Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
EDUCATION IN SOUTH
PLANS OF PEABODY TRUSTEES
AND GENERAL BOARD.
Aid to Rural Schools Vouchsafed-
Program Of the Executive
Officer Outlined.

The sessions Of the Peabody trustees and
the general education board, which began
in this city yesterday morning, as stated
in The Star, were concluded in the after
noon, when a joint session Of the two
bodies was held.
The general board, which was recently
chartered by Congress for the promotion
OF educational work in the United States,
organized yesterday. It consists Of w. H.
Baldwin. Jr.. Wallace Buttrick, J. L. M.
Curry, Frederick T. Gates, Daniel c. GILL
man, Morris K. Jesup, Robert c. Ogden,
Walter H. Page, George Foster Peabody,
John D. Rockefeller, jr., and Albert Shaw.
Mr.. Baldwin was elected chairman, Mr..
Peabody treasurer and Mr.. Buttrick secre-
tary and executive officer. The business
offices of the board will be at 116 Nassau
street, New York city.
One Of the main objects of the board Is
the promotion Of rural free schools In the
southern states although the charter con-
templates educational work in all parts OF
the United States.
After the meeting the board issued the
following announcement:
I'm developing it's constructive program
to aid rural schools the board has counseled
with state and county school authorities
State superintendent of public instruction
in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and Louisiana have held conferences
of all their county superintendentS at which
the executive officer of the general educa-
ton board has been a most welcome guest.
He has accepted an invitation to meet the
county superintendent Of Florida at Gaines
vile, in that state, next week. The knoWl-
edge thus acquired and the relations eStab-
nshed have convinced the board that the
opportunities are now at hand for wise
and prudent investment of large sums OF
money to promote the education OF all the
people throughout the southern states. The
fact Is demonstrated that no wiser or more
,rtt fnr NH mt
before the people Of the United States.
THE board Is now organized to receive
funds designated for the further prosecution
of the work begun, to act as trustees Tor
the holding and investment Of funds desig-
mated for the benefit Of institutions OF learn
ing and to pay over the annual income OF
such fnuds under the terms OF the trust
to see that funds given cond1tonaiiy TO IN,
situations through the board are distributed
In strict accordance with the conditions
Funds held NY the general education board
are free of taxation"
The meeting of the board OF trustees for
the Peabody fund was held In conjunction
with the meeting Of the general education
board, SO that the plans Of the two orsani-
cations could be SO arranged as not TO con-
flict.
The Peabody fund capital is now 81. 100,-
OOO Yesterdays proceedings show that
final distribution Of the Peabody fund Is
now in contemplation, although such nnal
winding up Of the affairs will require some
years for contamination. No definite plan
Of action was formulated, and 1t will be In
the neighborhood of year before final
and satisfactory basis can be agreed upon.
The board also adopted a resolution dis
continuing the payments for scholarships
that have been given for some years to a
certain number OF students at the Peabody
Normal School at Nashville. The continu-
ance of the payment was declared 'inex-
pedient." The discontinuance will not take
effect until October, 1904, so as not to in
terfere with existing scholarships.
The most important action taken was the
adoption of resolution setting forth:
THAT in the opinion of the board of
trustees the fund In its hands, or portion
of the income thereof, should be applied SO
far as legal and practicable to the establish
ment and maintenance of teachers col
lege to be called the Peabody College for
Teachers, at such point in the southern
states as may be found advisable. That a
committee of five, to be appointed by the
chair. is hereby directed to confer with any
other boards or persons interested in the
subject matter and to report at the next
meeting Of the board a plan for carrying
into effect the purposes and objects above
stated, and that the committee be author
lied to call to Its aid such specialists as
may by 1t be deemed necessary"
The following persons were appointed as
the committee: DR.. Gilman ex-Secretary Of
State olney, Senator Hoar. ]. Pierpont
Morgan, and ex-Secretary Of the Interior
Hoke Smith.
A committee was appointed under reso-
luton regarding cooperation, and late yes
terday afternoon conferred with a commit
tee from the general education board, con-
sisting Of Robert c. Ogden Of New York,
George Foster Peabody of New York and
VIM. H. Baldwin, jr., of New York At
this conference the subject of education in
the south was generally discussed and
methods for avoidance Of duplication of
work by the two bodies were talked over
but no definite line Of action was forrnu-
lated. The next meeting of the board will
be the annual session, to be held in New
York in October. Chief Justice Fuller pre-
sided at yesterdays session, and Dr. Samuel
A. Green of Boston was secretary
Georgetown Affairs.