The Colver lectureship is provided by a fund 

 of $10,000 presented to Brown University by 

 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Rosenberger of Chicago in 

 memory of Mrs. Rosenberger's father, Charles 

 K. Colver of the class of 1842. The following sen- 

 tences from the letter accompanying the gift ex- 

 plain the purposes of the foundation : — 



"It is desired that, so far as possible, for these 

 lectures only subjects of particular importance 

 and lecturers eminent in scholarship or of other 

 marked qualifications shall be chosen. It is 

 desired that the lectures shall be distinctive and 

 valuable contributions to human knowledge, 

 known for their quality rather than their number. 

 Income, or portions of income, not used for lec- 

 tures may be used for the publication of any of 

 the lectures deemed desirable to be so published." 



Charles Kendrick Colver (1821-1896) was a 

 graduate of Brown University of the class of 1842. 

 The necrologist of the University wrote of him: 

 "He was distinguished for his broad and accurate 

 scholarship, his unswerving personal integrity, 

 championship of truth, and obedience to God in 

 his daily life. He was severely simple and un- 

 worldly in character." 



The lectures now published in this series are: — 



1916 



The American Conception of Liberty and Govern- 

 ment, by Frank Johnson Goodnow, LL.D., 

 President of Johns Hopkins University. 



1917 



Medical Research and Human Welfare, by W. W. 

 Keen, M.D., LL.D. (Brown), Emeritus Pro- 

 fessor of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, 

 Philadelphia. 



