The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-08
$S6O,OOO GIFT TO COLUMBIA
WILL mn USED ROR A BUILDENG
ron PHILOSOPHY SCHOOL.

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DonoP's RRGlseg Bna@es fer ths Uus-
yeesasy Ter GAs Csu.ins Year sassso.-
sse Changes IN PaSuity Annsuneea.
Columbia University received an anopy-
mOus gift Of $4,000 yesterday fdt q
new building for the school Of philosophy
ThS sift was mads in personal letter 10
President Nicholas Murray Butler which
said:
This Gift In made in memory Of my
father and in recognition Of frsndships
and sssOciatioas which nov 20 back over
many yeaTs and which you will fully
understand and appreciate
Dr.. Butler mentioned the need Of the
building In his last annual report. IL
will be four stories high from the level
% the campus and viii occupy tho plot
on the northwest corner % Amsterdam
avenue and IIssh street. the site which
IL had been understood tho P'ilitssr
building for the school Of Journalism was
20 have. The building will stand be-
tween Kent Han. the new law school
building now bsing built. and Sc. Paul's
Chapel. built four years ago. the gift Of
tho Missas Olivia and Caroline Phelps
Stokes. Il will correspond 90 the pre-
vailtng architectural style Of Columbia
buildinRa
In speaking Of the gift President Butler
said yesterday; mo Gift for designated
purpose which Columbia has received in
a Ions time. not even excepting tine Gifss
which have opened the way for now and
modern medical school. sesms 20 me 20
meet q more pressing want than does
this
Another mfr announced was $4,000
from an anonymoua source for the pro-
possd department % agriculture. There
were several small gifts for various OBJ
jscts.
The budget FOR the COMING year which
was adopted by the trustees oalls for the
expenditure of a. sse. 80. OF this amount
o. tls. se1 % goes for educational admins
trntion and instruction. eeeoeeo for
Teachers College. sssi .ss7 for the care Of
buildinms and grounds. eloe.0SS Tor Bar
nard COllegs eii6O7O for interest," and
taxsa 100000 for the redemption fund Of
the corp0F1ts debt. 60. ESQ for annuities.
81. 1so for the library and 81. no for the
business administration Of the corpora
ton.
Prof Ira X. woolhon. Who has been In
charge Of the testing az materials division
Of the department OR civil engineering
Of the university. resigned 70 accept the
place Of consulting engineer of the Ma
si@nal Board Of Fire UndsrwriteEs. Hehas
made numerous experimSntH for the CITY
In iireproOGng materials.
Provision was made by which for ten
years from July 4. 1870. exemptiOm from
the F~GalAr fees will be granted TO .
limited number Of advanced sttSdents from
Scandinavian universities. Similar action
was taken In regard 20 students from
Turkey who may he nominated nv the
Turkish Government.
New professor were added 60 the
teaching stat: william y. Fite OF Cor
nell University. appointed professor Of
mathematics: Herbert Y. Hawkes. Of Yale
University. professor Of Mathematics;
Daniel Gregory Mason Of New York.
assistant professor Of music: George v.
Wendell. professor OF physics in the
Stevens Institute oE Technology. pro-
feasor Of physics: Charles n. Burnside.
University Of Wisconsin. assistant pro-
teasOr % mechanics; Charles Lane Poor.
OF celestial mechanics and transferred
from the depanmsAt Of astronomy TO
the department Of mathematical phySics.