Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
SPOONER A TRUSTEE
NAMED ON BOARD OF CARNEGIE
INSTITUTION.
ITS sPURPoSESl FORTH
To Increase Efficiency of Universities
and Give Exceptional Men Oppor-
tunity to Garry on Their Special
Work-Distinguished List of Trus:
tees Named For University.

Washington, Jan. 10-Offcial an
nouncement was made yesterday IF
the board of trustees Of the Carnegie
institution which has been incorporat-
ed here under the $10,000,000 gift Of
Andrew Carnegie. The only indICa-
tions as to the form of the gift is that
it will be in ''5 per cent. GUnds" This
| is referred to in a single sentence, as
follows: 1T is the purpose of Mr.
Carnegie to transfer $10000,000 in 81
| per cent. bonds to the board of trus-
tees for the purposes above men
| toned
! The announcement was made in the
| form Of statement given out by DR..
| Charles D. WalcOtt, secretary of the
incorporators, in accordance with the
expressed wish of Carnegie. The
statement says in part:
| In the development of his plans. Nh
| Carnegie has consulted with a num-
Der of gentlemen in different parts of
the country, including heads of univer-
sites and other scientific institutions
| and particularly with Abraham S.
Hewitt, Dr. Daniel c. Gilman, DR. John
S. Billings, Dr. Charles D. WalcOtt and
Carroll Wright The board of trustees
elected by the incorpOrators to carry
out the purpose of the institution rs
indicated are:
EX-officiC president of the United
States, president of the senate, speak
| OF, Of 7 hn
sOnian institution, president of the
National Academy of Sciences, Grover
Cleveland, New Jersey; John S. Bill
ings, New York; VIM. N Frew, Penn
| sylvania; Lyman J. Gage, Illinois;
Daniel c.. Gilman, Maryland; John
Hay, District of Columbia; Abraham
S. Hewitt, New Jersey; Henry l.. Hig-
ginson, Massachusetts; Henry Hitch
| cock, Missouri; Charles L. Hutchin-
son, Illinois; William Lindsay, Ken
| lucky; Seth Low New York; Wayne
| MacVeagh, Pennsylvania; d. O. Mills,
California; S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsyl-
vania; w. w. Morrow, California;
Elihu Root, New York; John C. Spoon
er Wisconsin; Andrew d. White New
York; Edward d. White Louisiana;
Charles D. Walcott, District of Colum-
bia, Carroll D. Wright, District of
Columbia The time for the meeting
of the board of trustees to organize
and elect officers is fixed for January
70. Mr.. Carnegie states his pul-
poses to be to found in Washington
an institution to encourage investiga-
ton, research and discovery, encour-
age the application Of knowledge to
the Improvement Of mankind; provide
such buildings, laboratories, books
and apparatus as may be needed; af-
ford instruction of an advanced char
acter to the student whenever and
wherever found, inside or outside of
schools, properly qualified to profit
thereby. Among its aims are:
First-TO increase the efficiency ,,i
universities and other institutions OF
learning throughout the country, by
utilizing and adding to their existing
facilities, and by aiding teachers in
various institutions for experiment Il
and other work in these institutions
as far as may be advisable.
Second-To discover the exceptional
man in every department of study,
whenever and wherever found, and
the work for which he seems specially
designed, his life work.
Third-To promote original re
search, paying great attention thereto,
as being one of the chief purposes of
this institution.
Fourth-The increase of facilities
for higher education.
Fifth-To enable such students rs
may find Washington the best point
for their several studies to avail them
selves Of such advantages, as may be
, open to them in museums, libraries
. laboratories, observatories, meteoro
: logical, piscatorial and forestry
| schools and kindred institutions of the
several departments of government.
: SiXth-TO ensure prompt publica-
] ton and distribution of the results Of
, scientific investigation, a field consid-
cred to be highly important. These
and kindred objects may be attained
by providing the necessary apparatus
J, for experimental work, by employing
able teachers from various institutions
in Washington or elsewhere and by
enabling men fitted for special work to
devote themselves, through salaries,
fellowships or scholarships, or through
salaries with or without pensions in
old age, Or through aid in other forms
to such men as continue their special
work at seats of learning throughout
the world.