ES

Geo. 0. Fowler, Gash for Shops, 21,000

1898
1904 Prank B. Lawrence, 10 A. Campus, 15,000
Frank B. Lawrence, 41.2 A. dy Annuity 1600, 103 ,000
190 Lucius H. Perkine, Law Books, 1,000
Potal $511,468

The present value of these gifte is estimated at $609,018.
Let me examine a few items in this table.
Against the second item I quote from the Quarter-Centennial

History of 1891 with reference to the bill locating the University at Lawrence
and the story of the original oy acres of the campus.

“fhe bill. provided for tab eeaslinniens te the Governor of three oon-
missioners, whose duty it should te to locate the State Gat vonetty. The
specific duty of the commission was tc examine proposed sites, make proper
selection, require » good and sufficient title for the location without cost to
the state, andi make a full and impartial report to the Governor on or before
the first day of May, 1663. Im case of the failure of Lawrence to secure a site of
forty acres adjacent to the city ani to deposit an endowment fund of $15,000 with
the State treasurer within six months after location by the commissioners, the
provision of the act should be null and void. And in that event, th proposition
of Emporia to grant an eligible site within or adjacent to that city should be
accepted by the State as the lecstion of the University, and the Governor should
issue his proclamation connstinwe.

"The commissioners appointed wore S. M. Thorp, Josiah Miller and I. T.
Goodnow, who met at Lawrence us March, and spent some daye in examining grounds
adjacent to the city, and adjourne’? to hold a final meeting at Lawrence on
April. 25th, when the city council met in special session to consider a
proposition to purchase a tract of land for the University site. The commissioners
were present and. ‘made some very interesting remarks in reference to the location

of the same. { Chas. Robinson came forward with a proposition to furnish the

 

required fo rty acres from his land above the city, on condition that the council
would deed to him « half block of lend lying south of the school foundation,
on Mt. Oread.