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...Corporation cannot concur in this conclusion and is of opinion that the suppression of one of the four lectures provided for under this bequest would be a breach of trust which might amount to a renunciation of the whole trust; for refusal to perform a part of the duty imposed upon and accepted by the college might well be considered a breach of the entire trust - a material change having been made therein...
Sixteenth - I give and bequeath to the College of New Jersey, of which the Rev. James McCosh, D. D., is president, all my books and works relating to natural history and all the minerals, shells and other specimens illustrative of natural history which may remain after the bequest contained in the next preceding article hereof, to the American Museum of Natural History, shall have been satisfied, in conformity with the terms and conditions thereof...
...residue of the estate is to be divided up between the endowment of a hospital and a gift to Bowdoin College. It has been estimated that the hospital will receive $600,000, and Bowdoin's share will be fully $400,000. To such a college as Bowdoin, this bequest of $400,000 will mean a great deal...
...brief sketch of the history of these lectures may be of interest. Chief Justice Dudley of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts made a bequest in 1750, of a little over sigma 23 for the support of a series of four lectures, one each year, occurring in regular rotation and treating of subjects in religion. Justice Dudley was of an investigating turn of mind, more or less of a scientist and very much interested in all matters of theology. Being interested in Harvard College, he thought it would be a good thing to establish these lectures as regular institutions...
...Boston Herald of yesterday prints some facts relative to the bequest left by Mr. Conant to the University. On Monday Mr. Henry Eveleth Hill, executor of the will of the late Edwin Conant, under which Harvard College is the residuary legatee, had a consultation with President Eliot, at Cambridge, over the gift. Mr. Conant expressed a preference to have his gift used in the construction of some needed building. and such a use will be made of the $60,000 to $80,000 which will be available...