The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-24
CARNEGIE PENSION FUND.
enc Knoity Problems Gor the Trustees To
Handle.

New York (SpeciaD The first meet
ing of the trustees of the Carnegie Foun-
dalton, the $1o,ooo,ooo fund given by
Andrew Carnegie last May for the pen
sioning of incapacitated college profess
sors, was held at Mr.. Carnegie's resi-
dence, 1898 Fifth Avenue. The meeting
brought together 81 presidents of col
leges, technical schools and universities.
President Harper, of the University OF
Chicago. who is i'll, was the only alb
sentee among the trustees named in the
deed of gift
The trustees met at 10 o'clock i'll the
morning and held two sessions. The
morning session was devoted to an in
formal conference. At its conclusion the
trustees were entertained by Mr.. Car
negie at lunch. Thereafter Mr.. Carne-
gle called the meeting to order. In a
brief speech he expressed satisfaction
at the gathering together of SO many
educators. Nothing he has ever done,
he said, seemed SO propitious or SC
likely to be useful TO the cause of edit
cation. He expressed the hope III con-
clusion that the trust would be admins
tered in broad and generous manner.
President Eliot, of Harvard. in reply.
expressed thanks OF the teaching profess
sion to the donor Bylaws were then
adopted, providing, among other things,
that the executive business of the board
be intrusted to an executive committee
and president, who should be Henry
S. Pritchett, president of the Massachu
sets Institute of Technology, Boston
The committee was as follows:
President Butler, of Columbia; Pres
ident Wilson, of Princeton; Provost
Harrison, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania; President Humphreys, of Stevens
Institute; Frank A. Vanderlip, vice pres
ident of the. National City Bank, and
Robert A. Franks. Mr. Carnegie's f.
nancial secretary, T. Morris Carnegie,
OF this city, a nephew of the donor, was
chosen treasurer. 1t was decided that
the head of the foundation be located in
this city. The third Wednesday in No
vernber was selected as the date for hold
ing the annual meeting. A special meet
ing will be held in this city late in the
winter, at which time the executive COM
mite will make report of the plans and
scope.
what education test shall be applied
to determine what is college, technical
school or university, within the founda-
ton letter of gift?" is one of the two
main questions that the executive COM
mittee is expected to answer. The ques-
ton was discussed at considerable length
today and, according to President Butler,
was found difficult of solution There
was nothing in the discussion to indicate
Just what line the trustees expect to fol-
90, 81 tho 1,,cf mnrthN
of participation in the gift. Under the
deed Of Eft institutions under secre-
tartan control are ineligible. This clause
gives rise to the other perplexing ques-
ton as to what shall be deemed to con-
stitute sectarian control. 1t was pointed
out that many institutions established
as purely sectarian are now open to stu
dents of all creeds, or none, and, there
fore, are not to be considered sectarian
now. But no decision was reached on
any phase of the matter, the whole pro-
position being left to the consideration
of the executive committee.
The fund produces an income of $780,
600 yearly. 1t is designed for the re-
L lief not only of professors incapacitated
by age, but also for those incapacitated
by illness, or accident, and for the fam
lilies, if needy, OF those who die. Hun
dreds of applications for pensions, Pres
idcnt Butler said, have already been
received None, of course, can be acted
upon until the solution of the PROPOSE
tions referred to the executive COM
mittee.
The board of directors organized by
electing President Eliot chairman; Pres
ident Harper, vice chairman. and Presi-
dent Thwing, secretary