The sun., 1910-05-23
EYMAN GIFT NAY HEAL FEUD
Continued from First Pug,

Of his property amounted 20 outside ol
Essex county, and few ventured 20 guess
at It.
Dean West heard Of Mr.. Wyman's
death on last Wednesday. He left for
Boston two days later and il still there.
He will reurn 20 Princeton on Tuesday.
The development Of Princeton Gradu-
ate School has been Dean Vests pet
project for years In 1900 no had an offer
Of the presidency of the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology when President
Pritchett withdrew 10 head the Carnegie
Foundation The trustees of Princeton
AZ that time passed a resolution asking
that he maintain his place here and the
graduates took the same stand. He de-
cided 10 stick by his pet idea. When
Mr. Proctor Withdrew his offer he was
bitterly disappointed for he had hoped
that II was the means Of attaining his
ambition.
i talked to man to-day about the
Graduate school. said a professor who
took a distinctly pro-We@t stand in the
controversy over the Proctor offer. with
whom | haven't discussed the subject in
SIX months. This man. professor here.
had fought against the acceptance Of
Mr. Procter's gift. but he told me to-day
that he was mighty glad about tho Wyman
legacy and expressed confidence that it
would heal all the old sores
Archibald d. Russell. a trustee. said
that the gift was dazzling and he won
dered Il the news wasn't too good 10 be
true
The trustee living in Princeton who
was most close mouthed about the mat
ter was Moses Taylor Pyne. who gave out
an emphatic statement AZ the time Of the
withdrawal Of the Proctor offer Mr..
Pyne said he couldn't talk about the be-
quest until he knew the facts az first
hand Others from preceptors up ex-
pressed themselves a. Tremendously
pleased.
BOsTON. MAY p A visit n Salem
to-day was not productive Of any more
definite information a. 70 the size of the
bequest made 20 Princston University
by Isaac Chauncey Wyman. -. who died {
in that city on last Wednesday morning
az the age of q. and who was buried yes
terday afternoon in the family plot across
the Marhlehead boundary line The Hon
John VI Raymond. eN-Mayor Of Salem.
and one of the trustees named by Mr.
Wvman IN handle tho vast estate was not
willing 20 give an estimate of the value ~
the property. but az he expressed n,
'th~ra ara some millions ample for the
needs of the graduate collsg.
Mr. Raymond did not care % say Il
the sum would rcach $1,000. ON. for the
reason that be- does not know exactly
himself and IL will he impossible 70 make
anything like a correct estimate until
appraisers have b-en appointed and the
property nventoned
Even some of the Princeton alumni
hereahOut arr not altogether clear
whether there Is any distinction between
the Princeton Gradual School and a
graduate college II Princeton Univer-
sIty The Wyuan estate is loft % the
-Graduat" college or proposed graduate
college of Princeton University and
Mr. Raymond said to-day that the money
will boo expended for NJ" purpose of the
graduate college the plans ~ which are
having bc.n approved by tha trustees
of the university he said Mr. Wyman
was thoroughly IN sympathy with Dean
Vests ideas and u vas for the purpose
Of furthrring them that h. made the b.,-
gt,st although since the will was exc
ctIted last July the Procter gift has been
Withdrawn.
The exact wording ~ tho will in refer
enCe 20 the matter - that the estate shall
be- devoted and applied Tor the estAb-
ishing and maintenance and develop
ment or aiding IN any way tho trustees
deem ba-t the Graduate College or the I
proposed Graduate College of Princeton
University. which the trustees of said
university have devised and sanctioned
and arr now carrying into effect 10 become
par uf said university. they 10 ray
over from time 10 time for such object
the leuuezt A. a wise admin ist ration 81
his estate may warrant for such uses and
purposes ~ are now Or may hereafter
~ determined by the triHtees 0f Prince
ton University IN enlarglng and extend
ing the power. usefulness and higher
servioe and scholarship II said university
through said Graduate Collage
The will apparently gives Dean West
and Mr. Raymond sole authority 10 de-
ternine what uses the fund shall he put
20 and seems 10 strengthen Dean West \
p0stti0n in the controversy which has heen
waRed over the QUESTION Il segregation
az Princeton. The daan was not In Salem ,
to-day ~ Tar a. could ~ leamed. Mr. ,
RAYMOND said he attended tho funeral
of Mr. Wyman yesterday went to BostOn
last night. and that be- would see him :
again On Monday. Inquiries az the I
leading hotels here failed 10 find the ,
deanan. "A there seems % h. a general
opinion that he n not yet ready 10 answer
questions Oi Newspaper men,
TIE SrN reporter called at Mr. Ray
mond's ragideuce. which is only a short
distance from the home n Mr. Wyman, ,
aud learned thai he had gone 10 The
Wyman family burial lOt in a vacant field
Near by stands the Wyinan homestead,
whare Isaac was horn ard whore his
parants died when h. was a child. Ths ,
burial ground, following a custom Of
early days. when every family had ita
own lot on the farm, is well bark from the J
road. hidden behind a row n towering 3
lilac bushes and other shrubs The
freshly made mound beneath which the =,
ls0tiy 0f Mr. Wyman lies was covered with
floral pieces among tham being a stand
ing wreath tied with the orange and black
riibons u Old Nassau Curious children
surround the place and Il was for fear
that some ~ the flowers might be dis
furbed that Mr. Raymond walked over .
from HE home n make sure that every d
thing was In order. 4
Nr Raymond talked a. freely a. posi- J.
BE about the great bsuuest but felt that q
there was considerable Information which
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