Evening star., 1901-12-12
Meeting Of Boardin Charge of Ameri-
can University.
PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Fund of Five Million Proposed,
Half of Which is in Hand.
ELECTIONTOFIL LVACANCIES

yesterday. An unusually large number were
present. including Bishops Chas. H. Fowler,
c. c. McCabe and John F. Hurst; Mr..
John Farson. Chicago: ]. F. Robinson,
Rock Island. ILL.,; DR.. D. H. Carroll, Balti-
more; Charles Scott, Philadelphia; DR.. j.
w. Hill, Harrisburg, Pa; DIR. c. w. Bald
win, Baltimore; y. Z. Browne. B. f. Leigh
ton. a. B. Duvall, Judge w. NJ. Springer,
Chas. c. Glover, John z. Herrell and Thos.
w Smith of Washington. Others present
were Dr. w. L. Davidson, secretary; DR..
John A. Gutheridge financial secretary;
Rev. Albert Osborn. registrar, and Dr.
Royal Copeland of the medical department
of the university at Ann Arbor, Mich.
In the absence of President John E. An
drus of New York, who was prevented by
important business from attending, MI.
John Farson of Chicago, of the weil-knO"n
stock firm of Leech, Farson q Co., New
York and Chicago, was elected president OF
the meeting
1t was announced that the corner stone of
the foundation of the Mckinley Memorial
Ohio College of Government Will De lalu
with impressive services during the Gays OF
early spring, at which time, 1t Is eNpecteu,
the foundation now under construction Will
be completed. as will be, also, much OIL
the grading which is contemplated ON the
university site. Subscriptions are being re-
ceived for the Mckinley Memorial ONO
College of Government, it was stated. III
the lifetime OF tne marty N'iiS
memorial was contemplated, and his tragic
death has given new interest to the per
petuation of his name and fame at inc
nations capital -
most gratifying, showing decided gam
over any recent year. The large holdhsS
which the university has in stocks ana
bonds, which have been given for buildings
and endowments, are yielding fine returns
Fund of Five Millions.
of ba to
accumulate as soon as possible s5,OOo,OOo,
more than half of which is already IN
hand. so that the doors of the university
NAV be opened for post graduate work and
original investigation, utilizing, as has been
contemplated the rare and unparalleled
scientific collections provided by the gov
ernment in the city of Washington when,
at the instance of the trustees OF the Amer
lean University. We're thrown open by Con-
sress TO students More than 1,500 stu
dents from all parts of the world have
made application, it is stated, for entrance
to some special line of study in the Amer1-
can University, and the plans proposed look
10 the speedy opening of the doors for
work The massing of great educational
opportunities in Washington it is con-
cluded, is destined to attract students from
all quarters and especially earnest stu
dents from the other side of the sea, who
will come to study at the fountain-head
the successful experiments in government
which have mere Deen llaOe. instead Ol
1900 Americans seeking higher education
across the sea every year they Will be en-
abIed to find what they want in their own
country, and equal number may be at
tracted from the other side of the water
to avail themselves of the superior advan-
tages in educational lines which the mil
lions of money invested will make possible
at the nations capital.
Many kindly references were made by the
trustees to the princey gift which Mr.. Car
negie has just proposed for educational
work in Washington AS the exact condi-
tions surrounding the gift have not yet
been made public no definite action could
be taken in the matter, but it was fully
believed that the work contemplated by
MIR. Carnegie would make more certain the
necessity and usefulness of the American
University and would contribute largely
toward making of Washington the greatest
educational center in the world.
A committee of the trustees called on
President Roosevelt at the White House.
conveying the greetings OF the assembled
body. President Roosevelt is himself one
Of the trustees of the university.
Memorial to Mr.. Emery.
Some important matters were discussed
al the conference. During the past six
months the American University has lost by
death six of it's trustees, among the number
President William Mckinley and Mr. Mat
thew c. Emery, who for ten years had
been treasurer of the university. Resolu-
tiOns, with reference to the death of Mr.
Emery. were adopted in which the board
expresses its regret at the loss OF one who
Tor nearly eleven years. or during the en-
tire history of the university, served as
treasurer. 1t was declared that he was
painstaking and careful to the smallest de-
tail He gladly did all his work without
compensation, and was prompted to under
take il because of the love he bore the en-
terprise- As years grew upon him and
strength failed a little. he sometimes spoke
Of resignng. but the expressed confidence
and love of his associates in the work
turned him from his purpose and ne aeId it
TO the end.
LAS a member of the building committee
he gave much time ard patient thought to
the construction of the Hall of History
His interest could not have been greater
had the building been his own. His tur-
ther interest III the university was evil
denced by the donation of block of val
uable property"
College of Comparative Religion
Mrs VI. E Hartsock, president and Mrs
J. Ellen Foster. vice president-at-large, Of
the Woman's Guild of the American Uni
versity, interested in the erection of the
College of Comparative Religion, were in
trodueed and addressed the meeting briefly
This movement it was reported, is gaining
headway throughout the: country among
prominent and benevolent women and
many annual and life memberships are
being received.
The personnel of the office and field forces
remains unchanged for another year. The
trustees elected as president John E. An
drus of New York; treasurer Charles C.
Baldwin Baltimore; treasurer. Charles c.
Glover, Washington. The executive com
mittee, which Will very largely control the
affairs of the university for the coming
year, includes the following: Bishop John
+. Hurst. Judge Thomas Fl. Anderson.
Thomas W. Smith, Judge W. NJ. Springer.
b. III. Warner. a. b. Duvall. John f. Her
rell. a. Il. Browne, B. F. Leighton, DR.. ID
H. Carroll and DIR. c. W. Baldwin.
Not n Methodist University.
DR.. W. L. Davidson. secretary of the uni
versity, In conversation with a Star repor-
ter, strongly deprecated the use of the
term Methodist University so frequently
applied to this enterprise. insisting that 1t
was grossly misleading. The largest single
giIt ever made to the university came
from a Presbyterian, he said, and In the
BOARD or trustees are representatives of six
OF the leading religious denominations. The
American University Is to be Protestant,
and reyerentiy Christian, and. in order to