The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-05
PEABODY TRUSTEES MEET.
Directors of Big Educational Fund
Gather at Washinaton.

The board of trustees Of the Pea
body education fund held a special
meeting in Washington Thursday for
the purpose of formulating a plan by
which the work of the board and that
Of the general education board, which
is working along the same lines, shall
not be duplicated. The following mem
bers were present:
Samuel E. Green, Massachusetts,;
James D. Porter, Tennessee; ]. Pier
pont Morgan, New York; Chief JUS
tice Fuller, OF the supreme court: VIII
liam A. Courtenay, South Carolina;
H. NJ. Solerville, Alabama; Charles
S. Fenner, Louisiana; ex-Prestdent D.
C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity George Peabody Wetmore, Rhode
Island; Senator Hoar, Massachusetts,;
ex-Attorney General Richard Olney;
ex-Secretary Of the interior Hoke
Smith, Georgia; Rt. Rev. W. c. Doane,
New York.
The general subject of education In
the south was discussed.
The most important action taken
was the adoption Of the following res
olution:
THAT in the opinion of the board
of trustees, the fund il It's hands, on
a portion 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 south.
ern states as may be found advisable.
That a committee Of five, to be ap-
pointed by the chair, Is hereby direct
ed to confer with any other boards or
persons interested in the subject mat
ter, and to report plan for carrying
into effect the purposes and objects
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 appoint
"a dS CuS COLululIISC.
DR.. Gilman, ex-Secretary Of State
Olney, Senator Hoar, ]. Pierpont Nor
gan and ex-Secretary Of the Interior
Hoke Smith.
The board also adopted resolution
discontinuing the payments for scnol-
arships that have been given for some
years to a certain number Of students
at the Peabody Normal school at Nash
Vile. The continuance Of the pay;
ment was declared "inexpedien.." The
discontinuance will not take effect un-
til October, 1904, so as not to inter-
fere with existing scholarships.
The Peabody fund capital Is now
s2,1OO, ,OQ9.~~TheLo>day's proceedings
show that a final distribution OF the
Peabody fund is now in contempla3
ton, although such final winding up OF
affairs will require some years for
consummation. No definite plan OF
action was formulated, and 1t VIII be
in the neighborhood Of year before
final and satisfactory basis can be
agreed upon. The committee appoint
ed under the resolution regarding CO.
operation late in the afternoon confer
red with a committee from the general
education board, consisting of Robert
C. Ogden, Of New York; George Fos-
ter Peabody, of New York, and Will
liam H. Baldwin, Jr., OF New York. AT
this conference the subject Of educa-
tion in the south was generally dis
cussed and methods for avoidance OF
duplication of work of the two bodies
were talked over, but no definite line
of action was formulated. The next
meeting Of the board will be the an
nual session to be held in New York
in October. Chief Justice Fuller pre-
sided at the session, and DR.. Samuel
A. Green, of Boston, was secretary.