Review of reviews and world's work . the site of the graduationsi hool, and Mr. Procter renewed his gift on itsoriginal terms. This is a happy outcome, andhigher education in America will undoubtedlybe the gainer, but while Princeton is acquiringbeautiful buildings to house her graduates< hool, we should not overlook the Deeds of theone institution in the 1 ountry that had the COUT-a generation ago, to undertake universitywork. It is at least doubtful whether Prime& heme of graduate institutions would ever have been worked out if Johns Hopkins had no1 led the way thirty four yearsiniversity
Review of reviews and world's work . the site of the graduationsi hool, and Mr. Procter renewed his gift on itsoriginal terms. This is a happy outcome, andhigher education in America will undoubtedlybe the gainer, but while Princeton is acquiringbeautiful buildings to house her graduates< hool, we should not overlook the Deeds of theone institution in the 1 ountry that had the COUT-a generation ago, to undertake universitywork. It is at least doubtful whether Prime& heme of graduate institutions would ever have been worked out if Johns Hopkins had no1 led the way thirty four yearsiniversity ;ii Baltimore started alwithout buildings and with little materialequipment, but with high enthusiasm and an ener. Within twenty year- brougl things to pass in American acadcmi< lite. \ the work done |,y Johni Hopkil ! < . n from the beginni itional work, the mi .? and expand thai worl h<»uld 1 ome from the nation rather than from the 1 ilBaltimore I he v-,000,000 d foi addi 22 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. Dl •? PR] SIDEN1 I miNITY , I IN \ tional endowment would serve the highestends and should be speedily contributed. ,>.>. m. Another recent benefaction of im- Utner Uifts . and portance is the endowment ot the Ranken School of Mechanical Trades of St. Louis, by David J. Ranken, Jr., the founder of the School, who has deededto the institution his entire fortune of morethan $3,000,000. This endowment will prob-ably make the Ranken School one of the largestinstitutions of its kind in the world. ( me of theannouncements of the college commencementseason just , losed was that of a gift of ,000made by Mr. H. M. of Cleveland, tothe endowment fund of the medical depart-men of the Western Reserve University. This sum makes the first quarter of the additionalendowment fund of Si .000,000 which the uni-versity now plans to obtain for its medic al 1 ol-\t its last meeting, the General Educa-tion Board voted $538,000 as a conditionalapprop
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