The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-10
STRONG men NAMED
ON THE FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEI1S
FOR THE CARNEGIE IN
STITUTION
FUND IN FIVE PER CENT BONDS
Aims of the New University Are
Very Broad and Calculated to
Develop Higher Education
in Many Ways.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Oficial an
nouncement was made today of the board
of trustees of the Carnegie institution
which has been Incorporated here under
the $10,000000 gift Of Andrew Carnegie
The only indication as to the form OF
the gift is that it will be in 50 per cent
bonds This is referred to in single
sentence as follows:
at is the purpose of Mr.. Carnegie tt
transmit $10,000,000 in per cent bonds
to the board Of trustees for the purposes
above mentioned"
The announcement was made in the
form Of statement given out by DR.
Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the in
corporators, in accordance with the ex-
pressed wish of Mr.. Carnegie. The state
ment says:
I'm the development of his plans Mr.
Carnegie has consulted with number
Of gentlemen in different parts of the
country, including the heads of universi-
ties and other scientific institutions, and
particularly with Hon. Abram S. Hewitt
DR.. Daniel c. Gilman, DR.. John S. Bill
lings, Dr. Charles D. Walcott and Hon
Carroll D. Wright"
The board of trustees elected by the
incorpOrators to carry out the purposes
of the institution as indicated are:
Strong Men on the Board.
Ex-Oficio, the president of the United
States; the president of the United States
senate; the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives: the secretary of the Smith
sonian institute; the president of the
Cleveland, New Jersey; John S. Billings,
New York; William n. Frew, Pennsyl-
vania; Lyman j. Gage, Illinois; Daniel c..
Gilman, Maryland; John Hay, District of
Columbia; Abram S. Hewitt, New York;
Henry L. Higginson, Massachusetts;
Henry Hitchcock, Missouri; Charles l..
Hutchinson, Illinois; William Lindsay,
Kentucky; Seth Low, New York; Wayne
California; S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsyl-
vania; w. w. Morrow, California; Elihu
Root, New York; John G. Spooner, Wis
consin; Andrew d. White, New York; Ed
ward d. White, Louisiana; Charles. D.
Walcott, District of Columbia; Carroll D.
Wright, District of Columbia.
The board of trustees will meet to or
ganize and elect officers in the office of
the secretary Of state on Jan. 20.
Aims of Institution stated.
Among the aims of the proposed insti-
tuition are these:
First-To increase the efficiency of the
universities and other institutions of
learning throughout the country by utiliz-
ing and adding to their existing facilities
and by aiding teachers in the various in
stitutions for experimental 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 ena-
BILE him by financial aid to make the
work for which he seems specially de-
signed his lifework.
Third-To promote original research
paying great attention thereto, as being
one Of the chief purposes of this institu-
ton
Fourth-To increase facilities for high
er education.
find Washington the BEST point for their
special studies to avail themselves of
such advantages as may be open TO them
in the museums, libraries, laboratories,
observatory, meteorological, piscatorial
and forestry schools and kindred institu-
lions of the several departments Of the
government.
SiXth-To insure the prompt publica-
ton and distribution of the results of
scientific Investigation, a field consider
ed to be highly important
These and kindred objects may be
attained by providing the necessary APP
paratus for experimental work by en-
ploying able teachers from the various
institutions in Washington or elsewhere.
and by enabling men fitted for special
work 70 devote themselves to it, through
salaried felloWships or Scholarships. or
through salaries with or without pen
sions in old age or through aid in other
forms to such men as continue their spa-
cial work at seats of learning through
out the world