The Helena independent., 1894-12-20

WORKING AS WELL AS PLANNING.
Rockefeller Expected to Come Down Win
More Milions~Threo Technical
Schools as AnneSss.

Chicago. Dec l9.-Two years as1 John
ID. Rockefeller made the University OF
chicago Christmas present Of $1,000
600. the most generous SILT over found
an the stocking Of an educational ln-
uumtion on a Christmas morning.
Isver since when The Yulctide draws
near the ghost OF this huge donation
staIka about the campus and Is taken
NV the Imaginative 10 DE nesh arr'v-
nj from the Standard on magnate.6 col-
fers. President Harper aud Or T. W.
coodspecd visited New York last week.
and thelr Journey gave "A golden color
Ina 10 the siululacrum. ON the'F arrlv-
Al In the city yesterday Mr. Good
spced said OF the trip.
III is our custom To visit AIR. Rookie
feler annually and lay before him .
abatement or the condition ot the uni-
vcrslty, with qts achievements ana
needs Mr. Rockefeller usually r'iefA
ni claims upon heneycleuce tO his sec
re,ary. Rev. +. r Gates, and acts upan
his advice as he would upon mas ol "a
LAWYER In othog matters. However, ne
invited Us to visit him personally nt
his private residence IN ranylown' cnd
together witn Mr Ga'va we spent a
very pleasant Afternoon.
ut was noi our purpose In soinG to
New York TO ask Tor any iu'Is. We
have. however never set made re-
quest OF him that WAS not compiled
with
"He assured US of his unllminished
interest in the university and was es-
pecially pleased with The interest the
Citizens of Chicago had shown N II, we
talked over the general expenses f IN"
institution for the next year. which be-
gins July /. Though our revenues are
Increasing, our expenditures become
yearly larger. Two years ago Mr..
Rockefeller contributed Sl50,0OO TO the
general ftnd and $4,000 last year, and
we showed the necessity for some pro-
vision for general expenses for next
year. Mr.. Rockefeller promised To talk
the matter over with Mr. Gates. That
is his ordinary method, and when he
has matured his plans he VIII let us
know"
DIR. Goodspeed spoke Of some OF the
= urgent needs of the university. As he
unfoded the plans for making Chicago
the seat OF the greatest institution OF
learning in the world he seemed TO draw
aside a curtain disclosing a drawing
room In Tarrytown, with four gentle
men, giants OF finance and education,
making mammoth plans for Chicago's
educational welfare.
I'VE need" he said. "a high grade
medical school 1t is big undertaking
and would require at least $1,000, 00C
for endowment. We hope some Chica-
go man win undertake the task and
have the school named after him. We
ought to have "A good technologica
school. That will require an endowment
of s. 900 600.
And we need a law school prosl
dent Harper hopes TO have thirty gen
tlemen guarantee $1,000 a year for nv
years for this latter school. In that cas-,
we would open a law department mex
fnll. No one but college graduates
would be admitted. and consequently
the standard would be higher than any
now In existence.
"As to buildings, we need chapel
and biological laboratory President
Harper has decided 90 have a group OF
five buildings for the biological sciences
each 10 cost about 100000 We hardly
nccd one OF them now. Thcn there II
the woman's dormitory for which the
foundations are laid. Subscriptions are
coming in slowly and we hope soon 10
have the amount completed.
suppose we were able t1 open next
fan the three professional schools that
i have enumerated. Without any OF
these departments, which are compo-
nent parts Of Harvard and Michigan,
we registered 800 students IN every de-
partment the first year. 1900 the second,
1,6Oo this year. and the number Will
reach 1000 next year With these
added departments and the same
increase In attendance for the
next three yenrs that We have had in
the past you can easily estimate the
attendance. For my part | believe
we would supass any other university
IN point or numbers"