Illinois on October 17. On November 16 the Institute was organized at Lydia’s house. The greater part of the charter of the Institute was copied with only slight changes from her will and its codicils. In addition to the previously mentioned grants for buildings and equipment, Lydia entered into a written contract with the trustees to provide $30,000 per annum for the running expenses of the school. In a second trip Harper came down from Chicago on November 16th, bringing with him Dr. Albion W. Small, a University of Chicago professor and former president of Colby College. They were the guests of N. C. Dougherty, superintendent of Peoria schools. While in Peoria, Harper addressed the Congregational Club as well as the meeting with Mrs. Bradley and the trustees of the new school. In announcing the organization of the school, Harper confirmed that Bradley would have the largest endowment of any university in the State of Illinois except the University of Chicago. It was greater than any polytechnic school in the country and was the largest single endowment ever given in the state, not excepting the University of Chicago. The original board of trustees, selected carefully by Lydia, included Oliver J. Bailey of Peoria, Leslie D. Puterbaugh of Peoria, Harry A. Hammond of Wyoming, Illinois, William R. Harper, Harry Pratt Judson and Albion W. Small, all from the University of Chicago, Rudolph Pfeiffer of Peoria and Zealy M. Holmes of Mossville. Bailey, who became chairman of the Board of Trustees, was a force in Peoria and in the development of Bradley through the years. Born in New York State in 1846, he arrived in Illinois in 1865, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and became active in numerous business and phil-
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