The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15
TEN MILLION GIFT
10 Found 8 Iligher Institution of
Learning.
DONATED BY FIR. CARNEGIE.
The Object. Purpose and Scope Of
the Proposed Institution IA
Set Forth by Mr.. Car
negie Himself.
negie Himself.

Official announcement was made
Thursday of the board OF trustees OF
the Carnegie Institution. which has
been Incorporated in Washington un-
der the $I0.OG).0G gift of Andrew
Carnegie. The only Indication as TO
the form OF the gift is that it will he
in five per cent. bonds.' This is re-
ferred to in a single sentence as fol-
lows:
1T Is the purpose OF Mr.. Carnegie
to transfer slO.000.O00 in five per
cent. bonds to the board of trustees
for the purposes above mentioned"
The announcement was made in the
form of a statement given out by Chas.
y. Wa!cott. secretary Of the inc0rpo-
rators. in accordance with the express
ed wish of Mr.. Carnegie:
The board of trustees elected by the
inc0rporatQrS to carry out the pur-
poses Of the institution IS indicated,
are as follows:
Ex-OT?iClh.
The president 0: the United States.
Tie rres;;ien: Ds the United States
senate.
Tie SPEAKER OF Tic house q repre-
saN1ativeS.
Tile secretary o. The Smithsonian IL
stjtut:oA.
Tie pras'qe:t Of Tie National .ical-
emy Of Sciences.
Grover Cleveland. New jersey.
JOIN $. Billings. New YORK.
VIM. \. Frew, pennsylyAnil:
LYMAN J. Gage. Illinois.
Daniel c. Gilman. M1ry1lnd.
John Hay. District Of Columbia.
Abram S. Hewitt. New Jersey.
Henry L. Eisginsoa, Massachusetts.
Henry Hitchcock, Missouri.
Chas. /. Hutchinson. Illinois.
VIM. Lindsay. kentucky.
Seth.Low, New York.
Wayne MacEe Eeach, Feniisy ylvania.
D: O: Mills, California.
S. Weir Mitchell. Pennsylvania.
". ". Morrow, California.
Elihu Root. New York.
John c. Spooner. Wisconsin.
Andrew D. White. New York.
Edward D. White, Louisiana.
Charles D. Walcott. District OF Co
lGmhia.
Carol D. Wright. District O. Co.
iumbia.
The board OF trustees will meet to
organize and elect officers. III the Office
OF the secretary of state On Jan. -.
Mr.. Carnegie's purpose. as stated by
himself in requesting the various
members Of the board to become lnem-
bers is as follows:
1T is proposed to found in the city
OF Washington, in the spirit OF wash
ington. an institution which. with the
cooperation of institutions now Or
hereafter eSta o!ished. here Or else
where. shall. IN the brcadest and most
liberal manner encourage inyestiSa-
ton, research and discovery: encourage
the application Of knowledge to the
Improvement of mankind: provide
such buildings. laboratories, books and
apparatus as may be needed. and az
ford instruction Of al advanced char
acter to students whenever and where
ever found. inside or outside Of schools,
properly qualified to profit thereby.
These and kindred objects may be
attained by providing the necessary
apparatus for experimental work, by
employing able teachers from the va
rious institutions in Washington or
elsewhere. and by enabling men fitted
for special work to devote themselves
to it, through salaried fellowships or
scholarships, or through salaries with
or without pensions in old age. or
through aid in other forms to such
men as continue their special work at
seats Of learning throughout the
world,