The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Of Law and tnlrty-nine Doctor.

OF Law and thirty-nine Doctors o
Philosophy.
The professional was called Off OF
account OF heavy rain which started al
members of the graduating classes as
sembled on the campus Tor the march te
Woolsey Scores OF the new graduates
received a good wetting before they
could reach safety from the shower
and their caps and gowns were in many
instances bedraggled as they entered
woolsey Hall. In groups. intsead OF the
conventional line of the professional.
At the alumni meeting President An
gell announced that five university pro-
fessorships had been placed on the
Sterling Foundation. the incumbepts OF
these chairs being Dean Thomas w
Swan. Prof Edward A. Park. Dean-elect
Charles II. Warren. Prof Charles Sey-
mour and Dean Wilbur l.. Cross.
The president. In announcing the
alumni fund. said that the principal gift
was the Harkness fund of s3.000.000 to
meet the conditions OF which $4,000, 900
additional was pledged or given for
general endowment by more than 200
graduates and other friends OF the uni
versity.
Gifts and pledges made during the
year for additional endowment of the
school of medicine toward the total of
$4,000 600 needed to secure the con-
tingent pledge of $1.000.000 from the
general education board total $500. 600.
This amount included pledge received
to-day OF gift. to be made anon
ymously. of $500. 900 to be added to the
principal Of the Anna NJ r. Lauder
Foundation In the school of medicine.
Gifts and bequests received during the
year independent Of the campaign for
increased general endowment and for
increased endowment Of the medical
school total more than 100000 In addi-
tion to the money received there has
been given 20 the university for the
benefit OF the school os forestry, 500
acres OF land in Vermont to establish a
memorial forest In memory of Lieut..
Joseph Brown Bowen OF the class OF
1917, Yale School OF Forestry. who was
killed in action In France.
Mather Gives Memorial.
Another pledge received to-day is from
Samuel Mather Of Cleveland, who der
sires to establish memorial for his
son. Amasa Stone Mather. who gradu-
nted In 1907 and who died February o.
1920. For such a memorial he has
pledged $25,000 to endow the Amasa
Stone Mather memorial publication fund
the income 10 De uSoO ehcn year 1Or the
publication through the Yale University
press of works approved by the councils
committee on publications Of Yale Uni
versity.
Gifts through the alumni fund to prin-
cipal by reunion classes amounted to
S128,870, the gifts from non-reunion
classes designated for current use as
income amounting to $780,
36027. Bequests totaling $58.176.64 in
cluded the amount Of $53,9S0.61 accru-
ing from the estate Of the late Frederick
Mead II. the total OF his legacy to
date being $380.989. and other gifts by
bequest. The income from the principal
funds of the alumni fund amounted to
SsS.000, bringing the total to nearly
half million dollars.
Among the reunion class gifts to the
alumni fund that OF $4,000 from the
twenty-five year class Of '97 was con-
spicuous. The retiring chairman OF the
Yale alumni fund association. Thatcher
M. Brown, is member Of this class.
Other notable class gifts were $4,000
from 'S7, S12,500 from '92. $4,000 from
1902, $4,000 each from '97s and 1s02s.
$4,000 from 1907 and $4,000 from
1e07s.