The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-11
HELPS ON SOUTHERN SCHOOLS.
EDUCATIONAL BOARD HOPES TO
SPEND 4 MILLION 4 YEAR.
John d. Rockefeller Has Practically A..
suresi the Board That II VIII Not
Lack for Money-lncOrpOrated at
Washington and TO Broaden lts scope.

The General Educat ional Board has
now been Incorporated at Washington.
The Senate passed the hil last April and
the House lat week. The trustees ard
incorporators are: v illiam II. Baldwin. Jr.
j. l.. Nj. Curry. Frederick 7. Gates, Daniel
G. Gilman. Morris X. Jesup. Robert e,
Ogden, Walter II. Page. George Foster
Peabody and Albert Shaw.
The board was formed nearly year
ago by a number Of philai.thropic mel. after
a trip made through the South. under the
leadership Of Mr.. Robert c. Ogden. had con-
WINGED them of tie need Of greater educa-
tional facilities there. The bill makes IL
a national instit uLion with somewhat
larger scope. incorporating it for general
educational purposes with power to build.
improve. enlarge or equip building
for elemer tary or primary, industrial,
technical. formal and training schools.
or higher Institutions Of learning, or c, o.
crate with other associations or corporations
to the same el,u. IL IL authorized TO pur-
chase ard manage property. To invest
its funds. To accept and admi lister any
trust Of money or of real or pereoi. al estat e
for any educatio al purpose within its
objects, and 10 isn or give ai.y or al
of It's property, READ or personal, to aI.y
society or corporation for any Of the pur-
poses for which it II Incorporated. The
general Offices Of the loard are to be Ia
" ashington.
Mr. Baldwin is chairman of the board
and Mr.. Peabody. treasurer. II has been
doing in a small way the work that IL hopes
soon to do on very much larger scale.
Two years ago when MIR Ogder. took a
party through the South to inspect it, edu-
Catioi ial facilities ore Of the members ~
it was John ID. Rockefeller. Jr. A,r. Rookie
Teller Welt at the request of his father,
who has since shown great zeal Of liz
tereet in the movement ana like humber
of other mel has col tIibuetd To the funds.
THE Sun learIs that thus far the board
has expei. ded at the rate Of about 100000
q year but hopes 10 spei.d rrlilioi. year.
Mr. Rockefeller has radically given II
assuran ces that IL will lot lack FOR money
His desire Is that 10 quarter ,r section of
the South shall he without general edu-
cational facilities equal If possible to those
OF the North ard West.
Regarding the object- OF the incorpora-
ton # the board bv Congress one Of the
trust es said lat night
We have Geciied ~ on this course 10 at-
tract greater attention To the work we
have undertaken. TO give the body great er
degree Of permanency and one in which
people with II, ncy 10 give can have great r
confidence IL l. our hope that money
will be lift to the board and Il will be our
aim also TO raise and expcnd 100000 a
year al IeaSt anu more II we can Rtl IT,
That seems lot Of money, but we hope TO
get 100 men Of wealth who will agree TO
subscribe $40 900 year
Our plan l. to improve the pub ic schools
For the present wa are devoting our work
to the South because there We find the
most need. We agree to give twice as
much az the people Of any town there will
raise for pubic education in that place
and We insist also on local school tax.
We have already assisted the normal school
at Knoxville. the University Normal at
Athens and a number Of smaller schools
through North Carolina but that t. only
a beginning This we have done LARGELY
nv the sub ,criI tons ~ iut the members
81 the board. The Southern Educati ion
Board conducts he propa eanda for us
among the people Of the South and we
supply the money. the two boards being
larrelv made up Of tho same gentlemen
DR. Albert Shaw, ona OF the incorporators,
eaid
Our work has broadenad so that we
deemed II advisable 10 incorporate. Mr.
John d. Rockefeller has been interested
in tho work for some time. He has given
freely and, mi5ht add. has urged us to a
greater expenditure Of funds. He is in
'enselv interested and has tho hearty CO.
operation Of number Of other promi-
nent men Mr.. Baldwin and Mr. Josup
have also contributed lsrrclv We have
xpNnded much money but not nearly "a
much a. il IS planned 10 spend in the
future