DAY. JUNE 19. 1891. TEN PAGES. 



BROWN CORPORATION, 



ADJOURNED MEETING IN UNIVER- 

 SITY HALL YESTERDAY. 



Annual Keport of Trent. Andrew*.- Bo- 

 view o£ tlio Work of the Year. 



' An adjourned meeting or the Corpora- 

 tion of Brown University was held In Uni- 

 versity Hall yesterday at 9:45 o'clock. 

 -The annual roport by the President, Dr. 



Highest of all In LeuTcnlng Powm 



Since the lust/meeting of WtJoTrrTHnT 

 one wwiibor of the Coiporatwn ha- .dcd. 

 Key Daniel Leach, D. D. He Sratluuteu 

 Hum ILls University in the class of 1«.K>, 

 iw '1 studied theology two years ul die ■*«- 

 dover Theological Seminary. Alter re- 

 viewing the euwt events In the lue uf in. 

 krt la eultiEtstlo term*, In. Andrews -re- 

 ferred to his administrative ana se he a rly 

 ability end I. 



Hon to his Alma Muter. Tee re-porn ;e n 

 mended ttol have of a bsene,- be stal l eel 

 Aswlsto Professor W. 0. 1 >.»nd a " l > P, r ' 

 lessor Aloiwo Williams for the coll big 

 academic year. Seen vacations have often 

 been granted heretofore, but tb«» . 

 never yet, beon a system «! them, {he 

 lowing enactment W! recommended, that 

 when any gentleman has 

 vers tv as a professor tor an con.,-, ni.o 

 years whether as -assistant, associate or 

 fall professor, or partly lu »»o '11^ 

 grades and partly in another or too otmn , 

 ho shall, If he choose, have hr tae nc.xt.ui 

 seventh year, a leave of absenoa on Unit 



ro Tl7e absence of professors, gtWgt^ 

 Tones at tin:, tii.te s .mo d nntt t tc tl v) 



of those nvmllsjEC tit cm. selves ot it. 



The number of students the past year 



the rr ' 1 " 111 ;' 1 , r i degrees during 



S^ffl^^^SSSpi t« that of 



^ernapsV^ 



L 'a' ,n^ e nmnber who' do^e.r be|t 

 enlargement of iMM « gon0 ^ 

 t it S^baMv result from the presence ol 



ll^uWoSea ^ "»> recent months, 

 fefe & « e teethe amount 4 o y t loyal 



C new taildlngs Which are being com- 

 " t„i „< the Ladd Observatory, byman 

 Blfilm ui Wilson Hall and the benjv 

 M remits wlihd, will result iron, their 

 completion. The \n nouncemcnt of toe 

 G. A. R. feller,:,!, Ip wm, also made. The 

 ll( , la ai m \ i «em haw also 

 undertaken to raise 910,000 to establish 

 a fellowship. The report recommended 

 that tho money derived from the Fay er- 

 ,■0:1,1,(1 bequest, which will probably 

 Amount to about 950,000, be . made a 

 library fund. No other of the many 

 needs of the University Is at present - 

 preicdnp. The report dwelt at, length 

 rue detailed facts concerning the ouTitou- 

 tural fund. In regard to bniveyi.y 1.x- 

 -UdWtafl* Dr. Andrews spolte wili.tdtisll- 



I'^^^iK^mf*^'>^»yvmw- Untvev alty.,hu_ s 

 an. opportunity vastly to Increase lis In- . 

 fluenoe tod usofulne«s by tola extra lores I 



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bo roadv for use by the opening of the 

 college year. . A . 



miring the summer too cast end of 

 F.!,o,ie Island Hall will be- entirely reno- 

 vated and Prof. Jci.ks will fit It up as 

 mi aiithropcloglcal museum, defraying tae 

 expense out of his own pocket. It was 

 voted bv the corporation to name this 

 the Jenlta .Museum of Zoology, as a me- 

 morial of the generous donor. 



The vacancy In the corporation caused 

 by the death of Rev. Daniel Leach was 

 not tilled at 4 p. in. The body adjourned 

 to convene again at the regular meeting 

 in September. 



Entrance Examinations at Brown. 

 The entrance examinations to Brown 

 University were held yesterday, and will be 

 coiriinued to-day. The number In attend- 

 ance is rati.er small, one taking the finals 

 for the B. P. course and three for the A. B. 

 course. Thero arc nine taking their pre- 

 liminarlos. Tho number taking the ex- 

 aminations is no criterion by whtoh to 

 judge the class of next year, for 

 all tho best preparatory srttools enter stu- 

 dents on certificates. Br. Andrews con- 

 Md«rs the outlook for the cut-ring class 

 very favorable, and only yesterday morning 

 said that It will undoubtedly bo a large 

 one. 



Gardner Colby of Now York, Treasurer 

 of tho Unooln Fund, has presented seme 

 very liwresili.s stufisiivs in e, , m.es; tarn 

 with that iunll. The total amount Is 

 8100.407 33, made up of sabserlp 

 lions from Ute alumni and 77 subscrip- 

 tions from friends of the. college. The 

 class of 1SH4 lias tho (urgent noniber ol 

 imllvoloai snbscrtbers, 15. The class of 

 rjvfi rtnits Host, aeeording to amount 

 of suhserlpHon, 913,050. The largest 

 BUbSCripUoIl was 't 112,0,00. 



Tlte sot, ft t ook has met with a vory good 

 salt, between 400 and 500 having Been 

 disposed of. M ^ . „ , 



p. ti. Cresscy of the gradnaUng olass 

 Intends to, upend the summer at Block 

 Island, and in September will return to 

 his hdmo In Los Angeles, Cal. 



It was recommended that tho &xton- 

 m of miveisHy teaching Into tho 

 latter cmnn.uiiHtos of nnd net R'H'do 

 Is S td r as may prove nraClicabK 



,e ,lonie,,l o.s a department of the work 

 of mown University, and that ye r,,, Hsi.m 

 be given to members of the fncilM t 

 ongago in It, suhtect to t,hc eemlltot, 

 that u.ev first fully and ^thfully' 

 charge their •college duties, It bcln«c 

 undeSstood and. provided that the Lnl- 

 verstty is to be put to no expense what- 



reemmmend that Wfrco 4«gJSHl«J5 

 made As--oelr.te Ptofo,:- „-,r re JUstory In the 

 7:u;ver lie, end Director of the L.uversUj 

 f.vtenslon. ho-riiiK from 1he I nlverslty no 

 -, ,rv for the -latter function. Mr. 

 Mnhro is admire bly ndaphd for lias 

 office. A Khode Iskimler, graduated from 

 "own University in the chw» of laTO, 

 he has had many years f experience In 

 Ue-tlaf: lii rese„-m-tble school man- 



•^Andr^als^-dlscusscd too advlsa- 



da tef mnst have passed all the, entrance 



ISvcfti^rU ffr^Sg 



^«ncc^n^ 

 "tho same conditions which apply to 

 von ne men. Fottrth-Tho subjects for 

 •J e -nominations, when not, blentieal 



™K«ln the course sof Insirtie ion 



irfespond to them. FlfU.-For an entire 

 M .t, of entrattce examinations or of «A- 

 vonc-d .-xar-^atAons. eoeh eandni,.tc shatl 



K?po^ U oM4nclency will £ 



Sates wlU recclvb ccrUUcates of their at- 

 tainments ^ 



meTKlotion of Ute President In regard to 

 University extension. 



The report of Treasurer JfflK*,- & 

 Chftee shows a balanre of flHo.n -I 20 In 

 bis possession. The funds of the Uni- 

 versity have, during the year, been 

 largely Increased by the John 

 l.lnoofn fund, of which SOf, 406 73 

 has been paid in U to this 



leeome :1„- last year has been the, gift of 

 "Nicholas Brown of 91200 , towm-d he 

 snlarv of tho Assistant IWfessir of h.itin 

 for the next, four years. The most no tlre- 

 nhle Increase of Ineome or the common 

 fund has come from term W Us arls ng 

 from the greater number o ^^.dents. T »e 



e l ms vert , and 920.248 72 fix years ago. 

 Till lo^rea' J e lias been offset by tho In- 

 crcase Tn " :e salaries of the MXa 

 Snu^rnnrlne t-vponse.s of the cdUoge. 

 ° Y.wing 1 - the in erea.se In the common 

 fund the Trensnrer recommended having 

 n permanent, ofhee of the Treasurer and a 

 6ia Taae d cIrporadi™ wted to Increase the 

 tuition from 91-00 to flip. 



At 1 p. m. tite body adjourned, to 

 5 University Hall, where a ooUatlon was 



^Tho" corporation donvened 

 o'clock, nnd proceeded with the regular 

 .ZSSSi. ToA new ttroiessors nnd Ins, me 



tors were nnpoiun- 

 ' wbo graduated froi 



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