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JilIDDLE YEAR. The student is instructed in reading the Scriptul'es and hymnsJ together with other practical exercises in forcible and appropri::l te expression of thought.
One hour. II.
SENIOR YEAR. Practical instruction is given in the ,"arious styles of pUlpit oratory, including thc delivery of written sermons, speaking from notes, and extenlpora- neous speaking. One hour. I.
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Forms of Bequest
T give, devise, and bNlueath to ALFRED \.7"IYERSITY. located at Alfr~d, ::-.lew York, the "l\In of . . ' . . . . . . . . . dollars, to be safely 111- vested and ca]led "The. . ' . . . . ' General Endowment Fund,"; the l1et income onl.Y to be used for the genelal expenses of the Cni- n:rslty.
I give, devise, and bequeath to ALFRED C,,"'ERSITY, located at Alfred, Xew York. the sum of Twenty-five thousand dollals, to be safdy invested, and called" The. . . . . . . . PWfeSf<OfShip"; the nct i1lcome only, or so Illllch thereof as may be necessary, to be nsed to pay the salary of the incumhent of said professorship, the snrplus income, if any, to he at the disposal of the rnivcrsity.
I giYe, de-\·ise. and bequeath to ALFRED l"xn'ERSlTY. located at _\Jfred, New York lhe SUIll of One thousand dollars, to be safely itl\'C'sted, alld called
j ( The . . : . . . . . , Scholarship"; the Hcl income only to
be used for till' payment of the term bills of SOllie worthy and necdy Mnoent, the surplus income, if any, to he at the disposal of the University.
I gh'e, de"hle, and hequeath to ALFRED r~l\·ERSITY. located at AUt-ed, New York, the sum of. . . . . . dollars to he ex- pended in the pnrchase of books for the Library.
Announcement of Gifts for 1899~1900
BABCOCK HALL OF PHYSICS. The subscriptions paid during the year 1899-1900 toward the Babcock Hall of Physics aggregate $961.00,
ONE Hl1NDRED THOeSAND DOLLAR CE.r\TE~XL\L Fr~D. At the suggestion of the Treasurer of 1 he Uni- versitv, the Executive Committee began a mO\'elnent, earlv l-ast veal' to create _ • t a One Hundred Thousand DoHar Centennial fund to be -completed not later than 1936, ,,,hen Alfred University will celebrate its first centennial. This fund is to be l'~ised by a popular subscription of 11lany small gifts. The fund is to he held in trust, and only the interest used by the University. The 'rrustees at the an- l1ual meeting il; June, 1899, fOr1nally adopted the plan,
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with the hope that the present valuation of the endow- ment and property of the UniYcrsity. viz: about $445,- 000.00, may be increased. through the founding of One Thousand Dollar Scholarships, the cndo\:\'ment { f New Profcssorships. and the raising of this One Hundred Thousand Dollar Centennial Fund, until it wil1 equal ONE 1VIILLIO.r\ DOLLARS, at the centennial of the Oni versity in 1936.
A lithographed Certificate signed by the President and 'I'reasurcr of the Unhrersity 1S issued to each sub- seriher of $1.00 or nlore.
A bout $1,700 have been paid to the Treasurer to- ward this fund.
THE KENYOx-ALLEN ENDOW~[E~T FUND, \v11ich the All1111ni Association began to raise in 1886, has been increased during the year $322.
THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY BAPTfST CHURCH OF NEW YORK CITY has pcl;d during the year $56.40 on its One Thousand Dollar Scholarship, established in 1899, so that thc amount paid is now $156.40.
THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CHVRCH OF ALFRED SCHOLARSHIP has been increased $71.69, making a total of $294.44.
'fHE LADlEs 01; ALFRED SCHOLARSHlI) has received accessions of $20.00, making the principal $880.00.
THE SHILOH SEVENTIl-DA y RAPTIS'!' CHURCH AND
SOCIE'l'Y SCHOLARSHIP has been increased by $6,50, so that it now stands at $231.50.
THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CnURCH 01<' PLAJXFIELD SCHOLARSHIP has been increased $21.55, maldng it now
$144.05.
During the year three scholarships ha \re been estab- lished, Yiz. :
THE vVILLIAl\I ELBRIDGE \Vl'l'TER SCHOLARSHIP was established by lVIr, 'Vill1am E. vVittel', of Oneida, N. Y., in
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i\[O\'el11ber, 1899; $100 have been paid on account of the principal.
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF THE PA \VCATUCK (VVESTERLY, R. I.) SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP was established by the society whose nalne it bears in Pebruary, 1900; $100 have bcen paid upon principal account.
THE LILLIAN BROWN SCHOLARSHIP w"as established in June, 1900, by Hon. Isaac B. Brown and wife, of Har- risburg, Pa., in memory of their deceased daughter. The full amount of $1,000 was paid.
The Executor of the Estate of 1drs. ~IHrtha J. Lang- worthy Benjan1in, E.lVL, '54, has paid $100 into the Fund for" Young lVlen Preparing for the Ministry."
The Executor of the Estate of John Dorsey Collins, A. lVr., '44, has paid $100 to the General Endowment Fund.
Citizens of Alfred haye contributed $463.90 for im- provements upon Ladies Hall. Of this amount lVII'S. \Vm.
C. Burdick gaye $110.00.
Hon. John N. Davidson, E. lvI., '54, of 'Visco)" X. Y., has contributed $50 for the purchase of books for the LibI'ary.
Dr. Fred T. Hog-ers, of Proyic1ence, Rhode Island, prc- sented to the Unh'crsity on Alumni day of Comlnence- ment week, an excellent oil painting of his father, the late Professor 'Yillian1 A. Hogers, I.·L. D. This portrait 1S very highly prized by the Unh-ersity. It is hung in the As- se111bly r00111 of K.cnyoll ~Ilemorial Hall, where a collec- tion of portraits of prominent professors and patrons of the Cniversity is being made. It is the work of the dis- tinguished artist, Hugo Brent, and is one of his bcst paintings.
ANNOUNCEMHN1' OF GIFTS
Gifts to the Museum
Petet" H. Ve1thuvsen, Haarlem Holland. Collection
of insects. "' ,
Clarence \V. Spicer, Edelstein, Il1. Bird Skins, 12 species, 15 spccimens.
lVIiss Lela \Vi1son, A ttalIa, Ala. Silicified vVood.
Charles Stillman, Alfred, N. Y. Volume of Plates, Edible and othet' Fungi.
IvIiss Hal1nah Crandall, \Vested;"
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1. State lVIoney, Bagle Bank of Kew Haven, 1822. One dollar hill and three dollar bil1.Hon. H. A. Pack::lrd, Bisbee, Ariz. Copper Ores, AZUl'.
ites and ~1a]achites.
Re\'. vVillia111 C. Daland, Leonardsdl1e, X. Y. Stool from Ayan lVIaim, 'Vest Africa, used by the Fanti people.
lVIiss Susie Burdick, Shanghai, China. Book of Chinese Coins, 'rcliI of /\..ngora GOc-lt, Lapis Lazuli, etc., from Thihct.
Joseph Booth, Cholo, Africa.
snake.
Skin of an African During the yea1' the lllincral specimens presented by Co1. H. B. NIa .. xson, of Reno, Nev. , have been placed in new cases, constructed especially for thc hctter display of this \<aluable collection.
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