BENEFACTIONS.
Mr. William Backnell, of Philadelphia, has given $60,000 to the University of Lewisburg, Pa., for endowment purposes.
Westminster College is to receive $2,000 from the estate of Miss Jane A. Thompson, of Missouri.
The late Mr. Samuel Willets gave $100,000 to Swarthmore College, a Quaker institution, near Philadelphia.
Dartmouth College is to receive $50,000 from the estate of the late George T. Wilson, of Providence, R.I.
It is reported that Wm. H. Vanderbilt has recently given $100,000 to Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary Young has given $500,000 to Fall River, Mass., for the establishment of a school of high rank. The gift is made in memory of an only son.
Washburn College received a Christmas gift of $1,000 from Mrs. Emily G. Williston, of East Hampton, Mass., and a New Year’s offering of $1,000 from Hon. Wm. Hyde, of Ware, Mass.
By the will of the late Wm. E. Dodge, of New York, the Syrian Protestant College is to receive $20,000; Lincoln University, $10,000; Howard University, Atlanta University and Hampton Institute, $5,000 each.
Miss Baxter has given $50,000 to provide a laboratory for a college at Dundee, Scotland, which was founded by herself and her cousin, Dr. Baxter, some years ago, at an expense of $750,000.