BENEFACTIONS.
—John P. Howard, of Burlington, has given $50,000 to the University of Vermont—the largest individual gift ever made to the institution.
—The Hon. Robert H. Pruyn, of Albany, N.Y., has offered to give $100,000 toward the general endowment of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., provided the remaining trustees contribute $400,000.
—Dr. Hoffman, Dean of the Faculty of the General Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary of New York, with his family, has given $75,000 toward the endowment of that institution.
—Mr. John R. Buchtel, of Acton, Ohio, has added $75,000 to his gifts to the Buchtel College, making the entire amount about $200,000.
—Mr. Wharton has given $100,000 to the Wharton School of Finance and Economy in connection with the University of Pennsylvania.
—A benevolent lady has given $3,000 to Lincoln University for the erection of a tabernacle for the accommodation of visitors on anniversary occasions.
—A lady, who does not wish her name published, has just given $100,000 to Princeton Theological Seminary.
—Winthrop Hillyer, of Northampton, has given $35,000 to Smith College for an art building.
—Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has Jubilee Hall completed and over-flowing with students, and is now erecting Livingstone Missionary Hall, by the gift of Mrs. Stone; but endowments are the great necessity. Twenty-five thousand dollars will provide for a professorship, and there are seven such needing endowment.