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 A native son of Scotia's Isle, Son of success to high degree, Donates to the old campus grounds, The wished-on-wished new library. A monument to mark events, Since sixteen hundred ninety-three, A memorial to progress, The college gift of Carnegie.

Your friend George Clinton Batcheller, A leading patriot of New York, A son of ancient pedigree, A Puritan of Plymouth Rock. Donates a large Endowment Fund, To light the lamp of history, To re-illume paths of the past, To honor State of Destiny.

This portrait on the walls you place, George C. Batcheller, LL.D. An honor to a Northern Son. In this our year of jubilee, It turns the page of history, To Plymouth Rock, to old Jamestown, A page both North and South illumed. From Lexington to old Yorktown. J. Q. Adams of Flag House fame, Son of the Founder of Braintree, A lover of the North and South, Exponent of Fraternity. Presents a portrait of your friend To the old College of the Crown. The Daughter of a Pioneer, Her sire a man of Lexington.

It is her pleasure to donate, A mirror with historic frame, Drake, Gilbert, Raleigh, Cavendish,