Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — SETH LOW, OF COLUMBIA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SETH LOW, OF COLUMBIA.

Who Recently Presented That University with $1,000,000. Columbia College has recently been presented by its president, Seth Low, with the magnificent sum of $1,000,000; or rather, Mr. Low has personally assumed the cost of the new library building of the college in New York, which is estimated at that amount The library is to be a memorial to his father, the late Abiel Abbot Low. Connected with the gift are three conditions, one of which is that college privileges be extended to some of the boys and girls of his native city—Brooklyn. Accordingly twelve Brooklyn scholarships will be established. Another condition is that eight president's university annual scholarships be established. Another condition is the formation of a fellowship in honor of his class—that of ’7O. President Seth Low was born in Brooklyn, Jar. 15, 1850. His father was a merchant and the young man, after graduating from Columbia College, became a clerk in his store. In 1875 he was admitted to partnership. Mr. Low was a founder of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities and its first president In 1881 he was nominated for the Mayoralty of the City of Churches as a reform candidate and was elected, gaining much praise during his administration. He was re-elected in 1883. Hon. Seth Low wns installed president of Columbia College in February,

1890. George William Curtis, writing upon that occasion, called him “a man of scholarly accomplishment and training, of great experence in public and commercial affairs, of a singularly sound and wise judgment, of tried administrative skill and of tranquil independence and courage, blended with admirable moderation.”

PRESIDENT SETH LOW.