The sun., 1903-05-30
SECRETDIED EDWITHA. S. HEWITT
1T WAS WHO GAVE THAT $780,
ono TO COOPER UNION.
A Friend Handed MIR. Hewitt the Check.
With a Request Not to Tell Who Gave
the Money None Ever Knew-I.ate Ex.
Mayor Praised at Commencement.

with ReuIiest NOt n Tell Who Gave
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Mayor Praisen NJ commencement.
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when Ahram D. he"''t oieo' 'aso oahu-
ary, there died with him, unless the glVer
himself chooses to make it known, the
socret of the name Of the donor of the
soso ooo ,,.hioh ,,oo ,yo, 70 Coo,ar Irn;on
sIoo'oo' "'',I' r wac e'vo' w >ool,e. oo
last year Inc money was given 10 30
increase the endowment fund that the
trustees could run the building without
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At the forty-fourth annual commence
ment OF the union last night Edward r.
Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt's son. in his report as
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treasurer formally listed the gii' as coming
from an ANONYMOUS donor among the
institutions extraordinary receipts for the
wear ending last Dacernber. Mr.. Hewitt
made no f,Irt her reference to the matter
from the platform, hut he said afterwards:
This is the same $3.50 900 Rift to which
at the commencement Of the union a year
ago, when he said that a gentleman whom
hs had long known had called ,ipon him and
after a chat and cup of tea had handed
TO him a check for this amount, saving that
he did not want 10 have his name mentioned
in connection with the gift
my father promised him that he would
respect the donors wish and he kept the
secret of the gives identity 80 religiously
that he never tod any of the other trustees
poses the secret diod with him
$50 far as the trustees are concerned We
have made no effort to find out tho name of
the man who made so large a contribution
TO Cooper Union and we don't want to know
Il. We are content with the money
.Doubtless the man who gave the $780,
600 had good reasons for not wanting
his name made public and we believe that
those reasons should be respected So.
unless the donor himself chooses to- make
which would scarcely seem likely
under the circumstances the name of the
Qiyer will never bc known to anyone but
himself"
A certified check for the $3.50 900, Mr.
Hewitt said. was handed TO his father,
but he did not know either the bank or the
trust company which certified the check
or the date on which it was drawn
Five OF her contributions were made to
tho endowment fund during the wear, They
aggregated s23l lj255 These were S. 600
from John E Parsons S7,4.2.55 from the
estate of Mrs. Kate l.. Laudy; 81. 900 from
Jacob ii. SchiA. S. 900 from John F.
O'Rourke and 81 900 from Elmer f. Gurn-
sey The last two gifts were from former
Cooper Union students, the first ever
made by graduates of the institution.
The treasurer's rerort showed an annual
revenue of s128, ,e4OS7, the largest of anv
wear in the Unions history. The expenses
were 1921. 100 49, The per1tlanent cndow-
ment fund has now reached s2,l51 .6Ol SIS.
which. with the building, furniture and
apparatus, valued a, 81 0e4 ,s42 .oa. makes
the Unions total assets So 24e,4447 IS.
The commencement exercises last night
we're permeatcd with the spirit Of venera-
ton for the late Mr.. Hewitt. who was
.(oooer Irnion's head for IN MANY wears
Most of the trustees annual report, printed
copies of which. having as n frontispiece
a fine half-tone portrait of Mr.. Hewitt.
were dis, rib,;;ed was piyen up TO a tribute
to his memory. and ali of the speakers,
graduates as we'll as trustees, referred to
Els memory in loving terms
II had always been Sir. Hewitt's habit
n, no annual c,m,ap,a,paptu 20 d;cpapsa