Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-29
GIFT To- TECH
IF FRIENDS
WILL HELP
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL BOARD
HAS MADE A GENEROUS Of
FER TO THE INSTITUTION.
ONLY ONE CONDITION.

II the city Of Atlanta. the state OF Geor-
gia. or friends OF the institution will raise
f0.oo0. the Georgia School OF Technology
viii be given an additional $1,000 Tor the
equipment and maintenance OF an expert
mental and electrical laboratory. by tne
general education board. Of which DR..
Wallace Butterick Is secretary.
This offer comes as a direct result or the
efforts OF President Lyman Hall. OF the
Tech. and makes 5000 the general edu-
cation board has given In this state with
In the past thirty days
Some tine ago, when the Ogden party
vas touring the state. President Hall per-
suaded william II. Baldwin to come 10
Atlanta and 90 through the Tech, MI
Baldwin was much impressed with the
high standard OF the school. and before
he left he offered 10 give $500 70 the
institution. provided otner frienos OF the
Tech would give $1,000
Dr.. Wallace Butterick. secretary OF the
general educational board. heard Of this
offer. and came 20 Atlanta Sunday he
Immediately got into communication with
President Hall. and after a lengthy con-
ference. which ended Monday, DR.. But
terfck decided that Il would be a splendid
opportunity for the board 10 give money
here. but thought that a larger sum
should be given. and on easier terms. He
telegraphed Mr.. Baldwin. and made
known TO him the last proposition. which
he wished substituted for the one made
81 Mr.. Baldwin. He last night received
= reply from Mr.. Baldwin stating that
this proposition was entirely acceptable.
As the matter now stands. all that Is
necessary 20 make this gift available Is
for the Total friends OF me Tech TO raise
an additional $1,000 for the institution. IL
Il the purpose OF the general educational
board to equip and maintain an expert
mental and electrical laboratory. or the
~ fr~
cash and $3.50 q year for two years.
In no institution IN the south is there an
experimental laboratory such as Il Is de-
sired 70 erect at the Tech. and II Is the
earnest hope OF the friends OF the Tech
that the money viii be raised. An expert
mental laboratory viii place the school
on a commercial basis even more than Il
i az present. In such laboratory mate
rails can be tested. the tensfl strength OF
steel determined. the breaking strength OF
wood ascertained. and many other TIM
portant things OF this kind worked cut.
Not long ago when the city OF Atlanta
had purchased a large amount OF brick
for the city sidewalks. Il was desired to
md their strength and durability There
Vas only one place in this section OF the
country where this could be done. and
this Is al the Tech. which. even with the
Incomplete apparatus at It's command.
made the test in the best possible style.
Captain Hall. president OF the TechnO-
logical institute said yesterday. in re-
gard 20 the offer:
The shops and electrical department
and the experimental laboratory. on ac-
count % the large number OF students.
have been handicapped for want OF SUM-
clent equipment The experimental lab
oratory has been especially needful. and
has never been what we desired. The in
~eaalluent OF the electrical laboratory and
the purchase OF some additional equipment
+ an imperative necessity. 1 hope that
the conditions imposed by the general ed
ucation board viii be promptly met by our
friends They will do more for the insti-
tution's course Of study in giving this
money than has ever been done before
The erection OF an experimental labo-
ratory will mean much for the manufac-
turing and mechanical interests OF At
lanta and will place the school more I'm
touch with the commercial world. In en-
rineering lines. than anything which has
yet transpired in the schools history
THAT the general educational board
should have singled out our Institution
for this offer. more generous than Is usu-
alIv made by their executive committee.
s a distinct compliment which should be
appreciated by every citizen Of Georgia
and Atlanta. The raising OF SO 90 should
be a small matter. and ask the assist
ance OF our friends throughout the city
and the state. I might really say: Let
them al speak at once
The general educational board Is the
party OF northern capitalists who toured
the south some little time ago. known
as the Ogden party. II Is chartered or
gaulzation, and is giving a great deal of
money 70 the educational institutions Of
the country. The OFFER made the Tech is
an exceptionally liberal one. in view OF
the fact that they recently gave 5000 TO
the archaeological department OF Tulane
university. IN New Orleans. on condition
that the president OF that school would
raise an additional $4,000.
The executive committee OF the general
educational board consists OF the following
weIl-Lznown financiers In New York city: ].
l. NJ Curry. Frederick +. Gates. Daniel
c Gilman. Morris X Jesup. Robert c.
Ogden, Walter H Page and Albert Shaw.
The officers OF the board are: William
H Baldwin. Jr-. chairman; George Fos-
Ter Peabody, treasurer. and Dr.. Wallace
Bufterick. secretary. The New York Of
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