Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-23
Rockefel1er'S Royal BenefactionS.

The Chicago Chronicle places John d.
Rockefeller, the Standard OIL king, at the
head of the list of benefactors to edu-
cational and other benevolent institutions
in our time. 1t says:
1t is not only since he became rich that
John d. Rockefeller has been giver OF
money. He commenced. as is shown by
his private account book with his start
in life. In 1855, when he was spending
81. O9 per year for clothing for himself. ne
gave $3.50 to the church for charity ana 70
church societies.
one of the few friends of Mr.. Rockefei-
Ter who was in a position to talk intelh-
gently on the subject said recently that
in ali about OC0 had been given
away by the millionaire during the past
eighteen or twenty years.
II is a difficult matter to estimate In
dollars and cents the sum total or MI
RockefeIler's philanthropy during the past
twenty years. His gifts to the chicago
university have amoupted to over SlV'-
roo GOO. the first Of them being made In
June. 1890, in the sum of 100000 1t was
followed by $40 900 in September OF the
same wear. and i'm the February following
he gave another 81 100000 The first gift
was for the endowment of the college
work the second for the work or nom
professional graduate instruction, and. the
third for general purposes of instruction.
and in May, 1893, he promised $4,000 so
that the gift of Martin A Ryerson, on
condition that $4,000 more be raised
should come into the college treasury In
| November, $685. Mr.. Rockefeller gave $5OO,-
| 600. with the proviso that not more than
| s175,00O be used for running expenses the
rest to be used for the general purposes
| of the university. In January, 1894 he
made a contribution of $4,000 for the pur-
| chase of books, and in January. 1895, he
| gave $4,000 as a New Years present. In
! the fall of 1895 he gave the institution
| SO, OOC, 900 in a lump sum.
At the close of the year 1900 his gifts to
| the Chicago university had amounted to
over So, 200, 900, and since that time this
| has been added to.
His gifts have been mainly to Baptist
| organizations He has been interested in
| the religious education of negroes in the
| south, and gave the building for the Spell
man institute-named for his WHEAT Sell
ma, Ala which is under Baptist control.
He built the Rockefeller hall at Rochester
and his gifts to that university have
amounted to more than 100000. Substan-
tial gifts he has also made to the Cook
academy at Havana, n. Y; the Peddie
institute at Hightown, n. J., and Nassar
college, the latter receiving 100000.
Some of the Rockefeller donations other
than those to the Chicago University are
these:
When the Rochester university was
young and the Rochester Theological sem
mary (Baptist) was struggling to gain
foothold he erected a building for the SEM
mary, which is known as Rockefeller hall,
at a cost of $4,000. His benefactions TO
the Rochester university and the semin-
airy extended over a considerable period,
amounting in all to about $4,000. He pre-
scented Strong hall to Vassar college some
years ago at a cost of $4,000 In 1897 he
erected at Poughkeepsie for the use of
Vassar college a building known as Rock
efeller hall, which cost 100000. For years
he is said to have been interested in
Christian missions to japan and to have