The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-09
No NEED FOR THEM
-o,,o1ARsHIPS AT PEABODY NOR
NAL COLLEGE ABOLISHED.
RURAL SCHOOLS OF SOUTH
m RE HELPED WITH THE MONEY
THUS SAVED THE FUND.

rrostees of Peabody Educational
rund Held Annual Meeting Yes
..rday-GiIman Paid Tribute to
MEMORY of Late j. L. NJ. Curry.
samuel A. Green Made General
,oent-Porter to Be President of
XormaI College, Nashville, An
otber Year-Future Efforts Will
no 10 Help Summer schools Rather
Than Teachers Institutes.
Now York, Oct. S.-The trustees of
.ha Peabody educational fund held their
annual meeting here to-day. Chief
7ustice Melville w. Fuller presided,
with DR.. Samuel A. Green of Boston.
os secretary. The others present were
lanes D. Porter, Tennessee; ]. Pier
mont Morgan, New York; William A.
rourtenay, South Carolina: Henderson
NJ somerville, Alabama; Charles f.
Fenner, Louisiana; Daniel c. Gilman,
washington Senator George F. Hoar,
Massachusetts,; Hoke Smith, Georgia;
Bishop William c. Doane. New York.
and Morris x. Jessup, New York.
DR.. Gilman read tribute to the
memory of the late DR.. j. l.. M. Cur
nv who was for more than twenty years
the executive officer of the board. DR..
Gilman said DR.. Curry was a remark
able man, both as to the character of
his work and his versatility. The lat
ter quality was shown in an outline of
his various occupations which includes
practice at the bar, the ministry and
q public career in the Legislature of
his state, in the army, in the Confed-
crate Congress, in the Congress of the
United States and as minister to Spain,
besides work as a professor, and as the
general agent of the Slater fund, as
well as of the Peabody fund.
At the conclusion of the tribute DR..
Green. the secretary of the board, was
appointed general agent. DR.. Green
filled the office during the first term
that Dr.. Curry served as minister at
Madrid.
At the request of the board, ex-Gov.
Porter will act as president of the Pea
body Normal College at Nashville for
another year.
No More Scholarships.
The Normal College at Nashville has
had more assistance from the fund
than any other one institution, receiv-
ing 100000 a year, which is about half
the annual income of the fund.
When the school was founded twen-
ty-tiye years ago, it was the only reg
ular normal school in the South and
for this reason it was given much
financial assistance. Now every
Southern state has an equally good
normal school, SO the trustees decided
70 do away with the payment of schol-
aThip at the Nashville institution,
although the salaries, which heretofore
have been paid by the fund, will be
paid in future. The money so saved
will be used in encouraging the rural
schools in the South.
1t also was decided that in future
II shall be the endeavor of the fund
10 assist summer schools, rather than
teachers Institutes" as in the past.
j, Pier2ont Morgan presented his
report as treasurer. and it was APP
proved, The fund is about 81, 100. 900.
and the income about $50, 900. The Of
noers of the fund We're reelected for
the ensuing year as follows:
Chairman, Melville w. Fuller; first
wee president, Joseph H Choate; Sec
ond vice president. Daniel C. Gilman;
secretary Samuel A. Green: treasurer.
j P. Morgan.
The Executive Committee for the
year Includes Messrs. Courtenay, Gill
man, Fenner, Porter and Smith, with
Chief Justice Fuller ex-offlcio. The
Finance Committee includes Messrs.
FULLER Wetmore, Somerville, Olney,
Hoar and Jessuo, with Mr.. Morgan
ey-officio.
II was decided that a special meeting
Of the board shall be held in Washing
ION next January. In the evening the
members of the board had their annual
ulhher at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.