The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-31
he SURPRISES THE SCOTS
CARNEGIE GIFT TO SCOTCH
UNIVERSITIES.
Ten Million. Dollars For Colleges i'm
Which 1t Is Stipulated That Only
Scots Shall be Taught

LONDON, May 20.--Andrew Car
negie has given e2,OOOOOU $4,000, OOO)
to establish free education in four
Scotch unversities-Edinbu Glas-
gov Aberdeen and ST. Andrews. He
stipulates that the benehciaries must
be his Scottish fellow countrymen'
only-no English, irish. coioniaIs nor
foreigners. The fund will apply to
medical as well as to commercial edu-
cation, and will be placed in the hands
of trustees, who will defray the eN
penses of Scotch students benefited
under the scheme.
Carnegie's gift has been almost the
sole topic of conversation in Edin-
hurgh today. Sir William Muir, prin-
cipal of the University of Edinburgh
when interview on the subject said:
Il regard the gift as one of eXtraordi-
nary muniticence, an, there is no
doubt that it win largely increase the
number of students. l believe that
another result will be the freeing of
secondary education. Possibly the
Government would make a grant for
this purpose"
Arthur =. Laurie, principal of tho
Heroit- Watt College Edinburgh, said:
Il do not hesitate to characterize the
application of the money as a mistake.
Poor parents cannot afford to keep
their children during university
would prejudicially affect institutions
like the Heroit-Watt College If Mr..
Carnegie would devote the money to
the better endowment and equipment
of universities it would do an immense
amount of good"
LONDON, May 20.--A meeting was
held in London Saturday to accept Car
negie's gift. Among those present were
Lord Elgin, Thomas Shaw. NJ. p, A. j.
Balfour Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man, John Marley, James Bryce and
others. The matter was discussed at
length, but no conclusion was arrived
at as to the best method of administer
ing the gift.
Carnegie declares that all Scotchmen
and Scotchwomen shall enter the uni
versities on an equal footing hence the
money is not given to the students tC
pay their fees, but to the universities
themselves. The system is made per-
petually free and will probably be I'M
der Government auspices.
According to the educational author
tiles the acceptance of Carnegies gift
presents considerable difficulties, and
for this reason the Scotch papers, for
the present, are rather looking the gift
horse in the mouth, while the English
press is inclined to cavil at the method
of Carnegie's munifcence.
The leading Scotch paper, the Edin-
burgh Schtoman, says editorially that
Carnegie's offer is "disconcerting from
its very magnificence," and proceeds to
show that the gift might disorganze
the whole educational system. 1t points
out that the fees which students pay
are only a small part of the cost of edu-
eating them, the remainder being sup
piled by endowments, and that if Car
negie's project were to bring an in
crease of students the universities
would be compelled to appeal to the
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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 il
is an offer which Scotland cannot de-
cline without the best of good reasons
The London papers reflect these diff
culties, while expressing admiration
and gratitude