The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-23
HELPS ON SOUTHERN SCHOOLS
Educational Board Hopes to Spend a
 Million a Year.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
 The general education board has now been incorporated at Washington. The Senate passed the bill last April and the House last week.
 The board was formed nearly a year ago by a number of philanthropic men. after a trip made through the South. un- der the leadership of MT. Robert c: Ogden, had convinced Ahem of the need of greater educational facilities there. The bill makes 1t national institution which a somewhat larger scope. incor- porsting 1t for general educational pur- poses, with power to build. improve, en- large or equip buildings for elementary or primary, industrial, technical norma- and training schools. or higher instltu- tions of learning, or cooperate with other associations or corporations to the same end It Is authorized to purchase and manage property. to invest it's funds to accept and administer any trust Of money or of real or personal estate for any edu- cationsl purpose within its objects. and to assign or give any or all Of it's proper ty, real or personal. to any society or corporation for any of the purposes for which 1t Is incorporated. The general of fees of the board are to be,in Wash ington
 MT Baldwin is chairman of the board and MT. Peabody, treasurer. It has been doing in a small way the work that 1t hopes soon to do on a very much larger scale.
 Two years ago when Mir. Ogden took a party through the South to inspect It's educational facilities one of the members of it was John D. Rockefeller, Jr., MT. Rockefeller went at the request Of his father, who has since shown great deal of interest in the movement and like a number of other men, has contributed to the funds.
 The Sun learns that thus far the board has expended at the rate of about $loO,- 0OJ a year. but hopes to spend million a year. MT. Rockefeller has practically if will lack for money. His desire is that no quarter or section of the South shall be without general educational facilities equal if pos sible to those of the North and West.
 Regarding the objects of the incor- poration of the board by Congress one or the trustees said last night:
 We have decided upon this course to attract greater attention to the work we have undertaken, to give the body greater degree of permanency and one in which people with money to give can have greater confidence. It is our nope that money will be left to the board and 1t will be our aim also to raise and ex- pend $l, ,000 900 a year at least and more if we can get 1t. That seems a lot Of money, but we hope to get 100 men or wealth who will agree to subscribe $lO,- QUO a year.
 "Our plan is to improve the public schools. For the present we are devoting our work to the South, because there We find the most need. We agree to give LWlCe as muCH as lHe pSoptS Ot any eO"h IT there will raise for public education In that place and we insist also on local school tax. We have already assisted the normal school at Knoxville, the Uni versity Normal at Athens and number of smaller schools through North Caro- lima. but that Is only a beginning. This we have done largely by the subscriptions of just the members of the board. The Southern Education Board conducts the propaganda for us among the people of the South and we supply the moneyS the two boards being largely made up of the same gentlemen.