GIFTS, APPOINTMENTS, RETIREMENTS. 611 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Public Library, a conditional gift of $35,000, from 
Andrew Carnegie. 
New York City, $5,200,000, for branch public libraries, from Andrew 
» Carnegie. 
Oberlin College, $150,000, from various. sources, being half of the sum 
necessary to secure the conditional gift of $200,000 from John D. 
Rockefeller. 
Phillips Academy (Andover), $150,000, from an anonymous donor, for a 
department of archaeology. 
Port Jervis, N. Y., Public Library, a conditional gift of $20,000, from 
Andrew Carnegie. : 
Princeton University, $100,000, from Henry S. Little, for a new dormitory. 
Richmond College, Virginia, a conditional gift of $75,000, from John D. 
Rockefeller. 
St. Louis, $1,000,000, from Andrew Carnegie, for a public library. 
Schenectady Public Library, a conditional gift of $50,000, from Andrew 
Carnegie. 
Teachers’ College, New York, $100,000, from an anonymous giver. 
Tulane University, about $2,000,000, by the will of Mrs. Josephine L. 
Newcomb, for the Sophie Newcomb College for Women. 
University of California, $24,000, from Mr. D. O. Mills, of New York, for 
an astronomical expedition. 
University of Minnesota, $50,000, from John B. Gilfillan. 
University of Pennsylvania, $200,000, from Randolf Morgan, for a physical 
laboratory. 1 
University of Southern California, a conditional gift of $25,000, from Mrs. 
Anna C. Hough. 
UR N. Y., $60,000, from Mrs. Emma Flower Taylor, for a public 
1 , 
Wellesley College, $25,000, from H. H. Hunnewell, for the botanical 
department ; $1 5,000, by the will of Miss Mary Shannon. 
Westin. Reserve University, $12,000, from H. M. Hanna. 
Yale University, $110,000, by the will of Benjamin D. Silliman ; $100,000, 
from an anonymous donor, for a medical school building ; $6000, from 
the family of the late Robert Callender, for a scholarship ; $10,000, 
niin Jonathan Bulkley, for a fellowship; $50,000, by the will of 
forge T. Bliss; $25,000, from William C. Whitney ; $10,000, from 
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Mrs. S. H. Camp, for the library of the philosophical department. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
