1918-1919 Academic Catalog

ENDOWMENT FUNDS raised an additional $5,000. The condition was more than complied with, about $7,000 being raised. JAMES BURNEY LYONS FUND Mr. J ohn R. Lyons, of Marissa, Illinois, gave $700 as a memorial to his son, James Burney Lyons, who gave his life as a sacrifice to his country during the Civil vVar. McLEOD MEMORIAL FUND In the articles of union of the Twelfth Street Reformed Presbyterian Church ·with the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York City, provision was made by the trustees of the united congregation to pay to Cedarville College the interest on $5,000 on May 14th and November 14th, each year, from McLeod Memorial Fund, in memory of Drs. Alexander McLeod and John Neil McLeod, father and son, whose com– bined pastorates of the congregation covered the period from 1801 to 1874. The Presbytery of New York and Vermont also donated 3,200 to the College t o the same revered memory. PITTSBURGH FUND The First Reformed Presbyterian congregation of Pitts– burgh, now the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, gave $3,000 to the general endowment fund in 1906. SAMUEL PRICE FUND The late Samuel Price, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, be– queathed one-fourth of his estate to the College, which amount, $3,000, became completely available in 1914. MARGARET A. HUNTER FUND The late Margaret A. Hunter, of Philadelphia, sister of the late William J. McAllister, the contesting of whose will pre– vented the College from receiving his bequest of $2,000, be– queathed $500, which became available in 1912. PHILADELPHIA FUND In the settlement of the affairs of the Second Reformed Presbyterian congregation, of Philadelphia, the sum of $5,000 was appropriated to the College by a member of the congre– gation. 7