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George L. Newton in 1911. That year Mr. Washburn and Mr. Howe each contributed $1,000 for current expenses. By rigid economy it was possible to complete the year with a deficit of only about $2,000. The total endowment at the end of 1911 stood at $583,000, a gain of less than $40,000 in ten years. The cost per student was less than $200, the lowest point since 1893. In an attempt to increase income, the endowment committee sought to pledge individuals to make annual contributions for a period of years, but without success. One other gift in the form of real estate was received in 1909. Elmer P. Howe gave the family home on Harvard Street, on condition that it be used as a teacher's residence for a period of ten years before being sold. It was immediately leased to Dr. A. Wilmer Duff.

James Logan was elected mayor of Worcester in the fall of 1907, and in consequence, he served on the Board of Trustees in a dual capacity for four years. Many people over a long period of years rated him as the most capable chief executive the city ever chose. Rev. Mr. Barnes left the Board in 1909 and was replaced in 1911 by Rev. Allyn K. Foster of the First Baptist Church, a dynamic preacher who was an inspiration to thousands of college men. In 1910, two more active alumni were added to the Corporation, Fred H. Daniels, '74, and Charles G. Stratton, '75. Mi. Daniels was chief engineer, American Steel & Wire Co., and consulting engineer, U. S. Steel Corporation. His reputation was international. He had been decorated with the order of the North Star by the King of Sweden, and had served as vice president, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Stratton was proprietor of the Curtis Manufacturing Co., Worcester, with which he had been connected in various capacities throughout nearly the entire period since graduation. He had been one of the most vigorous members of the Alumni Association for many years, serving as president in 1908-9.

Charles H. Morgan, one of the great steel and rollingmill engineers of his time, died January 10, 1911. He was one

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