Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24

failed to pass his examination.
The merchant prince was proud of his
boy, and believed him to be an intel
lectual giant az well as a model of morals
and department. The faculty knew the
boy better than his father did, and when
he had been given another chance, and
had Vunked again, It was a serious Ques-
ton how they could refuse to give him a
degree without losing the expected en-
dowment
THE president made a diplomatic speech
In which he described the situation. He
gave the young man the credit of excel
lent intentions; declared that he had done
his best asked the faculty to waive the
usual consideration and grant him
diploma. He concluded his speech by
suggesting that some one make q motion
to that effect. whereupon an irreverent
professor arose and offered q resolution
which read something as follows:
whereas IL the son of the merchant
prince does not get diploma the uni
versity does not get an endowment:
therefore be 1t
Resolved. That we will grant the
diploma when we are sure of the endow-
ment."
Pensions Granted Britons.
The British government grants PEN
sions to eminent authors. artists. scholars
and others who have distinguished them
TO the glory Of England. The recipients
are selected by the sovereign, or by the
ministry according to their judgment
and some of them have no other means
of support.
The amounts are not large. the largest
civil pension being $1.2JO, and the total
being about $125, 900 annually The list
is published regularly In the London
Gazette, the official journal Of the British
government.
From 1t / have selected the following
names with the dates upon which the
pensions were granted and the amount
that each person named receives annu-
ally:
1874. Miss Anna Mary Livingstone (now
Wilson) and Miss Agnes Livingstone
(now Bruce. for their fathers geograph-
ical discoveries in Central Africa. each
ESQ.
1890. Mrs. Kate ]. Livingstone, daugh-
ter-in-Iaw Of David Livingstone. African
explorer, 21OO.
: 1879. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Melville, for
the heroic conduct of her late husband.
Lieut.. and Adjt. Melville, in saving the
colors of the oath Regiment on the field
of Isandlana, f1OO.
1858. Catherine Dunbar. for her fathers
services as professor Of Greek literature
In the University of Edinburgh. ELS.
1861. Miss Mary Anne Jerrold. for the
literary merit Of her father, the late Mr.
Douglass Jerrold. $50.
1850. Mrs. Marian Hepworth Dixon,
widow of Rev. William Hepworth Dixon,
clergyman and author. f1O0
1890. Miss Ellen isabelle Topper, daugh-
ter of Martin F. Upper. poet. e15.
1892. Mrs. Mary Garden. daughter OF
James Hogg C''The Ettrick shepherd'o'
ad isa9. Mrs. Rose rrollope. widow of
Anthony Trollope, novelist R1OO
1897 Miss Janet Mary Olphant. daugh-
ter Of the late Mrs. Oliphant. novelist,
Els.
1898 DR.. Joseph Wright, editor English
Dialect Dictionary, EGO.
1870 Alfred Austin, poet laureate.
eco.
1901. Mrs. Harrietta Louisa Stevenson,
widow of r. M. A. Stevenson, art critic.
91O0.
1901 H. Austin Dobson, poet. ESQ.
1902. Miss Rhoda Broughton, novelist,
Els.
1902. Justin Mccarthy. novelist, ESQ.
1904 Mrs Sarah Elizabeth May, widow
of Phil May. the cartoonist. f75.
1906 Sir Francis c. Burnand, editor
of Punch. f2OO
|, 1906. Miss M. Betham Edwards, nov
1883. Miss Mary H. L. Lander, for the
services Of her father. the late John
Lander, exploring the River Niger. ESQ.
1858. Janet Archer. for the valuable
contribution Of her father to the science
Of photography, ESQ.
for the eminent services Of her father.
the late Prof. George Wilson Of Edin-
burgh. as a scientific man, f100.
1895. Mrs Mary Boole. widow Of Prof.
Boole. mathematician and scientist. G1O0.
1893 Miss Jane Barnard, niece of Prof.
Faraday, scientist f1JO.
1870 Lady Henrietta Grace Baden
Powell, widow Of the Sayilian professor
of geometry and astronomy at Oxford.
Else.
1881. Alfred Russell Wallace, naturalist,
f2OO
1889. Mrs. 8. D. Proctor (now Smyth),
widow Of r. A. Proctor, astronomer.
E1ON
1890. Sir w. Higgins, astronomer.
E15G.
1901 Mrs. T. H. Huxley. scientist,
ECO
1852 Jane Pugin. wife Of r. Weiby
Pugin. in consideration of her husbands
eminence as an architect, E1OO.
1877. Mrs. Frances Mary Noble widow
Of Matthew Noble. sculptor. ESQ.
1897. Mrs Maria Garrett, widow Of
DR.. George Garrett. composer OF church
music. ESQ.