COLLEGE GETS LARGE BEQUEST BY WILL OF LATE S. H. STEELE

By the will of the late Sanford H. Steele, of New York, the College has been given the sum of $250,000 which Mr. Steele designates as a memorial to his brother Benjamin Hinman Steele, of the class of 1857, and which he directs shall be applied to the erection of a building in which to conduct instruction and research in the science of Chemistry.

As President and as counsel for the General Chemical Company, Mr. Steele was for many years interested in Chemistry and as a Trustee of the College was anxious that better facilities for the study of that science might be had in Hanover.

His bequest is the largest specified for building purposes which the College has ever received and will make possible a building and equipment which will compare favorably with any in the country. In view of the fact that such a building is already being constructed to replace the out-worn and antiquated structure now in use, it is probable that the sum of Mr. Steele's bequest will be applied to the cost of it instead of being put into a separate project.