Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-13
GREAT UNIVERSITY.
More About the Ideas of Andrew
Carnegie.
Writes to the President Offering to
Donate S1O,OOO, O,OO0-Mntter VIII
he Referred to Congress by
Special Message.

Washington, Dec. lO.-Ihe Washlng-
ton Post says: President Roosevelt
has received a letter from Andrew Car
neaie in which the latter offers to make
a donation of $10,000,000 to the United
States. The letter will be referred
to congress by the president in spe-
cial message. Mr.. Carnegie's gift is
for the 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 bequest of James Smithson, the
Englshman. who gave S1,000,OOO for
the establishment and maintenance of
what is now known as the Smithsonian
Institution. Smithson desired the in
stitution founded by him to be fac
tor in "the diffusion of scientific
knowledge" Mr.. Carnegie proposes
that the university which he is to en-
dow 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 Eliot. of Harvard; former
| President White, of Cornell, and all
the leading educators of the country.
They heartily indorse his plans. The
proposed university will not interfere
in the least with the educational in
stitutions already established, but will
supplement them, for, according to the
present plan. it's doors will be open to
those who desire to take up a post
graduate course. Mr.. Carnegie also
wants the new university to take the
lead in original research, so that the
| United States can eventually stand
side by side with Germany. if not ex-
| eel that nation in scientific develop
ment.
Mr.. Carnegie's plan does not propose
a national university in the sense that
an appropriate will be asked or need
ed. The government is simply to be
the trustee of the magnificent endow-
ment. just as it administers the fund
bequeathed by Smithson. 1t is prob
able that a board of regents will be
appointed as in the case of the Smith
sonan Institution. or it may be that
the government will be represented
upon the board of directors. which, it
is contemplated, shall consist of men
of national reputation.
Mr.. Carnegie has kept the proposed
! endowment secret until he could
definitely arrange the plans and scope
of the new university. Even yet all
these details have not been ar
ranged. so that little more than the
outline of his gift can be published.
1t is known. however, that he does
not propose to ask from congress a
single foot of land upon which the
university buildings will be construct
ed. The entire expense is to be borne
out of his endowment. No site has
yet been selected. 1t will. however,
necessarily be very large, as it is pro-
posed TO erect a series of magnificent
structures.
The amount of money to be given
by Mr.. Carnegie equals the sum of the
present endowment fund of Harvard,
and is considerably more than the in
vested fund of Yale. With the Catholic
university, the Methodist university,
and the proposed Carnegie university.
Washington will be the educational
center of the country.
Senator Depew on Monday intro
duced in the senate bill to provide for
the creation of a body corporate to be
known as the University OF the United
States. Its purpose is the advance
ment of information by means of in
struction exclusively postgraduate
and special. The so-called university
is to have its headquarters in Wash
ington and the board of regents is to
be composed of the president of the
United States, who is TO be president
of the board; the chief justice of the
United States supreme court, the
heads of various scientific and educa-
tional bureaus of the government and
the presidents of many institutions of
learning in the United States.
This BILL which is understood to rep
resent the congressional action de-
sired by Mr.. Carnegie and those who
are advising with him in this great
project, calls for no appropriation of
public funds. but does grant to the
proposed university the plot of ground
known as University square, for long
time occupied by the naval observa-
tory.
of the white house and overlooks the
Potomac. The ground is high and COM
mands a fine view of the surrounding
region. 1t is an interesting fact that
this square was set apart by President
Washington when he founded the ma
tional capital as site for his favor.
lite project of a national university
The understanding among the friends
of the Carnegie enterprise is that the
governme MT is to give this site, and
that from Mr.. Carnegie's endowment
the regents are to erect suitable
building TO serve as the headquarters
of the extension and postgraduate
work.
Says He Is Innocent.
Frankfort, KY, Dec, 10. - Berry
Howard charged with the murder o.