Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-19
Gifts TO BoWD0|N.
Pres. Hyde's Annual Re-
port Shows $277,691.
Over 500 Alumni Help 10 In
crease the Endowment,
9i,546 Books In library...70 Stu.
dents Outside Of State.


report of President William Dewitt
Hyde of Bowdoin College was issued
today and contains many matters Of
especial interest to Bowdoin alumni
and friends.
This Will be the administrative num-
Der OF the Bowdon College Bulletin
In opening President Hyde pays trib-
utcs TO Gen. John Marshall Brown, A.
NJ, of the class of 1860 who was an
oVersccr of the college from 1867 to 1892
and trustee from 1901 to the time of his
death, and to Prof. Leslie Alexander
Lee, who was connected with the col
legc from 1876 until the time Of his
death.
He deEotes considerable space in the
report to the rules and conditions Of
inc Carnegie Foundation and the cir
cumstanc@5 under which Bowdoin came
INTO the benefits of the fund.
Prof. William A. iIoughton is now
receiving retiring allowance in ac-
co1dance with the provisions and Mrs
Leslie a. Lee will receive an allowances
President Hyde also announces the
election OF Marshal p Cram as lnstruc-
tor in chemistry and Marion Copeland
as instructor in biology for the year
190S-12O9
IN his report arc announced many
gifts and bcqucsts to tna college
amounting to $213,1l1.3 IS during the
hnanclal year ending May 10, 1908. In
many caS.tS the amount given is one Of
three instalments to be paid by the
donor. A number of graduate classes
hgure in the list, and among the larger
amounts donated are the following:
Daughters of Henry ". i.ongf.lIuw.
Miss Alice NJ. Longfeilow, Mrs. Edith
l.. Dana, Mrs. Annie l.. Thorpe, $4,000;
GoodenOW bruuest, 81 l,5J6. h6: t'umston
bequest $21.S5O; G. S. Rowdoin, $4,000;
Andrew Carnegie, 100000; general ed
ucation board, 29,40i.36; alumnus. Sl6,-
S40.lO; alumnus, $4,000; Garcelon trust.
s3,31I.4 Al: w. ]. Curtis, $1,000; Lucian
Howe. S2,5o0; Mr.. and Mrs w. j.. Da-
ma, $1,000; class of 81, $1,000; Mrs. Es-
ther a. Drummond bequest, $4,000;
class of 80, $1,S00 54; for Edward Lit
tie professorship, $1,000; c. II. Payson.
$1,000; sons Of j. G. Dodge, 81. t.. Dodge
W. w. Dodge. I. Dodge. $l.CuC: Mrs
Francis Q. Dole, Drummond fund.
$l,O0o; +. a. Wilson, $1,000, T. u Coe,
Sl,Wn; J. NJ. Brown, $1,000, A. 5. Whit
more, $1,000; Il. q. Conant. $1,000: class
of "a 1910.
Pledges to be paid during the next
two years bring the total amount up to
S2i7,6?1.12. of that amulnt S12a.S9 12
was given by alumni of the college and
$lf1,SO0 by nOn-graduates The total
number of alumni contributions was
49, and of non graduates 81 Nearly
every class since 1850 was represented.
other important gifts to the college
which Pres. Hyde speaks Of in the re-
port are the Annie Talbot Cole lecture
ship, which consists of $1,000 given by
Mrs Calista S. Mayhem of East Orange
n. j., in memory of her niece, Annie
Talbot Cole. DR.. Ernest b. Young of
the class of 1892 has presented the col
leSc with handsome bronze tablet in
memory of his father, Hon. Stcphcn
JcWett Young, LII. D., of the class of
1859. This has been placed in the en-
trance of Hubbard Hall DR.. Frederic
II. Gcrrish of Portland has filled one of
the vacant pannelS in King chapel with
a painting by Kahill
In his annual report Prof. Henry
johnson, the curator of the art collec-
ton. reports large number of addi-
tionS of the art collections by gift the
donors being James A. Roberts, 40,
Thomas w. Marble, '01, George Warren
Hammond. Mrs. Helen NJ Shepcy, Mr.
and Mrs. George A. Hearne, Miss Vio-
le'ta Shepherd of Bath, Charles NJ. Ba-
Epr Edward
Newman of Bath. The gift of Mr.. War
ren is collection of % articles mostly
OF terra Gotta secured in Athens, Syria,
Thyatira, Naples and Rome.
The annual report of the librarian,
Prof. George Il. Little, shows the total
number of volumes now in the library
inclusive of 1872. belonging to the med
ical school of Maine, to be 81 $40. The
accessOns for the past II months have
been 3,li9, of which 1922 were by gifts
The annual report of the registrar,
DR.. Charles T. Burnett, shows that the
total number of students enrolled Dec
/, 1907, was 305, and the total number
May l, 1903 was 2S7. a loss of IS in the
five months. The enrolment is an in
crease Of 50 per cent. over that of the
year before. The number of students
in each class May l, 1908, was as fall
lows: Senior 50, junior 5S, sophomore
&c, freshman 107. special students 49,
graduate students ,. Tie number of
students in the medical school is 50
The geographical distribution Of the
students is as follows: Maine 235. Mas
40. New Hampshire 10, New
York D. Rhode Island 3, Connecticut 2.
District of Columbia ., Vermont 1, Illi-
nois /, Missouri 1, Minnesota !, Color
ado 1. and outside United States 3