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July,  1901. 
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The  several  large  donations'are  as  follows,  the  names  of  the  donors 
known  on  this  side  of  the  water  being  given  in  brackets.  These  do 
not  include  the  cancelled  bonds  of  10,000  and  5,000  marks  each, 
total  140,000  marks  contributed  by  nineteen  persons.  Besides 
these  there  were  two  gifts  of  20,000  marks  each,  from  two  dyestuff 
corporations;  one  of  10,000  marks,  four  of  6,000  marks  (Fahlberg 
and  Tiemann)  ;  six  of  5,000  marks;  five  of  3,000  marks  (Bayer  of 
Elberfeld);  two  of  2,500  marks,  eight  of  2,000  marks  (Bayer  of 
Elberfeld,  Schering  of  Berlin,  Fischer  of  Berlin);  eight  of  1,500 
marks  (Schering)  ;  twenty-seven  of  1000  marks  (German  Soda 
Works,  German  Solvay  Works,  German  Explosive  Works,  Kalle 
of  Biebricb,  Knorr,  Pintsch  and  Siemens  of  Berlin);  two  of  800 
marks;  five  of  600  marks;  thirty-one  of  500  marks;  four  of  400  marks  ; 
fourteen  of  300  marks;  five  of  250  marks;  twenty-nine  of  200 
marks,  and  ninety  of  100  marks.  It  may  be  interesting  to  note 
that  a  collection  was  taken  up  in  practically  every  chemical  labora- 
tory in  Germany,  thus  giving  each  student  an  opportunity  of  con- 
tributing his  mite. 
Among  special  contributions  not  enumerated  above  may  be 
mentioned  a  gift  of  7,000  marks  for  fitting  up  the  library,  from  Pro- 
fessor Harries  of  Berlin  ;  a  large  number  of  books  and  apparatus 
from  various  German  firms  in  that  line  of  business;  a  marble  statue 
of  Hofmann,  for  which  fifty-seven  subscribers  donated  14,475  marks  ; 
and  Hofmann's  library,  given  by  his  widow. 
In  conclusion,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  raising  of  funds  necessary 
for  so  expensive  a  structure  as  the  "  Hofmann  Haus  "  was  accom- 
plished only  after  herculean  efforts,  it  taking  eight  years  to  collect 
376,000  marks  and  even  then  there  is  left  a  debt  of  160,000  marks. 
Let  those  in  charge  of  the  Procter  Memorial  bear  this  in  mind  and 
let  them  therefore  plan  more  moderately  than  did  their  German 
confreres. 
On  the  other  hand,  if  the  German  chemical  interests  freely  gave 
236,000  marks  for  a  memorial  possessing  largely  the  nature  of  a 
club  house ;  there  seems  no  reason  why  the  American  drug  trade 
should  not  raise  $50,000  for  an  undertaking  of  such  far-reaching 
importance  as  a  research  laboratory. 
