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A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO strain is happily relaxed when he reads the subscription by states and inci- dentally expresses a hope that the roll of states and territories may be com- pleted. At once two or three people are up to speak for missing states. Maine, South Carolina, West Virginia, Utah, are in the field so nearly together that it is impossible to say which led off. Then someone speaks for the Sandwich Islands. The states and territories have all answered. The doors are opened to the nations of the earth .... the nooks and corners of the atlas are ran- sacked that the world may have a share in the privilege of building the University of Chicago. It is a cheerful scene and yet with an element of earnestness which the report of it may fail to convey. The subscriptions are small, they are found when they are footed up to aggregate but a few thou- sand dollars, but they represent hearty congratulations and a very widespread sympathy. The revised list of subscriptions by states, territories, etc., excluding the city of Chicago, when these new pledges were added, stood as follows: Maine New Hampshire , Vermont Rhode Island . . $ 30 5 1,507 5 Massachusetts 10,530 Connecticut 1,675 New York 10,758 New Jersey 100 Pennsylvania 3,676 Delaware 10 District of Columbia 10 West Virginia 25 Virginia 250 North Carolina 25 South Carolina 100 Florida 500 Mississippi 25 Tennessee 50 Kentucky 70 Ohio 715 Michigan 15,455 ' Indiana 505 Illinois 26,685 Wisconsin 10,137 Minnesota i7,7 2 3 Iowa 3,401 Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska North and South Dakota. Arkansas Texas New Mexico Montana Colorado Oregon Washington The Indian Territory .... Wyoming Tama Indians California Utah Alaska Mexico Canada Nova Scotia New Brunswick Scotland Wales Island of Guernsey Denmark . . 1,120 5 1,050 1,221 6,134 80 100 10 175 975 25 10 IO 5 5 440 10 10 10 250 5 25 10 35 10 10