Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-25
MIR. CARNb1IESLATESI.
Ten Million Dollars Given to -Four
Scotch Universities.
TO BENEFIT scoTcHmgn ONLY


English, Irish. coIoniais or Foreign
ers Shall Become BeHefciaries un.
der His PrirceIy Gift.
London, May 21.--Andrew Carnegie
has given 100000 to establish free
education in four Scotch universities.
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and st.
Andrews. He stipulates that the bene-
fciaries be his Scottish fellow coun-
trymen" only, no English, Irish, colo
malls or foreigners. The fund will APP
ply to medical as well as to commercial
education, and will be placed in the
hands of trustees, who will pay the ex-
penses of Scottish students benefited
under the scheme.
A meeting was held in London Sat-
urday to consider Mr. Carnegie's gift
Among those present were Lord Elgin,
Thomas Shaw, M. p, Mr.. A. j. Bal
four, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman,
Mr.. John Morley. Mr.. James Bryce and
others. The matter was discussed at
length, but no conclusion was arrived
as to the best methods of administering
the gift.
Mr.. Carnegie desires that all Scotch
men and Scotchwomen shall enter the
universities on an equal footing, hence
the money is not given to the students
to pay their fees, but to the univer-
stiles themselves. The system is made
perpetually free, and will probably be
rndar government allsnicas
According to the educational author
tiles the administration of Mr.. Car
negie's gift present considerable diff
culties, and for this reason the Scotch
papers, for the present, are rather look
ing the gift horse in the mouth, while
the English press is inclined to cavil
at the method of Mr.. Carnegie's munifi-
cence.
The leading Scotch paper, the Edin-
burgh Scotsman, says editorially that
Mr.. Carnegie's offer is "disconcerting
from it's very magnificence, and pro-
ceeds to show the gift might disorgan-
ize the whole educational system. II
points out that the fees which students
pay are only small part of the cost
OF educating them, the remainder be-
ing supplied by endowments, and that,
If Mr.. Carnegies project were to bring
an increase of students, the UNIVERSE
ties would be compelled to appeal to
the public for further funds. Then, II
university education is free, the coun-
try will soon be asked, The Scotsman
contends, to make secondary education
free also. In conclusion it asserts that
acceptance of the offer demands the
most careful consideration, although
it is an offer which Scotland cannot af-
ford to decline without the best OF
good reasons"
The London papers reflect these dif-
ficulties, while expressing admiration
and gratitude. 1T is obvious" says
The Times, "that this splendid gift can
not leave Scotch education as it was
before. Cambridge has not been lucky
enough to be associated by birth or
otherwise with transatlantic million
aire, but nobody south of the Tweed
will envy the Scotch universities, If we
can only be sure that Mr.. Carnegie's
generous donation will be well applied
and administered in the best interests
of education. Splendid as the prom
ised gift may appear, it ought not to be
allowed to pauperize the whole system
of university education in Scotland"
The Daily Chronicle says: at re-
quires great judgment to give away
large sums both wisely and well. II
would be better to employ the money
In freeing the universities from debt,
completing the schemes of their facul-
ties and endowing them for research,
The Daily News says that "the colos-
sal nature of the gift almost takes
ones breath away" 1t thinks that
money devoted as Mr. Carnegie pro-
poses will bear more fruit and prove a.
greater blessing to Scotland than IL
applied to endowments.
The Daily Telegraph says: "Croesusl
was commonplace compared with Mr..
Carnegie. 1t requires little insight in
to one of the deepest characteristics of
Scotch life to realize that this is pre-
cisely an act calculated above all 9TH
ers to make the name of Carnegie AS
permanent as that of John Knox him
self"