Smith College, Northampton, Mass., is to receive $500 worth of new and valuable books, the amount having been secured through the influence of Miss Sanborn.
Mr. Moody’s Mt. Hermon school for boys has received a gift of $5,000 from England.
Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., has received $40,000 from a friend who does not give the public his name, for instituting a professorship for elocution and boys’ culture.
By the will of Robert Asa Packer, Lehigh University is to receive one half of his personal and real estate, which is believed to amount to several million dollars.
A gift of $7,500 has been made to Rutgers College by Henry W. Bookstaver, Esq., of New York City, a member of the Board of Trustees, for purchasing chemical instruments and other apparatus for the class room.
By the will of Miss Mary Anne McSorley, St. John’s College, Brooklyn, is to receive $2,000 for two scholarships for theological students, and St. Joseph’s school for girls $500.
Princeton College has received $60,000 from the estate of the late Frederick Marquand of New York.
The eight chartered institutions of the A. M. A. hold their anniversaries at this season. Each of them has good grounds, suitable buildings and a competent faculty. They are located at central points where they will be wanted for generations. Each one needs, and is worthy of, an ample endowment.