The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-06
Y. N. C. A, RECEIVES
$4,000 ENDOWMENT
Fund to Be Devoted to Education
al Department at Central
Branch.
NAME OF DONOR IS WITHHELD.
One Hundred Scholarships Are
Provided in Request of Man
Who Received Y. NJ. C.
A. Education Free.

The department Of education OF the Cen
trail Young Mems Christian Association has
received a gift of $4,000. to be used as a
perpetual endowment for that feature OF
the associations work.
The first announcement of this fact was
made last night by George 7. Coxhead,
general secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, at a
dinner given at the Central Branch.
The name of the donor withheld. Mr..
Coxhead stated. at his request. The $o,oU
is placed in the hands of the trustees of
the association. The main condition or the
bequest is that 1t be used as a perpetual
endowment the interest on the amount
only being used to defray the expenses con-
nected with the department
The other condition is that 100 free schol-
arships be established, to be paid for out
Of the fund. These scholarships are to be
placed at the disposal of the educational
director, and he is to choose young men
to take advantage Of them, who are not
able to bear the expense Of the regular
tuition.
No other association now has larger
educational endowment. and only one other
in the country equals 1t, the one at Hart
ford. Conn. ,- ss. a.-,.
DONOR WAS GRATEFUL =.
The announcement OF the amount came as
a surprise to the students and teachers who
attended the dinner last night. For some
time It has been known in a vague way
that some friend Of the association had
made a gift to the educational department.
but an amount as large as $4,000 was not
suspected.
Mr. Coxhead said the donation was made
by one who. when a young man, had re-
ceived the benefits Of a Y. NJ. C. A. educa-
tional department in New York City. and
who now in his old age wished to give a
part Of his fortune as an expression of ap-
probation.
For the last two years the educational
department Of the Central Branch has been
one OF the most important features of the
work Under the direction OF Professor
Abram Ebersole the work has been greatly
extended. More than $50 young men are
students in its several branches. and the
services Of twenty-five teachers are re-
Quired-
Foc some time the department has been
cramped by lack of room. The tuition
charged does not begin to pay expenses, and
the necessary funds have been derived from
the rental of rooms and offices in the Cen
trail Branch building The gift will enable
the department to do without these rentals.
and as soon as leases expire the department.
will have the necessary space.
The gift will in an indirect way work for
the good of the Boys Department. which
is fast assuming large proportions under
the direction of ]. T. Maylott. The Depart
ment will vacate rooms it now occupies on
the third floor. thus enabling the Boys De-
rartment to have more space.
In the annual report of the Central Branch
the erection of a separate building for the
Boys Department was strongly urged. 1t
Is said that Mr.. Maylott has interested
wealthy citizens in the plan. and the build
ing may be erected in the near future.