Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-12-12
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THE AMOUNT
OF a Gift Proposed By Andrew Carnegie
to the United States
UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
PreSide Will Refer to the Donation in a
Special Messsge-Carnegie Wants
Incle Sam 10 be Trustee.

| washington, DeCeInUoi 0'-AuO N"S"
ington Post tomorrow will say:
President Roosevelt has received letter
from Andrew Carnegie in which the latter
offers to make donation of 100000 600
to the United States. The letter will be
referred to Conwress by the President in
special.message.
Mr.. Carnegie gift is for tie purpose OF
establishing in Washington university
for higher education. AS far as his idea
has been developed it proposes a gift after
the manner of the bequsst ofJames Smith
son, the Englshman, who gave 81 ,OOO
for the establishment and maintenance of
what is now known as the Smithsonian
Institution founded by him to be factor
in "The Diffusion of Scientific knowledge.
Mr.. Carnegie proposes that the unlver'
sity which he is to endow shall be the
greatest institution in the world for the
development of higher education. He has
consulted President Gilman, of Johns
Hopkins University; President Hadley, OF
Yale; President White, of Cornell; and all
the leading educators of the country. They
heartily endorse his plans,
The proposed university will not inter
fere in the least with the educational in
stitutions already established, but will sup
piement them, for according to the present
plan, its doors will be open only to those
who desire to take up postgraduate
course.
Mr.. Carnegie also wants the new unver' |
sity to take the lead in original research,
so that the United States can eventually
stand sile by side with Germany, if not
excel that nation, in scientific develop
ment.
MIR. Carnegle's plan does not propose a
national university, in the sense that an
appropriation will be asked or needed.
Tue government s simply to be the trustee
of the magnificent endowment, just as it
administers the fund bequeathed 10y Smith
son. 1t is possible that board of regents
will be appointed, as i'll the case of the
Smithsonian Institution, or it may be tnat
that government will be represented upon
the board of directors, which, it is con-
templated, shall consist Of men of national
reputation.
Mr.. Carnegie has kept the proposed en-
dowment secret until he could definitely
arrange the plans and scope of the new
university. Even yet all these details have
not been arranged, so that little more than
the outline of bis gift can be published.
1t is known, however, that he does not
propose TO ask from Congress single foot |
of land upon which the University build
ings will be constructed. The entire ex'
pense is to be borne out ofhis endowment. |
No site has yet been selected 1t will,
however, necessarily be very large, as it is
proposed to erect series of magnificent
structures.
The amount of money to be given by
Mr.. Carnegie equals the sum of tie present
endowment fund of Harvard, and is con-
siderably more than the invested fund of
Yale. With the Catholic University, the
Methodist University, and the proposed
Carnegie University Washington will be
the educational center of the country.