Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-26
PRINCETON SEEKS
STATUS OF SWAMI
GIFT TO COLLEGE
Files Bill in Chancery Court
to Determine Use of
$4,000.

bequest of Mrs. Josephine A. Thomson
Swami, who died on March 2, 1906, and
left s320,000 to Princeton University for
the establishment of graduate school
on the grounds of the university, can
be used to defray part of the cost of
the building to be erected at Spring
dale Farm.
At the time the will was made
Springdale Farm did not belong to the
university. although at the time of Mrs
Swanns death Princeton had come
into possession of the land.
Since then the university has re-
ceived more than s2,0O0,O 900 by the will
of Isaac C. Wyman. and the $5O0,00o
from William Cooper Proctor, and
Springdale Farm has been decided on
for the site of the graduate school,
the other parts of the university land
being too crowded.
The question arose, however, whether
the money left by Mrs. Swami could
be used on the present site or would
another part of the college grounds
have to be selected.
Apply to Chancery Court.
The trustees of the university,
through Lindabury. Depue & Faulks,
have applied to the Court of Chancery
to decide whether this land owned by
Princeton at the time of her death but
rot at the dating OF her will may be
considered as being embraced in the
terms of the will.
On April Is, after the will had been
admitted to probate, the executors
delivered to- the university trustees
$192,74S.99, being the residuary estate
of the testatrix. This sum has now
grown to about $4,000.
The paragraphs of the will devising
the amount named to the uses of a
graduate college, construction OF
which is now sought, are as follows:
II give, devise and bequeath all the
rest, residue and remainder of my es-
tate, of whatsoever kind and nature,
and wheresoever the same may be
situate, unto the trustees of Princeton
University, In trust, nevertheless, to
devote the same. or the proceeds
thereof, as soon as practicable, to the
erection and construction, upon the
grounds of the said university. of a
building to be known as the John r
Thomson Graduate College of Prince
ton University, the said building tc
contain sitting and sleeping rooms fol
officers and students. with dining
hall, kitchen and the necessary ap.
purtenances, in a portion Of the build
ing entirely separate, and apart from
such sitting and sleeping rooms.
/ sThe living rooms shall be rented al
the best prices they will command te
the graduate, senior and junior stu
dents of the university and the income
derived from such rentals, after de-
Quoting the cost of maintaining such
building, shall be devoted to the main
tenance of as many fellowships of $40t
each as the funds will provide.
Awarding of FeIlowshIps.
These fellowships shall be awarded
by committee to be designated from
time to time by the trustees of the uni
versity and shall be given to bachelors
of arts of the male sexv of high charac-
ter and ability who would not other
wise be able to continue their studies
at the university, and they shall be ter
minable at the discretion of said COM
mittee. The fellows, to a number not
exceeding thirty. shall have unfur-
nished rooms in said building free OF
rent. The tuition fees of the fellows
shall be remitted by the trustees as a
condition of this gift.
1.-THE number and situation of the
rooms allotted to the officers and fell
lows shall be fixed by the said commit
tee, but in no case shall the rent of
more than thirty rooms be remitted.
The board at the college table shall be
regulated by the committee. and the
fellows of the graduate college shall
pay the regular charge therefor, and
they shall eat at the college table, un-
less dispensed therefrom by the dean OF
the graduate faculty.
For Research Use.
"I further direct that the said fel-
lowships shall be bestowed upon bache-
lors of arts who are engaged in literary
and scientific reasearch other thar
that directly connected with profes-
sional studies, so-called; that said fel-
lowships shall be known as the John
r.. Thomson Fellowships;' that in max
ing appointments to said fellowshipS
bachelors of arts of Princeton Univer-
sity shall have preference in the order
named;
First, from the borough of Prince
ton; second, from the county of Mer-
Ger, and third. from other parts of
the State of New Jersey; provided al
ways, that the attainments of such
persons are fully equal to those of
other applicants.
1T is my desire that my executors
shall be fully consulted respecting the
character and location of the said
graduate college. which is designed by
me for a permanent memorial of the
interest felt by my late husband, John
r. Thomson, in the higher literary and
scientific education of his countrymen.'
The executors named are Professor
William M. Sloane, Bayard Stockton
ard Francis Larkin, jr., to whom let
ters testamentory were issued. They
have agreed to the use of the golf
lings for the site of the school, subject
to the approval of the Court of Chan
Gerry.
The trustees making the request for
the construction of the will were Moses
Taylor Pyne, Stephen S. Palmer and
Cornelius c. Cupler.
rs PERISH; FLOOD