The sun., 1910-05-22

property In Lynn. and a few years ARo
built a fence aorOSs Arl,0r street in that
city bOiiling up more than twenty fam
lilies until the city purchased - muGh Of
the street as Mr. wynHn claimed "a his
property.
Tie was AZ une time president aud trusies
IT bImmeT Academy. proaidant oi the
Niarblehead National Bank. which went
into the hands Of reCsiver in 1904: preui-
dent of the Marblehead savings Bank
a membsr Of the New England Genea-
logical Society and ~ the Eassx Institute
Of Salem.
PKINCNrCN, May q Dean West went
TO boston Yesterday and IL now stopping
At the Touraine. His friends In Prince
ton say that Dean West and Mr.. Wyman
have been close friends for many wears.
President WOOdroW Wilson had not
heard 81 the bequest. he said. until told
by the reporters tonight Hs expressed
himself a. being pleased. but declined 10
make any further statement until he had
heard the details OF the bequsst oficiAlly
Recently published figures give to
Princeton University income yielding
funds Of about A.Iss. .OOO. the income
from which plus tuition and other charges.
amounted last year to about tSGO 6a0
The theological seminary. a separate
institution 10 far a. financial matters
are concerned. s far richer in proportion
TO the number Oi students. with an en-
dOwment Of more than q. .OOO.OOO
A gift of 100000 would put Prince
ton near the front oi American universi-
ties In point Of wealth. Columbia with
ts allied colleges and their large owner
ship Of CITY properties lays claim to
SO. 700 900. while Harvard. With its oeutu-
riss Of giverS. has less by t4.OOO.OOO Girard
College. Leland stanford junior and the
University Of Chicago. henehciaries Of
individuals. have t7S 500. 900. SIS O0o. .OOO
and SIS.OOO.OOO Yale. Cornell ana Penn
sylvahia. also ranked a. rich. fall bshind
with SlO.sO0OOO. $500. OOp and SSSOO.OOo
There was a controversy last winter
in Princeton over the graduate school
which resulted In the withdrawal In Feb
rlary by william COopsr Proctor Of Gin
oinhati Of his oder to give SsOO. .oOn toward
its endowment II was understood gsner-
ally at that time tha, President Wilson
and Dean Vest were ~ odds over details
regarding the school Mr. PrOctsr's letter
TO the chairman n the trustees COMMITTEES
announcing the withdaWal Of his offer
contained this sentence.
The reception II nv Oder bv the pres
ident and HE associates has not been such
a. 10 promise me usefulness which had
hoped 10 secure by my proposed gift. and
therefore hag lca We 20 Withdraw it.
Moss Taylor Pyns chairman II the
COMMITTEES on the graduate srhO0i sgeak-
ing % the withdrawal Df The oTcr hv
Mr. Proctor said
Prom the start hls generosity las met
with such an extraordinary receptiOn
his motives have been 20 fuiscnnstFted
HE patience has hevn ~ sorely tried.
that sslf-respect has At last demanded
the withdrawal Of his princely Kift
Thus az lsas' ta1n olo has heen lost n
Princeton hv the treatment - h1s
received
The structures which NJ Proctor Tiaoed
tir,on his g.f' we're Two ons tha' ils new
school h. - placed A. 'n CIV" ~ room 20
expand. the ~ ihar thai another half million
dollars ha raised - complement his gift
President Wilson al variou. tlm-s had
Advocated placing tho school IN the cam
pus a. Pr.ncrton. where the graduate
and undergradua'" students should have
opportunity to intHrmlngle
Dean Wet wa- reported N ha equally
sst up0n placing tho new building IN 'hs
golf links NJ Princeton whsr~ there would
~ plenty q foom Tor expansion Mr.
Procter hir--sl lf said that he would be will
ing N have the new building CONSTRUCTED
wherever the school could grow without
cramping the rest ~ tho university His
advocary II the golf links 80" was there
fore taken n be solely by Implication
In the minds Oi many Princeton grad
yates. however. the controversy over the
site for the new building assumed the
Etiiss ~ contest ~ N the control u the
graduate school when onca II should he
completed Neither President Wilson nor
Dean West 81 thc time NJ the withdrawal
Of tho Proctor Offer spoke " the matter
for publication.