Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-16
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The Annual Report Of
President Hyde
Showing Substantial Progress
OF The Past Year.
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Brunswick, Me, June 15.-(SpeciaD.-
President William Dewitt Hyde in his
annual report which will be given to
the public tomorrow shows that the
amount of gifts given in cash or its
equivalent during the year ending May
10, 1909, is 1924 ,552.16 OF this the larg
est amount, $4,000 was the gift of J.
E. Merrill, who died in Newton, Mass,
January 8, 1909. G. S. Bowdoin gave
SIC, 900; Andrew Carnegie, $4,000; Cen
eral Education Board, $50, 1854; Emma
d. Cummins requests. $23,S1250; Gar
celon Trust, $16613a1; w. r. Porter,
$50, 900; a "Naaneless Donor" $685. 1877 so.
Miss Kate Furnish of Brunswick has
given the college her valuable paint
ings of the wild flowers of Maine. She
spent year in Europe in special study
to fit her to this work, which is that
of the painter and artist combined
Many additions have been made to the
valuable collections of the Walker Art
Gallery. In these gifts are several val
liable paintings.
During the year 2.772 additions were
made to the books in the library which
now has 94.511 volumes. Mrs. Leslie A.
Lee, widow of Prof. Lee he's presented
over three hundred volumes which
were in the scientific library of her
husband. Franklin B. Barrett of Port
land presented 326 volumes of early
French literature. Many of these vol
umes are very rare.
The number of students in the aca-
| don oytpl 10 in MnHi
| cal school, 81. The enrolment shows
| an increase of AL per cent. over that
of the corresponding year. The num-
Der of special students has fallen Off
SO per cent. This is a result of the
| strictness of the conditions under
| which the students are admitted. The
| college has established Il rule limiting
| the period of residence of a special to
two years, and a further large decrease
in special students may be looked for
the coming year. There are eight frater-
mites in the college and the number Of
students connected with them is 3O2
About 34.7 per cent. of the students
room in the fraternity houses.
| Bowdoin has 90 instructors and 34s
| students. a ratio of one to Is. The ra-
ito at Amherst is one to 10 and at Will
| lianS one to SI. The salaries of the
professors are to be increased, and ar
| engagements are to be made to give
| professors leave Of absence on full sal
! aries. In late years the custom has
been to give leave of absence on half
| salaries.
| Attention is called to the crying need
of new gymnasium. President Hyde
says the college will welcome a gift for
this purpose. The plans have been
provided for building which will cost
100000. This would include all of the
modern convcniences such as swim
ming pool. base ball cage, track one
| twelfth of mile, with a forty yard
straight-away. 1t is proposed to place
the new building between the Sargent
| gymnasium and the Observatory. The
alumni have paid the expense of pre-
pairing the plans for this building.
President Hyde notices the deaths of
John l.. Crosby of Bangor; Charles w.
| Pickard of Portland and Prof George
c. Purington of Pennington, who were
| members of the Board of Overseers.