The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-09
PUOCTVR'S OFFER RENEWED
PRINCETON 70 NAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE 10 ACCEPT.
the Mnllnn DOliaF Proposition Il 70 Come
Up a. To-SiAy's Meeting % BEARD q
Trustees Wymah BegBcst Cleared
the way 60 Receive the ProeteF. Glft.


Up a. TO-dAy's MeetinG % BEARD o.
Trustees Wyman Request CIeare,
the way 20 Receive the Freezer. Ght
william Cooper Proctsr's conditional
ofer Of $4,000 for The graduate schoo
AZ PrinostOn University has been renewed
40 IL was reported on good authority las
night In all probability the offer will b.
accepted at a special meeting Of the tr'Is
tees which is 10 be held to-day at Prince
I ton
The conditions which Mr.. Proctor at.
taches 20 his renewal are understood q
be in eject the same a. those which caused
the hitch in accepting hiS previous offer
made last fall. and led ultimately 70 ~
withdrawal a few months ago he ask
that the alumni raise $500 20 compile
ment hB gift and prescribes that any
buildings constructed from the fund bs
erected IN the golf links II IL under
stood that there are other conditions
accompanying the offer. hut the char
acter Of them was not hnted az last night.
II was this question Of site, together
with allied matters Of educational policy
which President Wilson and Andrew ,.
West. dean Il the graduate school were
at odds over during the winter. Presi-
dent Wilson favored the placing Of the
graduate dormitories within the bounds
Of the present campus and Dean West
wanted them on the golf LINKS. The
whole matter % the graduate school
seemed 20 hinge on that question
In FebruarJ- Mr. Proctor wrote ~ the
chairman Of the triIstees' committee
Withdrawing his offer The reception
Of nv offer by the president and his asso-
GATES he wrote. has not be-n such
A. 10 promise the JisefIlness which ! had
hoped TO secure by my PROPOSED git
and therefore beg leave 20 Withdraw Il
The bequest Il the late Isaac &. Wyman
Of Salem. Mass. ~ the graduate school
II property estimated 70 be worth more
han 81 90 OOO was - large that Il did away
with most ~ the objections previously
raised 70 accepting Mr. Procter's gii,
under the conditions Imposed II was
sald that the Wyman aft would doubt
less entail the construction ot buildings
which couldn't conveniently be placed
within the campus aud Would probably
70 TO the ROl( links That did away with
the site problem and " was asserted that
the Questions ~ educational policy would
he cleared up also
President Wilson al the April meeting
~ the trustees assed that the decision
u academic policy IN the Ease - the
graduate school he let 90 the faculty
but the trustees. by vote u u 10 %.
refused to PASS over the control ~ the
school 10 the professors The trustees
thus have IA their power the d"terminn
ton q the policy which Is 90 govern
be development ~ the graduate school
aud the magnitude ~ the probes will
probably bring the meeting today 90
harmonious action
The Trustees expect that the attendance
will N. large Only three uf them %
Was ssid last night. would be absent
They are Dr John DiVuu ~ Trenton
Dr John u DAVIS ~ - Louis and D..
4 harls- Wood - Washington Ire al.
s-nCe ~ these trustees 10 - saId. Will
not change The COrnpl-yiun ~ the hoard
- regards ~ pro-N-si ~ rrn-M isOu
itttuIde