The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-04
NEW COLUMBIA Law SCHOOL.
Trustees Now Have Money Enough to
Build Kent Hall.

The announcement was made yesterday
by the trustees Of Columbia University
that the $500. 900 necessary for the cree.
ton OF Kent Hall. the building for the law
school. had been raised and assurance
was given that the work would be begun
at once and pushed to completion in order
that the building might be in readiness
for the opening Of the university in the
fall Of 1910.
The first work done on the new building
was started about two years ago when
something like $4,000 was put at the dis
posal Of the trustees. The excavation
was dug but the money panic put an end
to the work and ever since then the uni
versity authorities have been trying to
raise the remainder Of the money neces-
sary. The new building is named In
honor Of Chancellor Kent. the first pro-
fessor in the Columbia law school. 1t Is
intended to house the law school. with
mora han three hundred students, and
the graduate schools OF philosophy and
political science. with nearly one thou
sand students.
The school will resemble ii a general
way the other buildings on the Columbia
campus. II will be at the corner OF Am
sterdam avenue and 116th street, directly
opposite Hamilton Hall.
The trustees also reported the receipt
Of sss 800 in gifts, Of which $50 900. given
anonymously for the general purposes
OF the university. was the largest indi-
vidual donation.
The vacancies In the board OF trustees
caused by the resignation Of F. A. Scher-
merhorn, 'es, and by the death Of Edward
Mitchell, '8i, were filled by the election
Of Benjamin B. Lawrence. 10. and Willard
V. King, 80. Mr.. Lawrence was nomi-
mated by the alumni In accordance with the
recently adopted plan for alumni repre-
%sentation on the board OF trustees. His
service will expire by limitation on June
30, 1915. Mr.. Lawrence Ia a mining engi-
neer, with an Office at 90 Wall street. Mr.
King has been prominent among the
almuni of the university for many Year,
and il president OF the Colum bia Trust
Company.
President Butler announced the ap.
pointment OF Prof. Charles Alphonsc
Smith, dean Of the graduate school of tht
University o. North Carolina, to b1 Roose'
welt professor Of American history anc
institutions in the University of Berlir
for the year l9iO-il: Prof. Smiths ap'
pointment was made by the Prussiar
EIlIihbtty VI DabSottSh oh aO
Of the trustees Of Columbia University.
Appointments were made to fill thu
vacancies caused by the deaths Of Profs,
George r. Carpenter and Frank l.. Tufts
and by the retirement Of Prof. Maclaurir
to accept the presidency OF the Nassachu
setts Institute Of Technology. George p
Knapp, Phi. D., now head OF the depart
ment of English in the University o
Cincinnati. was appointed to be professor
Of the English language In succession u
DR.. Carpenter, and will enter upon hi
duties july, 1, 1910. In 1909-l0 the ad
vanced work in English ,philology will
be under the direction OF Prof. Otto
Jesoerson Of the University Of Copen'
hagen.
Albert p. Wills. Pm. D., adjunct pro-
fessor Of mechanics. was promoted to be
professor Of mathematical physics il
succession to Prof. Maclaurin. George B
Pegram. Phi. D., instructor in physics
was promoted to Zoe adjunct professor
Of physics in place OF Prof. PHster. absent
on sick leave, Bergan Davis. Phi. D,
instructor in physics, Was promoted to bt
adjunct professor Of physics in place oi
Prof. Frank l.. Tufts.
John Erskine, Phi. d., now adjunct pro-
fessor Of English at Amherst College, wa
appointed to be adjunct professor ol
English. : Prolonged consideration wa,
given to the matter Of an appointment
to the librarianship OF the university ir
succession to the late DIR. Garfield, but NJ
final conclusion was reached. William L
Guthrie was appointed to a professor
ship Of law.