bestowed. The principal of such trust
shall be designated 1.-THE GilfilIan Trust .
and shall remain inviolate and kent in
IN h0
same persons or officers, as the permanent
1und OF the University, and SO as to Weld
the best income therefrom.
me income of the said fund shall he
subject to the use and disposal of the
eaid board of regents for the educational
purposes hereinbefore specified. either in
the form of a gift or temporary loan. as
tne salo regents may deem best, the bene-
nclarles to be and continue to be. within
the following limitations, that is to saw:
F1rst-They must be youths of the state
OF Minnesota without regard to sex.
Secono-Ihey, must be and continue of
unblem1shed moral character and of tenn
perate~ and industrious habits
Third-They must be such as by examin-
aNlon ana trial shall evince and maintain
q taste, habit, and aptitude for study.
Fourth-The aid herein provided NAV ha
bestowed upon students in any Of the de-
partments OF the state university or i,
schools preparatory thereto.
The foregoing provisions shall be strict :
ly construed, and as to any student who
shall fail to come, or shall cease tn be
within said conditions, as so construed,
shall forfeit all claim to the BENEFITS OF
such fund.
1t will seem that the spirit of this bene-
faction is to aid and encourage such as are
worthy, susceptible and willing to keen
themselves; none other may share its
benefits.
Declining this the best gift In INV mower
to the state In which my whole active life
has been spent, and craving your early
consideration and acceptance of the same
remain -. B. GiIfillan.
Increase Is Certain.
The board of regents of the university
Thursday, elected DR.. G. A. Erdman pro-
fessor Of anatomy in the college of medi-
cine and surgery. This chair has been
vacant since the death Of DR.. Hendricks
two years ago. DR.. Alfred Owre was
made professor of metallurgy and clint
cal professor Of operative dentistry. Miss
Hope Mcdonald, graduate of the uni
versity. who has been taking postgraduate
work in history at Harvard for two wears.
was elected an instructor in history ia
take the place made vacant by the resig-
nation of Miss Beach. Rev. L. G. Smith
of ST Paul rendered his resignation as
lecturer on sociology, but no action was
taken.