The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03

Washington, January 29.-The gen.
eral education board recently charter
ed by congress for the promotion OF ed
ucational work in the United States
organized here today.
The board consists of w. H. Baldwin,
Jr., Wallace Buttrick, j. l.. NJ. Curry.
Frederick T Gates, Daniel c. Gilman.
Morris X. Jessup, Robert c. Ogden,
Walter H. Page, George Foster Pea
body, John D. Rockefeller, Jr, and AL
bert shaw Mr.. Baldwin was elected
chairman, Mr.. Peabody treasurer. and
Mr.. Buttrick secretary and
officer. The business Offices of the
board will be at 116 Nassau street,
| New York City. One of it's main OBJ
tects is the promotion of rural free
schools in the southern states, although
the charter contemplates educational
work in all parts of the United States.
Pending the granting Of the chatter,
the board has been at work for a year
| under articles of association. At the he
| ginning Of it's work "a generous friend"
dS SldlSu ny Liz pOdIu.
s1Oe, 600 a year for a period Of ten y-ars,
which sum-, the board says, has enabled
the demonstration Of the possibility of
| effective work and the practicabll:ty
Of p~hilanthropic cooperation with the
| public authorities. 1t developed to-
day that this doner was Mr.. John D..
Rockefeller, Sr. Other sums Of money
smaller in amount also have been re-
ceived. A recent report that vast
sums OF money to be placed at the
| disposal Of the board is announced off
cially to be absolutely without founda-
ton.
The board today issued the following
announcement: I'm developing its
constructive programme to aid rural
schools, the board has counselled with
state and county school authorities.
! State superintendent Of public instruc-
ton in Virginia, North Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama and Louisiana have heid
conferences of all their county superin-
tendents at which the executive Off
GER of the general education board has
been a most welcome guest. He mas
accepted an invitation to meet the
county superintendent Of Florida at
Gainesville in that state next week.
The knowledge nus acquired n the
relations esta blished have convinced
the board that the opportunities are
now at hand for wise n prudent in
vestment of large sums of money to
progress the education Of all the people
throughout the southern states. The
fact is demonstrated that no wiset or
more patriotic opportunity for phiian-
throphy is before the people Of the
United States.
The board IS now authorized to re-
ceive funds designated for the further
prosecution Of the work begun, to act
as trustee for the holding and invest
ment Of funds designated Tor the oen-
eft of institutions OF learning and to
nav over the annual income of such
funds under the terms Of the trust. to
see that funds given co~nditionaly to
institutions through the board are dis
bursed in strict accordance with the
conditions. Funds held by the general
education board are free of taxation"
Trustees of the Peabody Fund.
Washington, January 29.--The board
Of trustees Of the Peabody Education
Fund held a special meeting in This
city today for the purpose Of formulat-
ing a plan by which the work of the
board and that of the general educa-
ton board which is working along he
same lines. shall not be duplicated.
The following members were present:
Samuel E. Green. Massachusetts;
/ James L. lSIlllCSSCN, - NhoA
gan, New York: Chief Justice Fuller,
of the supreme court: William E.
Courtney, South Carolina; H. NJ. SOM
erville, Alabama; Charles E. Fenner,
Louisiana; and exPresident D.. G. Gill
man, Of Johns Hopkins university;
George Peabody Wetmore, Rhode Is
land: Senator Hoar Massachusetts,; ex-
Attorney General Richard A. Olncy;
ex-Secretary of the Interior Hoke
S,,itb Hoorpia. Ripbr Pew Wiiijlm
C. Doane. New York.
The general subject Of education IN
the south a discussed. The most
important action taken was the adop-
ton Of the following resolutions:
That in the opinion Of the board OF
trustees the fund in its hands, or a Dor-
ton Of the income thereof, should be
applied so far as legal and practicable
to the establishment and maintenance
of a teachers college to be called the
Peabody college for teachers at such
point in the southern states as may
be found advisable. That a commit
tee Of five, to be appointed by the
chair, is hereby directed to confer with
any of the other boards or persons in
terested in the subject matter and to
report at the next meeting OF the board
a plan for carrying into effect the pur-
pose and object above stated, and that
the committee be authorized to call
to their aid such specialists as may by
them be deemed necessary"
The following persons were appointed
as the committee: DR.. Gilman. ex-
Secretary Of State Olney, Senator
Hoar, J. P. Morgan and eX-Secretary
Of the Interior Hoke Smith.
The board also adopted a resolution
d~iscontinuing the payments for sctol-
arships that nave been given for some
years to a certain number Of students
at the Peabody school at Nashville.
The continuance Of the payment was
! declared '~inexpedient."