June 11, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



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College Observatory some of her personal 

 astronomical treasures, including stained glass 

 panels once in the Tulse Hill home. Fur- 

 ther bequests to Wellesley College are found 

 in her will. In a letter written in her extreme 

 illness, stating her decision to make this gift, 

 occurs a passage which shows her vision of 

 what America and the students of the Amer- 

 ican colleges ought to be and do. 



The first sentence refers to the superb carry- 

 ing out of the fire drill, which saved so many 

 lives in the great fire of a year ago at Wellesley, 

 and the energy and devotion of the alumnae 

 which raised the three million restoration and 

 endowment fund. She says : 



I rejoice over the splendid spirit shown by the 

 old Wellesleyans ! I believe in the real great 

 America! I believe in Wellesley College, one of 

 its far-seeing creations! It is to such colleges for 

 the training of young life to create the New 

 Heaven and New Earth to which we all look for- 

 ward. Sarah F. Whiting 



Whitest Observatory, 

 Wellesley College 



THE UNIVEBSITY OF MINNESOTA AND 

 THE MAYO FOUNDATION 



The executive committee of the board of 

 regents of the University of Minnesota has 

 prepared a report in which it recommends that 

 the tiniversity establish graduate work at 

 Rochester, Minnesota, that such wofk be di- 

 rected by the graduate school through its dean 

 and the medical school graduate committee, 

 that professors and other teachers be appointed 

 on the nomination of the same committee, to 

 carry on graduate teaching and research at 

 Rochester, and that the offer of clinical and 

 other facilities and gifts made by the Mayo 

 Foundation be accepted. 



The terms of the agreement are to be as 

 follows : 



1. The agreement is made between William 

 J. Mayo and Charles H. Mayo as founders; 

 the Mayo Foundation ; Burt W. Eaton, George 

 W. Granger and Harry J. Harwick, trustees of 

 the $1,500,000; and the university. It sets 

 forth copies of the articles of the foundation 

 and of the two trust agreements and asserts or 

 provides : 



2. That the Mayos and their associates have 

 entered into an agreement with the foundation 

 for the period of six years after September 1, 

 1915, to pay all moneys and provide aU sub- 

 jects, facilities and material necessary to en- 

 able the foundation to carry out its agreement 

 with the university. 



3. That the board of regents is by law re- 

 quired to manage the university and appoint 

 its professors and employees and fix their 

 salaries and may accept in trust gifts and be- 

 quests upon the terms and conditions on which 

 they are granted. 



4. That the university is maintaining a 

 medical school and is carrying on graduate 

 medical and surgical instruction and has deter- 

 mined to increase its faculty, secure additional 

 facilities, sites and material, appoint addi- 

 tional professors and assistants and carry on 

 part of the work of the school of medicine at 

 Rochester. 



5. That the foundation gives and grants to 

 the university free of charge the right to use 

 for medical and surgical education and re- 

 search space and rooms and equipment in a 

 certain building in Rochester, together with 

 all clinical and other materials and oppor- 

 tunities for graduate medical and surgical 

 work available at the Mayo Clinic, St. Mary's 

 Hospital, the Kahler Sanatorium and the Co- 

 lonial Sanatorium in Rochester, for a period of 

 six years after September 1, 1915. 



6. That the foundation also agrees during 

 that period to pay all salaries fixed by the 

 board of regents and payable to professors, 

 assistant professors and instructors appointed 

 by the board. 



1. That until September 1, 1921, the net in- 

 come of each of the trust funds shall remain in 

 the hands of the trustees as an added incre- 

 ment to the principal of the funds. 



8. That from and after September 1, 1921, 

 the principal of the funds and all accumula- 

 tions to that date shall be turned over to and 

 become the property of the university. 



9. That the funds and the income therefrom 

 are granted in trust to be used by the univer- 

 sity as follows : (a) The principal shall always 

 be kept intact by the board of regents and be 



