The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
GIFT OF ROCKEFELLER
7Es MILLIONS Fos EDUCATION
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z-z II a soccE1srt fo- higher ecu-
-z-oz = -Ee C.i-ed SLztss Ia. been
z1re- rhe Ge.e-zl Ed1cztion Board b.
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TIE following Letter TO TIE secre-
rz-sE AID executive oscsrs Of the
ooz-1 troo 2 : Gstes. Nr- Rocke-
tslls-'s representative. =as given out;
IS B-ozd-sy. SsE Fork. June ~,
1910 Nes.rz- Wallace Bur-ricz
az S-zr ! Murphy. secretaries
az executive o5cs-s. General Edu-
czLo- Bosrd. SeE Tork;
-Dszs- SI-I Al authorized b. NJ
Tot- D Rockefeller 10 say that he viii
co-t-.turs 70 TIE General Educz-icn
Bozrd TIE sun q $1,000 .oeo. 70 be
paid October 1s- reI-. IN cash, or, al
his OPTION II Incons-producinz securl-
ties Al their market vsl1s. the prln-
cipzl 70 Be held in psrDstuity as
formation tor education, the income.
s5oTe expenses and administration. 70
bs distributed 70 or used for the osne-
II o. such institutions Of leaning et
suck tines. II such amounts. for Euch
purposes. and under Euch conditions,
o. snpIoyed in such other ways as
the bozrt nay deem best adapted TO
promote z comprehensive system Of
hiEhe- education IL the United States
ISiuedJ p 7. GATES"
Wiz the letter the following state
Esn- Vas given out
John D. Rockefeller Jr.. with other
ss-Ilensr of this city. was instru-
mental il forming the General Educa-
tioa Board II February. 1902 very
broad and admirable charter was Sc
cured from Congress and signed by
Prssldert Roosevelt on January L,
1873.
a gift Of $1,000 600 from Mr. John
D. Rockefeller vas Immediately passed
over 70 the board. especially deslg-
mated for educational work in the
South. Other funds have been added
by oJher philauthropists since that
time and the board has confined us
work hitherto mainly 10 educational
work il the southern states
The present gift differs from MI.
Rockefeller's first gift TO the board
il the following particulars:
The principal sum Of the gift OF
81 .JOO. 600 made on the organization oil
the board could be distributed The
present gift Of sI0.0O0.0Q0 is held as
endowment. the income only being
available for distribution
The first gift was designated 10 be
used exclusively in the southern
states. The present gift is for use not
only in the southern states, but
throughout the UniIed States, without
distinction OF section
The first gift could be used for com
mon schools and secondary educa-
tons: the second gift is confined to
higher education and is designed espe-
cially for colleges as distinguished
from the great universities. although
there is no prohibition in the letter
of gift against making contributions TO
universities.
Both gifts are alike available for
denouinational schools as well as for
those which are non-sectarian- While
the funds may be employed for denom-
ihztioral schools. they will be en-
ployed without sectarian distinctions.
No special denomination will be par
ticu!arly favored. but the funds Will De
opea to approved schools OF all de
nominations. although they cannot be
employed for giving specifically theo-
logical Instruction
within these limits there are no
restrictions as to the use OF the In
COME II may be used for endoW-
ments. for buildings. for current ex-
penses. for debts. for apparatus, for
any other purpose which may be
found most seryiceable.
1T is known that Mr.. Rockefeller
has had this gift in contemplation LOT
a long time and Mr.. Gates has been
studying the subject in his behalf for
many months. If the fund proves as
useful as is now anticipated MT.
Rockefeller undoubtedly will make
large additions to 1t in future years.
THE present members of the board
are as follows: Robert c. Ogden,
chairman; George Foster Peabody
treasurer: Wallace Buttrick, secretary
and executive officer for the states
south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers
and Arkansas. Louisiana and Texas; /;
Starr J. Murphy, secretary and exec
utiye officer of the states north and
west: Frederick T. Gates, Daniel Z.
Gilman. Morris X. Jessup, Walter II.
Page. Albert Shaw, John D. Rockefel'
Ter Jr.. Hugh H. Hanna, William X.
Harper and E. Benjamin Andrews.
There are four vacancies in the
board. which are expected to be filled