The Republican journal., 1908-06-25
GIFTS TO BOWDOIN.
Nearly Every Glass Since 1850 in List of
Donors to College.

Nearly Every Class Since 1850 in List of
Donors to College.
The annual report of President VIII
liam Dewitt Hyde of Bowdoin College
contains many matters of especial IN
terest to Bowdoin alumni and friends.
This is the administrative number OF
the BoWdoin College Bulletin. In open
ing President Hyde pays tribute to Gen.
John Marshall Brown A. M. of the class
of 1860, who was an overseer of the col
lege from 1867 to 1892 and a, trustee
FROM 1901 to the time of his death, and
to Prof. Leslie Alexander Lee, who was
connected with the college from 1876
until the time of his death. He deyotes
considerable space in the report to the
rules and conditions of the Carnegie
foundation and the circumstances I'M
der which BOWdOln came into the bene-
fits of the fund.
Prof. William A. Houghton is now
receiving retiring allowance In accord
ance with the provisions, and Mrs. Les
lie A. Lee will receive an allowance.
President Hyde also announces the
election of Marshall 2. Cram as instruc-
tor in chemistry and Manton Copeland
as Instructor in biology for the year
1901 1909.
In his report are announced many
gifts and requests to the college,
amounting to S2l3, 1l13S during the
financial year ending May 10, 1908. In
MANY cases the amount given is one of
three instruments to be paid by the do
nor. a number of graduate classes
figure in the list, and among the larger
amounts donated are the following:
Daughters of Henry w. LongfelloW,
Miss Alice NJ. Longfellow, Mrs. Edith
L. Dana, Mrs. Anne l.. Thorpe, 1000;
Goodenow bequest $24, $1,000: Cumston
bequest S21, $50, G. S. Bowdoin $4,000.
Andrew Carnegie 100000, general edu-
cation board 500, 40436, alumnus S16,-
S4O1O, alumnuS $40, 400 Garcelon trust
S3,317.41 w. J. Curtis $4,000, Lucian
Howe s., 800, Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Dana
$4,000, class of 81 $1,000, Mrs. Esther
A. Drummond bequest $4,000, class of
49, 81 ,S0O54, for Edward Little profess
sorship 81 ,OOO c. H. Payson $1,000, sons
of J. c. Dodge 81, F. Dodge, w. W.
Dodge, E. Dodge, $1,000; Mrs. Francis
D. Dole, Drummond fund, $1,000; +. A.
Wilson 81 900, T. q. Coe $1,000, j. M.
Brown $1,000, A. S. Whitmore $1,000,
F. O. Conant 81, 900, class of '94 1910
Pledges to be paid during the next
two years bring the total amount up to
S277. 691.12. OF that amount 1929, S91. ~
was given by alumni of the college and
s147,SOO by nongraduates. The total
number of alumni contributors was 4S2
and of nongraduates q. Nearly every
class since 1850 was represented.
Other important gifts to the college
which President Hyde speaks of in the
report are the Annie Talbot Cole lee
tureship, which consists of $4,000, given
by Mrs. Calista S. Mayhem of East
Orange, n. j.. in memory of her neice,
Annie Talbot Cole. DR.. Ernest B.
Young of the class Of 1892 has present
ed the college with a handsome bronze
tablet in memory OF his father, Hon.
Stephen JeWett Young, LID, of the
class of 1859. This has been placed in the
entrance of Hubbard hall. DR.. Frederic
H. Gerrish of Portland has filled one of
the vacant panels 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 ad-
ditions of the art collections by gift,
the donors being James A. Roberts 70,
Thomas W. Marble '01, George Warren
Hammond, Mrs. Helen NJ. Shepley, Mr..
anu vi is. NtOlSc "A. I1VdlAl, w 100 ~
letta Shepherd of Bath, Charles NJ.
Baker Edward P Warren and Miss G.
w. Newman of Bath. The gift of Mr.
| Warren is collection of % articles
mostly of terra Gotta secured in Athens,
Syria, Thyatira, Naples and Rome.
The annual report Of the Librarian,
Prof George T. Little, shows the total
number of volumes now in the library
inclusive of 4S12 belonging to the medi'
cal school of Maine, to be 81, $40. The
accessions for the past - months have
been 3149, of which 1922 were by gifts
The annual report of the registrar
DR.. Charles T. Burnett, shows that tht
total number of students enrolled Dec
l, 1907, was 3O5, and the total humble
May l, 1908, was 2s7. loss of Is in thu
five months. The enrolment is an IN
crease of 55 per cent over that OF
year before. The number Of students
in each class May 1, 1908, was as fol
lows: Senior 35, junior S., sophomor'
66, freshman 1O7, special students 19
graduate students 2. The number O
students in the medical school is 90.
The geographical distribution OF TIT
students is as follows: Maine 235, Mas
sachusetts 40, New Hampshire 10, New
York 5, Rhode Island 3, Connecticut 2
District of Columbia 2, Vermont l. Colo
RADIO 1, ard outside United States 8.
1 tha uich