The Colorado Collegian Oct1896-June 1899 . iends have risenup for it in its hour of need, and old friendshave been faithful in bearing the burdenswhich inevitably grow heavier with the growthof such an institution. No college in America can accomplishgood work to-day without large and increas-ing endowment funds; the possession of anan income-bear ingproperty isnecessar yfor advance-ment. Inthis respectColoradoCollege hasmade largegains sinceSeptember,1896, andthe manyand variedsources fromwhich giftshave cometestify to thestrong and deep interest felt, in all parts ofthe country, in the work
The Colorado Collegian Oct1896-June 1899 . iends have risenup for it in its hour of need, and old friendshave been faithful in bearing the burdenswhich inevitably grow heavier with the growthof such an institution. No college in America can accomplishgood work to-day without large and increas-ing endowment funds; the possession of anan income-bear ingproperty isnecessar yfor advance-ment. Inthis respectColoradoCollege hasmade largegains sinceSeptember,1896, andthe manyand variedsources fromwhich giftshave cometestify to thestrong and deep interest felt, in all parts ofthe country, in the work done by the all of the money about to be mentionedas added to the endowment funds has yetbeen paid in—and, it must be borne in mindthat the sum total does not represent a cor-responding increase in the actual income ofthe College over the income of the past fiveyears; because, during those years, pledgesamounting to $10,000 annually, for currentexpenses, had been made by certain warmfriends of the College. The regular income. COBURN LIBRARY. is, therefore, but slightly in excess of whatit was before; the gain, however, is none theless real, for the College is now upon a stablefinancial basis. Early in the fall information was receivedthat by the will of Willard B. Perkins, formany years the leading architect in this city,the sum of $24,000 had been given to theTrustees,—$10,000 for building purposes, and$14,000 for scholarships. This bequest camemost unexpectedly, although Mr. Perkins hadalways been interested in all that concernedthe prosperity of the city, and had expressed himself verywarmlyabout itsachieve-ments andpossibilitiesas an educa-tional cen-tre. A fewmonths laterthe WomansEducation-al Societywas notifiedof a bequestof $10, gener-ous gift, des-tined to fur-nish scholarship aid for young women, camefrom the will of Mrs. Mary R. Hawley, ofBaltimore;—and it was further provided thatthe College should be one of four residuarylegatees of the es
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