Three Bequests

THREE bequests totaling more than $170,000 have recently come to the College, it was announced last month by John F. Meek '33, Vice President and Treasurer of the College.

The sum of $152,590 has been received by the College to establish the Charles F. Mathewson '82 Fund. This becomes the ninth largest alumni bequest to be given to Dartmouth. Under the terms of his will, Mr. Mathewson had set up a trust fund with the provision that the income would go first to his wife, then his son, and thereafter the principal of the trust would revert to the College. A Trustee of Dartmouth during the presidencies of Dr. Tucker and Dr. Nichols, Mr. Mathewson also served as the first president of the Dartmouth Club of New York and as president of the New York Alumni Association. He practiced law in New York City, becoming a prominent specialist in corporation law. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was elected the second national president of the latter fraternity. He was born in Barton, Vt.

Two other bequests which have come to the College have been left by alumni who were in the teaching profession. Under the will of Frank M. Surrey of the Class of 1899, Dartmouth has received $10,000, to be known as the Frank M. Surrey '99 Memorial Fund. The principal and income are unrestricted and the Fund can be used to serve those needs of the College considered most urgent. Mr. Surrey, a native of Rochester, Mass., was graduated from Dartmouth cum laude and as a member of phi Beta Kappa. He taught in the Morris High School in New York City for thirty years, completing his career as assistant principal.

From the estate of William J. Wallis of the Class of 1894, Dartmouth has received, between 1951 and the present time, the sum of $9,072. This bequest has been added to the Class of 1894 Scholarship Fund. A native of Gaysville, Vt., Mr. Wallis, after his graduation from college, taught mathematics in the public school system of the District of Columbia. At the end of his 42-year period of service, he was head of the Mathematics Department for both the junior and senior high schools there.