Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28
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II the omitted items could be gath.
cred accurately 1t Is Mr.. nngar's belief
that the aggregate for eleven years
would be swelled by mt least S?5O.OOO..
OOO The figures. of course. are to
some extent u reflex Of financial con.
ditions In the various years. In the
year 1901 high water mark was
reached chiefly through the gifts OF
Andrew Carnegie. which reached q to-
tai of more than S3I ,OO0.OOO. That
these sums do not come entirely from
people who are very rich Is shown by
the fact that gifts and requests In 1903
ranging from 5000 to $2j.OOO aggre.
gated nearly $2OOO.OOO. and those from
S2j.OOO upward reached the great sum
of $S7.OOO.OO. In the eleven years
covered there was an annual average
of 400 contributors to the totals. The
showing IL n grand tribute to the hu.
manity OF American men and women.
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We are all familiar with the system
of pensiOning soldiers for disabilities
acquired In the service, ana are aware
that officers Of the army and navy
must retire on half pay when they
reach given age. Those who live In
the cities are familiar, also. with the
practice OF allowing policemen and
firemen who have served 20 or 30 years
to retire on a pension. Indeed. In New
York all teachers. when they accept
employment. agree that a small per.
centage Of their salaries shall he re.
tanned by the Board OF Education to
swell the pension fund. The pension.
Ing Of government clerks, common In
Europe, has not yet been approved by
the American people. 1t has been
suggested, however, as q way of re.
lieving the departments In Washington
Of the old men who are incapacitated
because Of their infirmities. In order
to make room for younger AMI more
efficient men. The national civil serv.
Ice commissioners have recently taken
u census OF the clerks In the executive
departments, with their age. status I'm.
der the rules. length OF service, ana
military service, II any, so that those
considering the matter may have the
facts ut hand necessary to the draft.
ing OF bill to meet the situation.
There seems to he no disposition to
turn out the clerks who have grown
old ana feeble. The civil service com.
misslOners think that they ought to be
taken care OF In some way, and many
Congressman agree with them. What.
ever disagreement has manifested II.
self IL chiefly upon the method to DO
employed.
Creeds and dOgmas have been con.
siilerably modified In the last 80 years.
With the advances made by science
intelligence has been obliged to accept
these advances ana dogmatic religion
has been driven backward. while prac-
teal religion has been more ana more
In demand. The result Is that the me-
cessity for maintaining synods and
councils and districts has diminished,
while the needs of the people for n
simple religion has increased. John
Calvin would find himself to-day a toll
Grated stranger In some Presbyterian
churches, while Cotton Mather might
wander vainly among the Congrega-
tionalists seeking the spiritual food he
once administered SO freely, and John
Wesley would certainly be astonished
IL he met some Of our modern Metho.
dists.
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In talk with his sons Sunday
school class Mr.. Rockefeller attributed
much of his success to the advice and
assistance Of his father, but 1t is not
every boys father who will lend his