BENEFACTIONS.
Mr. Geo. I. Seney has furnished the means to build a chapel for the Lucy Cobb Institute at Athens, Ga.
The late Ex-Gov. O. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin, has left by will $50,000 for a public library at La Crosse.
Hon. John R. Bodwell gives $1,000 and three other persons $700 towards the erection of a new building for the Hallowell Industrial School.
The Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, Vt., has received $30,000 for endowment purposes.
Mr. Roland Mather, of Hartford, Ct., has given $12,500 towards the Professorship Fund of Chicago Seminary.
Mr. Chas. Pratt, a graduate of Amherst College, has given $25,000 towards a gymnasium for that institution.
The Senior Class of Iowa College have secured nearly $6,000 for the rebuilding of East College.
The late Mrs. Percy, of Oakland, Cal., bequeathed $4,000 to Mills Seminary; $3,000 for scholarships and $1,000 for general use.
The Executive Committee of the American Missionary Association at its last Annual Meeting appealed for $500,000 for the endowment of its chartered institutions at the South. The anniversaries of the different colleges of the land are calling the attention of the benevolent public to their growth and wants. We especially urge the claims of the colored people South to a full share of the gifts made for endowment purposes.