University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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established on the proceeds ot nil land that may hereafter be j anted by the United States. Individual Gifts to the University. The first gilt of this character was that of Franklin Steele, already noted. In 1857 and thereabonts there were made many loans, snbscrijjtions and gifts by individual members of the Board of Regents and citizens resident in Minneapolis. These reached a total of a few thousand dollars. In 1872 there was donated by tiie friends of the University the sum of $720 towards securing for the museum a series of Ward ' s casts of fossils. From the establishment of the general library to the present time many books, pamphlets and manuscripts have 1)eeu presented and bequeathed to this department of the University work. The total number of accessions of this character now amounts to hundreds of titles. The alumni of the University in 1887 created an Alumni Fellowshi]) which has been maintained up to the present time by personal subscriptions. This fund paj ' s $250 per year, and through its expenditure a succession of Fellows in various Y. M. C. A. Reading Room. scientific and literary lines has Ijeen ensured. In 1893 the Albert Howard Schol- arship was bequeathed which yields about $160 a year for such recipient as the Executive Committee shall designate on recommendation of the general Faculty. In 1892 the friends of the late Professor Moses Marston endowed a scholarship in English which is annually awarded to deserving scholarly attainment in English language and literature. The class of 1889 contributed funds, the income of which should be devoted to the payment of an annua! memorial prize in history. In 1S95 a College Fellowship was announced in the College of Engineer- ing, Metalluigy and the Mechanic Arts to yield $200 annually. In 1891 the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company, of Minneapolis, offered for competition by the students of the College of Engineering, Metallurgy and the Mechanic Arts two prizes: The first, $50 and a gold medal; and the second, $30 and a gold medal. Theses in competition are admitted from mechanical, structural, munici- The University of Minnesota

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The University of Minnesota pal and electrical engineering lines. The prizes have been most eaniestly competed tor by the students of the successive classes. They are of gi-eat importance in cncour.Tging engineers to the most careftd and scientific work in jjreparation of original designs. Ore-Testing and Millhif Laboratories, We now pass to another class of gifts. In 1.SS5 and fcillowing years the Christian friends of the University ' throughout the state suljscriljed for the erec- tion of a building for the Students ' Christian Association the sum of $12,000. which sti ' ucture should l)e consecrated as the head- quarters of all Christian work and enterprise radi- ating fiom the institution. The movement leading to this was begun some time before the active canvass of 1885 and 1S86 when the sum necessary for the con- struction was reached. The building was dedicated, free of debt, in 18S7. .- mong the largest givers stand the names of Thomas Lowry, with $2,500; Fred Mar- quand, $2,000; Richard Chute, $1,000; John S. Pillsbnry. $1,000; H. O. Harrison, $500; Chas. A. Pills- bury, $500; Cyrns Northroj), $500. About $1,450 was raised in St. Paul, but the names of the donors are not at hand. The Furnace Room. -26 —