Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-17
GENEROUS GIFTS TO SCHOOLS
What the New Year Brings to the Cause
Of Education.
ENFORCED ECONOMY IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Timely Lessons for school Boards
AMicted with Dencits-Married
Women ms Teachers
Educational Notes.

Iooseping Of purse strings for the promotion
Of education. The gifts to colleges and
schools last year aggregated $40. 900, 900; Ii
braries received 81 ,166, 500, and museums and
art galleries, whose object Is partly educa-
tional, were remembered to the extent OF
31,472, 900. II the record for the first half Of
January sets the pace for the rest Of the
year, last years totals will be exceeded by
millions.
Among the educational contributions noted
since the first Of the year are the Stanford
estate. Just settled by the courts, which as
signs SO, 900, 900 to the Stanford university
Of California. This Is not a new contrlbu.
ton to education, but as the actual amount
Of the Stanford endowment has been ac-
c~urately determined for the first time, 1t
may properly be included in the years
record. A similar item, or a series OF items,
are those Incorporated in the Faye weather
will Just affirmed by the courts Of New
York. BY this will g. 000. 900 are to be dis.
tributed among various colleges. The truss
tees Of Berea college In Kentucky have sue
ceeded in raising $3.50, 900. which will secure
the conditional gift Of $50, 900 made some
time ago by DR.. ID. X. Pearsons Of Chicago.
In addition to all this, Groton (Mass.)
acdaemy has received SIS, 900 from Prof.
Gardiner Of that town; the University OF
Chicago $685., STA In real estate from Martin
B. Ryerson, Marshall Field and John D.
Rockefeller; the Teachers college Of New
York 5000, 900 by will Of Mrs. Caroline Z.
Macy; Harvard college $4,000 by will OF
Mary A. p. Wells Of Boston and 1,000,0 900
by will Of Henry G. Warren OF Cambridge.
Mass, Whitworth college $40. 900 from II. o.
Armour of New York and Princeton college
$4,000 from George A. Armour OF Chicago;
a total Of S1,816, S74. The late ]. II. Wilder
Of Newton, Mass, bequeathed $1,000 to the
American college for girls at Constantinople
and the same sum to the Robert college for
American men in the same city.
Andrew Carnegie's offer to erect for the
Washington Public Library a suitable build
ing at q cost of $3.50, 900 II congress will sup
ply the site and suitable maintenance crowns
a long series Of library-making beneaciaries
and is gladly and gratefully welcomed by
everyone interested in the welfare Of the
national capital. The University Of Wis.,
consin has received a collection Of rare Ger
man pathological works from the
American citizens OF Milwaukee. This COL
lection formed the library Of the late Prof.
Jacob Baechtold Of the University OF
Zurich. The library, which numbers about
5000 volumes, comprises all the important
pathological books in the German language,
as well as sets Of all German pathological
magazines and pamphlets. About a year ago
President Trotter OF Arcadia college, Wolf
vile, Nova Scotia, started out to raise $75,.
900 for the college and John D. Rockefeller
at once promised to contribute
SIS, 900 in case the balance was raised by
December 81, 1898. President Trotter now
announces that SO, 900 more than the required
sum has been contributed, many Of the con-
tributions being from alumni OF the college
living In this country.
e Chicago choOls
The Board Of Education of Chicago, And
ing its expenses far In excess Of its re-
ceipts, has wisely concluded to economic
and live within Its income. The total re-
ceipts for the current year are estimated at
S., 100, 1868. In order to prevent a deficit,
estimated at 500, 900, the board has cut
expenses in every direction. The High
school term Ia shortened two weeks. Be-
sides his. there will be no increase In
salaries this year by reason Of the classihca.
tion Of the teachers by years Of service.
The classification increase OF SIS for teachers
who have served less than five years Is sus-
pended. The appropriation for salaries for
the coming year Is the same as last year,
but the natural increase Of schools and
teachers will take up the cut in salaries
made by the curtailing Of the school year.
The appropriation for new buildings and
sites was cut from 81, 355, 1863 to 81, 1870, 900.
Night school expenses were cut from $50, 900
to $50, 0OO. There is a cut Of $3S 900 in the
department OF ~janitors and supplies and Of
$57, 900 in tho general department, including
the special branches. Compulsory education
will have to get along with $4,000. against
S15, 900 last year; music Is shaved down
81. 900 and drawing gets SO. 900 more; physi-
cal culture loses $4,000, the normal school
loses IS, 800, manual training In the grammar
schools gets a 81. 900 raise and German holds
Its own.
The teaching Of household arts In the pub
lie schools will be dropped for the same
reason OF financial stringency. The finance
committee in its report urged that no money
could be spared for this branch Of iustruc'
ton, for which an appropriation had beer
made last year and which had been intro
duced In several Of the schools.
There are now In the employ Of the board
$50 laborers. carpenters and painters. who
have been employed in making general re-
pairs on buildings. The appOrtionment To-
this work has been reduced one-half.
Married ONE ms Teachers.
Chicago Is seriously wrestling with tn
question Of excluding married women a
teachers from the public schools. A reso
luton to that effect is pending before tn
school board and Is likely to be adopted
The reasons for this move are interesting
from many points Of view. The chief reasol
urged In it's favor Is that men incapabl,
or too lazy to make a living set matrimonial
nets for the teachers and thus live off tn
labors Of the school ma'ams.
"The resolution" says the Chicago News
els IN no sense based upon opposition to tn
employment of women In general In the pub
lie schools. It Is generally recognized tina
OF all avenues Of effort now open to wome
that Of teaching is one OF the most lucra
tive and one for which they are best fitted
The opposition to the continuance OF marie
women In the work Of teaching rests upo
principles OF sound public policy. In tn
Increasing stress and competition Of moder
life the problem Is to ind a place for a
workers not otherwise provided for rattle
than to make places for those whose supper
Is. or should be. found in other ways. /
law the married woman legally claims sup
port from her husband and. aside from TIL
consideration. II she does her duty by he
husband and family she Is incapacitate
from rendering such service as the city
the state has a right to require from thoi
Entrusted with the important work Of publ
school education. Either the married woma