BENEFACTIONS.
Dickinson College has received $10,000 from Rev. D. H. Carroll, D.D.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hazzard, of Newport, R.I., left a legacy of $1,000 to the Carlisle Indian School.
The Pope of Rome has subscribed $600 to the College of Propaganda, at Alexandria, Egypt.
The class of ’47 has given $500 to the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for the adornment of the chapel of that institution.
A wealthy American of St. Petersburg is reported to have given $250,000 to found a college for his countrymen at Erzroom, Turkey.
John Wells Hallenhock, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., has given $50,000 to Lafayette College to endow the chair of the President.
The late S. R. Bearce left $2,000 to the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, the income to be expended in assisting worthy young men in studying for the ministry.
James Langlin, of Pittsburgh, Pa., gave by will $15,000 to the Pennsylvania Female College; $10,000 to the Western Theological Seminary, and $5,000 to the Western University.
The increase of the illiteracy at the South during the last decade was appalling. Every teacher educated in our institutions, however, labored to overcome it. If a sufficient number of such were prepared for the work, the illiteracy would virtually disappear in a generation. Where else is there greater claims for endowments than in the collegiate and normal schools established by this Association for this object?
The Connecticut Conventions mentioned in our last issue will be continued in March at the following places: Tuesday, the 6th, 1st Church, Guilford, morning and afternoon; Wednesday, the 7th, 1st Church, Meriden, afternoon and evening; Thursday, the 8th, Hartford, 4th Church, afternoon and evening; Tuesday, the 27th, East Hartford, morning and afternoon; Wednesday, the 28th, Willimantic, morning and afternoon; Thursday, the 29th, Plainville, morning and afternoon.