OFFICIAL. FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION. MEETING OF APRIL 25, 1892 (additional). — Voted, to proceed to the election of a Professor of Law, to serve from September 1, 1892, — whereupon ballots being given in it appeared that EUGENE WAMBAUGH, LL.B., was elected. Voted, to communicate this election to the Board of Overseers that they may consent thereto if they see fit. Voted, to proceed to the election of a Shattuck Professor of Pathological Anatomy, to serve from September 1, 1892, whereupon ballots being given in it appeared that WILLIAM THOMAS COUNCILMAN, M.D., was elected. Voted, to communicate this election to the Board of Overseers that they may consent thereto if they see fit. MEETING OF MAY 9, 1892. - The Treasurer reported that in accordance with the wishes of the late JOHN WITT RANDALL, who graduated from the College in the year 1834, and from the Medical School in the year 1839, his sister, Miss BELINDA L. RANDALL, had given to the College his large collection of engravings, gathered by him to illustrate the history of the art of engraving; also the sum of $30,000 to establish the John Witt Randall Fund, the income of which is to be used so far as it may be needed for the care and preservation of his engravings, and the surplus income at the discretion of the President and Fellows for the general purposes of "the department of Engraving and allied branches of the Fine Arts." It was thereupon Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to Miss RANDALL, with the assurance that the wishes of her brother will be faithfully carried out as to the arrangement and care of his collection to illustrate the history of the art of engraving, and that the income of the John Witt Randall Fund will be used in accordance with the terms of her gift as stated by the Treasurer. The Treasurer reported that he had received through Professor JAMES several gifts towards the salary of the new Professor of Experimental Psychology, and that other gifts for the same purpose would probably be received. It was thereupon Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to each giver and that the record of each gift be made upon the Donation Book of the College. The Treasurer reported that he had received from HENRY EVELETH HILL, Esq., as executor of the will of EDWIN CONANT, the sum of $5000 in full payment of the bequest for the Divinity School, and securities of the value of $27,700 in full payment of the bequest for the Library. The Treasurer reported that he had received from EVAN HENRY HOPKINS $160 as a repayment with interest of scholarship money received by him while a student in the Law School, and it was Voted, that said sum be credited to a new account for the Law School to be called Scholarship money returned. Notice was received from the executors of the will of the Rev. FREDERICK FROTHINGHAM of a bequest made by him to the University, as follows: "I give and devise unto the Harvard University at Cambridge in the aforesaid State of Massachusetts the sum of thirty thousand dollars currency of the United States of America to found a Professorship in the Theological School at Cambridge and to be called the Frothingham Professorship. I would prefer it to be of Ecclesiastical History but will leave the branch of Theologic study to be determined by the needs of the case. This Professorship must never be subject to any theologic test either as regards its Incumbent or the Students attending his or her instructions on pain of forfeiture of the Bequest. In which case it shall revert to my residuary heirs. The Theological School here meant is that consecrated by the memory of the Wares, Channing and Parker." And it was thereupon Voted, that the bequest for the Frothingham Professorship in the Harvard Divinity School be gratefully accepted upon the terms named in the will of the Rev. Frederick FroTHINGHAM, and that the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer be authorized to give a receipt for the money in such form as the executors may require. A request from the Committee on Roads and Bridges of the City of Cambridge for a the offer made by the College in relation to the widening of Harvard Street was con granted. odification of ered but not Voted, to proceed to the election of a Professor of Political Economy, to serve from March 1, 1892, - whereupon ballots being given in it appeared that FRANK WILLIAM TAUSSIG, Ph.D., was elected. Voted, to communicate this election to the Board of Overseers that they may consent thereto if they ee fit. Voted, to appoint FRANK BEVERLY WILLIAMS, A.M., Instructor in Roman Law for 1892-93. Voted, that the Class of 1844 be allowed to place a mural tablet in memory of their classmate General EDWARD A. WILD upon the eastern wall of the south vestibule of the cloister at the west end of Memorial Hall. MEETING OF MAY 28, 1892. — Boylston Prizes for Elocution were awarded as follows: First prize to DONALD CHURCHILL, Junior; Second prizes to EUGENE A. REED, Jr., ALGERNON DE V. TASSIN, and SEYMOUR L. CROMWELL, Seniors. Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to Mrs. HENRY DRAPER of New York for her additional gift of $833.33 received May 14, 1892, towards the expenses at the Observatory of Harvard University on account of the Draper Memorial. The Treasurer reported that he had received from Mr. WINSLOW WARREN SEVER the sum of $22.98 to cover expenses in relation to the Sever portraits recently given by him to the College, and said sum was gratefully accepted. The Treasurer reported that he had received from the estate of Mrs. ELIZABETH FOGG the sum of $198,000 in part payment of her bequests for building and maintaining the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum of Harvard College, and said sum was gratefully accepted. The Treasurer reported that he had received through Professor SARGENT the sum of $1000 as a gift for the improvement of the Arboretum from Mr. ARTHUR W. BLAKE, and the same was gratefully accepted. The Treasurer reported that he had received from Mr. FREDERICK L. AMES the sum of $8333.33 as the first annual instalment of his gift of $25,000 for the improvement of the Arboretum, and the same was gratefully accepted. The Treasurer reported that Professor SARGENT had subscribed the sum of $10,000 to be spent by himself upon books for the Arboretum during the next three years if possible, the accounts and vouchers for such purchases to be submitted to the Treasurer of the College from time to time for due credit on his subscription. This offer from Professor SARGENT was gratefully accepted. It is understood that all the gifts for the improvement of the Arboretum recently reported to the Corporation are to be credited to a special construction account for the Arboretum, and to be used at the discretion of Professor SARGENT for improvements or in part towards a permanent endowment. The Treasurer reported that he had received from Mr. GEORGE A. GARDNER the sum of $500 as a gift to the Geological Department for their collection of photographs, and the gift was gratefully accepted. The Treasurer reported that he had received from an anonymous friend of the Botanical Department, through Professor GOODALE, the sum of $4500, of which $2000 is to be added to the Herbarium Fund and $2500 is for present use at the Botanic Garden, and it was thereupon Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent through Professor GOODALE to the anonymous giver for these generous and timely gifts. Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to the Technological Museum of Sydney, New South Wales, through Mr. J. H. MAIDEN, Curator, for the gift to the Botanical Department of Harvard University of a large and authentically named collection of woods, fruits, tan-barks, and other economic products, illustrating Mr. MAIDEN's work "Useful Native Plants of Australia.” Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to the Botanic Gardens, Gordon Town, Jamaica, through Mr. W. FAWCETT, for the gift to the Botanical Department of Harvard University of a large collection of specimens of useful vegetable products of the Tropics. The President reported a gift to the College Library from Mr. LESLIE STEPHEN, through Professor NORTON, of the original manuscript of Thackeray's "Roundabout Papers," and it was thereupon Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to Mr. LESLIE STEPHEN for his interesting and valuable gift. Voted, that the income of the Conant bequest for the Divinity School shall be credited to the Divinity School as unrestricted income. Voted, that until further order of this Board one quarter of the income of the Conant bequest for the College Library shall be used for books, and three quarters of the income for the general purposes of the Library. 488029 |