New-York tribune., 1909-05-04
MONEY FOR KENT HALL
COLTNBI4 GETS ENTIRE
$500. 900 REQUIRED.
1tvork to Begin at Once on Building
for Lac SchOOI-Other Gifts e,
and announcements.

The trustees Of Columbia University an
,o,,nced Yesterday that the entire amount Of
s5Oaooo required for the erection and equip
,-,sn- of Kent Hall. the building designed for
,be Columbia Law School, on hand or
iedred and that work would be begun upon
the briIdfng At once TO have it ready for the
orersng Of college IN September 1910. The eX-
cayatIon for the building has already been COM
rlsred but further work was interrupted by the
financial panic in the fall Of 1897.
When work was originally begun about 500
eaa had been subscribed. The university au-
,horffies were unable to collect the additional
100000 until last month. The names Of the
contributors were not announced. but they are
said 10 be several in number.
Kent Hall will stand at Amsterdam avenue
and 1l6th street directly opposite Hamilton
Hall II viii resemble the other university
buildings in general style The building viii
afford accommodations for the School Of Law
with more than three hundred students and the
Graduate Schools Of Political Science and
philosophy. with an enrolment Of nearly one
thousand students The building is TO be named
after Chancellor Kent. the first professor OF
7ar ar Columbia.
Other gifts amounting TO S3S,3e0 were an
-ounced Of which 10000 came from an anony-
nous donor for the general purposes of the uni
,ersit, The department of pathology at the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons received
$3.50 from an anonymous source for new
eauiument Alexander Smith Cochran, OF New
York contributed 2.Joo toward the special
,,sfn+eran-a fund. and Niels Poulson. of the
Eecla Iron Company. gave $3.50 for the estab-
,ishrnent Of a scholarship in the scandinavian
LANGUAGES Willard \. Kirs, 'S9. gave 500
for the maintenance of the university and
James Srever. gave $50 for the American School
OF Oriental Studies in Palestine
The vacancies on the board of trustees caused
bv the retirement OF T. Augustus Schermer-
horn the senior trustee and the death OF Ed
ward Mitchell were filled by Benjamin Bo"den
Lawrence. Of the class Of Is. and Willard V
king of the class Of -. Mr.. Lawrence was
nominated for the post of first alumni trustee
nv the alumni last week. and his nomination
was approved by the trustees BY the terms
under which alumni trustees are elected MI.
LsUrence's term expires on June 80. l9I1, each
alumni trustee being elected for six years MI
Lawrence Is a mining engineer. with Offices at
Ne 90 Wall street. Mr.. King is president OF
the Columbia Trust Company. Both have taken
Z prominent part in alumni affairs at Colum-
ba. the former representing the cider and more
conservative element while the latter is thought
to he champion of the younger graduates
The deaths of Professor George Rice Carpen-
Ter and Adjunct Professor Frank L. Tufts and
3he retirement OF Professor Richard T. Mac
laurin. who is the new head OF the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology made several aP-
rointments to the highest rank in the teaching
staff necessary. Or George P Knapp head o.
the department OF English at the University OF
Cincinnati was selected to fill the place Of
Professor Carpenter as professor of the Eng
-sh language. Dr. Albert ?. Wills. adjunct
int
of mathematical physics in succession to Pro-
fessor Naclalriu Bergen Davis instructor in
the same department. was appointed adjunct
professor of physics. the place held by the late
Dr Tufts
Professor John ErskIne. Of Amherst College.
WAS appointed adjunct professor OF English
and rfII i.ave charge Of the undergraduate in
stru-tiou in English and rhetoric He was
graduated from Columbia in 1900. and was ap-
pointed the first Proudht fellow ir English. He
has been at Amherst since 1893. William D..
Guthrie was appointed TO professorship IN law
Prolonged discussion took place the question
e appointing librarian Of the university, to
succeed tie late Dr. Garfield, but no decision
Nas reached.
President Butter announced the appointment
e Professor charles AIpnon>e Smith, dean OF
the graduate school OF the University OF North
Carolina 10 Lo Roosevelt professor Of American
history and institutions in the University OF
Berlin for The year boil Professor smith
appoiatm ut Was made by the Prussian Minis
lly ol Education on the nomination IF the trls-
tees ~ Columbia University.
Professor Smiths predecessors in the Roose-
velt professorsllp have been Dean Burgess, Of
Columbia. President Hadley Of Yale Profess
soy Felix Adler. Of Columbia. and President
Wheeler Of the University Of California The
subject OF Professor Smiths courses at the
University OF Berlin viii he American litera-
ture.