Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-12
UNIVERSITY
FOR CHRISTMAS
CARNEGIE OFFERS TEN MILLION
TO THAT END.
TOiBE GIVEN TO THE NATION
Great Phianthropist Makes Giant Be-
quest Through President-Pro-
posed Institution to Be Established
at Washington and Maintained for
Post Graduate Work.

Washington, Dec 10.-The Post to-
| day will say: president Roosevelt
| has received a letter from Andrew
Carnegie in which the latter makes a
| donation of S10,000,000 to the United
States. The letter will be referred to
congress by the president in special
message. Carnegie's gift is for the
purpose of establishing in Washington
a university for higher education. AS
far as his idea has been developed, it
proposes gift after the manner Of the
bequest of James Smithson. the Eng
lishman, who gave a million dollars for
the establishment and maintenance
of what is now known as the Smith
sonian institution. Smithson desired
the institution founded by him to be
factor in the diffusion of scientific
knowledge"
Carnegie proposes the university
which he is to endow shall be the
greatest institution in the world .or
the development of higher education.
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 endorse
his plans The proposed university
will not interfere in the least with edu-
cational institutions already estab-
lished, but will supplement them, for
according to the present plan it's doors
will be Open-only to those who desire
to take a postgraduate course. Car,
negie also wants the new university
to take the lead in original research.
SO that the United States can event
ually stand side by side with Germany
if not exceed that nation in scientific
development.
Carnegie's plan does not propose a
national university in the sense that
appropriations 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. He does not
propose to ask from congress a single
foot of the land upon which the uni
versity buildings shall be constructed
The entire expense is to be borne out
by his endowment No site has yet
been selected 1t will, however, neces-
sarily pc very large, as it is proposed
to erect a series of magnificent struc-
lures.
The amount of money to be given by
Carnegie equals the sum of the present
endowment fund of Harvard and IS
considerably more than the invested
fund of Yale. With the Catholic uni
versity, Methodist university, and the
proposed Carnegie university, Wash
ington will be the educational center
Of the country.
Prof. Butler Non-CommittaI.
New York Dec 10.-Prof Nicholas
Murray Butler acting president Of the
Columbia university declined to be
interviewed yesterday with reference
to the story that Andrew Carnegie is
to give $4,000 900 in the cause of uni
versity extension in this country. The
request that he make a statement
brought this reply: Il have absolute
ly no statement to make, and have
made none. Any statement purporting
to come from me is without warrant"
Big Gift to Stanford U.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 10.-Mrs.
Jane l.. Stanford yesterday executed
and delivered to the board of trustees
of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university
deeds covering various properties al
ready given to the university besides
bonds, stocks and securities. Mrs.
Stanford has now given the equivalent
of over $25,OOO,O00 to the institution.