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Albany College received the income from an endowment of $260,000, the moat of which was promised in 1 9 11 and obtained five years later. The College has a compre* henaive and serviceable library of 7,500 volmnes. In the suburbs of Albany, the Cc^lege authorities have purchased a campus of forty acres, which has been named Monteith Campus, honoring both its Presidoit, William Monteidi, and the donor of the original Campus, Thomas Monteilh.

Albany College is Presbsrterian in its sectaiianiim and its policy is' to be definitely Christian in Letters and Arts. Its affairs are administered by a board of twenty^five trustees, elected by the Presbyterian synod of Oregon.

Governor Gflbbs Retires. On September 1, 1 S66, Governor Gibbs retired from the Governorship and became a candidate for the United States senatorship. to succeed James W. Neamith, die legidature then being in seaaion. Receiving the caucus nomination of his party, Gibbs was opposed by enough within his party to prevent his dection. On the sixteenth ballot H. W. Corbett, of Portland, was elected as the successful candidate. Governor Gibbs was afterward United States district attorney for Oregon, and was also one of the commissioners to settle the Indian war claims of the state. In January, 1887, he died while in London and the legislature appropriated a sum of money to defray the expense of bringing his remains to Oregon.