New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
TRUSTEES or THE SLATER FUND.
TIE sUM oF $4,000 DisTnIBUrED- Ry-PREsrDENT
hayes IrInrrE TO VIZ sLATER.

TIE SUN oP $4,000 DisrnIBUrED- Ry-PREsIDENT
Hayes TRIBUTE TO MI. SLATER
The trustees of the John f. Slater Fund for
the Education OF Freedmen met Thursday and com
peted their session yesterday. Those present
President Hayes president Of the Board; Chief Justice
Waite. the Rev DR.. Phillips Brooks the Rev Dr. Boyce,
Daniel c. Gilman. president Of the Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity; John A. Stewart. william f. Dodge and William
A. slater. The general agent. tho Rev Dr. Haygood.
was also present and presented his annual report show
ing 10 what extent institutions for the training of the
freedmen had bce1 aided by the Slater Fund The
Of $4,000 had been distributed In various amounts the
largest appropriation being $4,000 In all the
trustees OF the Slater Fnnd expect that manual training
10 form will be made essential part of the edu
cation which is given by the schools which they aid. and
the report showed in satisfactory the results OF
this policy. The voted to aot $4,000 In addi
on to unexpended balance OF 81 .0O0 for the assist
ance OF the selected institutions during the ensuing year
AT the beginning OF the meeting ex-Presdent Hayes
paid the following tribute to the memory of Mr. Slater,
aud taken for the preparation OF ap
propr!ae memorial sketch of the founder of this fund.-
GESILEMRS or THE BOARD or TRUSTEES OF THE
meeting Of he trustees Of the John F. slater Fund for
hc Education Of Freedmen Il devolved by the
r. early "Wednesday morning. the eth OF
May last at his home in Norwich Connecticut. at the age
OF sixty-nne lie had suffered severely from chronic
complaints for several months. and his death not
surprise to his family or intimate friends Two OF the
Jesup and myself had the melancholy privilege OF repre-
senting the Board at thempressive ervces of Mr.
Slater his home at the Congregational Church. and ut
the Cemetery at Norwich the Saturday following his
death. When he last met this Board his healthful ap
pcarlncc aud general vgOr promise OF long ana
active life. IL with great confidence that we then
expressed to him conviction that his wise and gen
erous gift Tor the education or the enancipated people
Of the South and their pOsterity made at period OF
his life when he might reasonably hope to observe during
many years its benctcent influence But in the Proyi
dence of God IL has been otherwise ordered and the life
which fondy wished would last olg enough to yield
patriotic forecast has been brought to close He had
widely extended and well earned reputation Tor apy
man of affairs. lie was philanhropist, u patriot
good citizen and good neghbor. He was n member OF
the Park congregational Society OF Norwich for many
years, and warmly and strongly attached to the
denomination OF his choice His relations did not
limit hs sympathes. nor narrow hi- views Of duy. In
his letter establishing this trust IL the following clause
The general object which desire to have exclusively
pursued IL the uplifting Of the lately emhncpated Opu-
alOn o. tho Southern States and their pOserty by con
feiing ON them the blessings of Christian education"
When asked the precise meaning Of the phrase christ
education IA to be taken In the argcst and most general
seusehat In the sense I'm which he intended. the com
school teachings ~ Massachusetts, aud Connecticut
Christian education that IN " lcnvcncd Win pre-
dominant aud sautaiy Christian nhuence; that There
need ~ limiting the gifts of the fund to dcuOml-
nntiona Institutions; that II the trustees should he salts
He'd that Mt accrain state Institution their bcncrlres
would bo surrounded 10y wholesome Influences such as
would tend to make goul Christian citizens ~ them,
there IL nothing In the of the phrase referred 10 10
hinder their sondng pupils to II.
forhcnr to attempt % give full sketch NJ Mr. slater
EnOugh has perhnpa been snd tn bring Ia yOr attention
the great loss which is trust has sustained IN the death
records ana giving to tho public worthy and elaborate
notice OF his lie. character anl good deeds.
The trustees adjourned 10 mcot on the thr Wednesday
in MAY, iss5,