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Show tho building for which her bequest was meant shall-be erected "upon tho ground of the. said university." Second, Mr Proctor contributed his gift for the 'purpose of providing a place of graduate residence which should be wt opart exclusively for graduate students, while Mrs. Swanns will explicitly' dlrocts that tho rooms In the John R. Thompson graduate college are to be rented. "A t.. the. -hest prices thoy uirrcoihmfthd," to graduates, grad-uates, seniors and junlor students of tho university. - , : President Wilson' doubts ' whether any. bulging set apart for the exclusive exclus-ive occupancy of graduate students should b administered upon an Income In-come bearing basis. - A special committee of five was appointed ap-pointed on January-13th by the board of trustees to consult further with Mr. Proctor and -secure an adjustment adjust-ment of the, dlfUculUcs.- 'but In the meantime, ho withdraw his gift- It was on rcwllng the book prepared by Dean Andrew West of: the graduate school, who la opposed to; placing a graduate college on the. campus and believes In a segregation of graduate students ' that Mr. Proctor, his lifelong life-long friend, volunteered the gift. The factions In the board of, trustees trus-tees and the alumni therefore arose, supporting President Wilson and Dean West respectively. TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON IN FACTIONAL FIGHT. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 10. Determined Deter-mined to bring harmony among the several factions, the trustees of Princeton, university met in special session today to take up the questions of Bite and r;lminlst ration of the graduate college which have been a mitter of controversy for some time. None of the trustees would talk and as the meeting of the hoard la private, pri-vate, .the trend of things will not be known until after they adjourn, when a public announcement Is expected, Talk of resignations Is still in the air. but tho reports cannot be traced to any responsible source. The flret Inkling of tho dispute was given In President Wilson's report to the board of trustees on January 13th, which, after mentioning' the fact that a $500,000 gift had been received last May from William Cooper Proctor, .'S."?, Cincinnati, with the proviso that an equal amount be raised by May 1, 1910, and that the "prospect site" be abandoned, and a Blto suitable to tho donor be chesen. presented certain difficulties that have arisen In attempting at-tempting to use that money and the bequest of Mrs. Josephine Thomson Swann. which now amounts to $330, 000. The differences are: First, Mrs. Swann's will directs that |