Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-03
MILLIONS TO COLLEGES
Andrew Carnegie Explains His
 New Plan of Benevolence.
FIFTY ONE INSTITUTIONS AIDED.


 to s17,OOO,0O = Not Interested In Univcrsities or Colleges Whose Sec tarianism h Too strict-Claims He Never Said to Die Rich Was to Die Dis8raced.
 Andrew Carnegie, following up his announcement before the Stevens in- stitute alumni in New York the other night that he had of late begun to in- terest himself in small colleges throughout the United States, recently explained more fully his position to a representative of the New York Times. "In my assistance to colleges" said MT. Carnegie when pressed for a more detailed statement of his position, "I am endeavoring to apply the same busi- ness principles which have enabled me to put myself in position to do what l am doing. have no intention of en- couraging small colleges, nor large ones for that matter, to expand beyond their visible resources. It would do them more harm than good ill most in stances to place at their disposal con- siderable sums of money to be em- ployed in any way which might grati- fy the immediate views of their trus tees and faculty.
 "I must be assured in the first in stance that there exists a pressing need which cannot be met by the resources at the command of the trustees. must then be assured that the enter prise is one which has reason for be- ing, which is managed wisely and con servatively and which has reasona- ble chance of becoming self sustaining [ My secretary. Mir Bertram. receives all applications and sits them before they come to my attention, and he Is an expert. The method of procedure is as follows:
 "The president or representative of college makes application to me for financial aid. Sometimes this is done in person and more often by letter. Such applicants receive blank form of application, which they are request ed to fill in. This blank was made for library applications, but it answers just as well for applications for general or special assistance, since in every in stance I require the same set of facts to assure me that gift would be wise- ly bestowed and well employed"
 Mir. Carnegie here produced a copy of the blank. The questions asked in each blank are as follows:
 The name of the college. Its location date of foundation. if denominational the sect that supports and controls 1t and, if not, the nature of It's support; the cost and value of college grounds build ings and educational plant; the amount oi general endowment, the annual running expenses and from what sources thi amount is derived, what library facilities the college has, what provision exists fo maintaining them, how much money ha been spent for that purpose annually dur ing the past four years and, in case tn college has no library building of It's own if there are any permanent and assure' sources of income to secure It's main tenance and what amount can be guar antced for that purpose by the colleg trustees in case a library building shou' be provided.
 In addition to these questions ther' are others calling for particulars In re gard to the town library or other libra " in the vicinity of the college, for th' . number of students attending on Dec 1 during each of the last five years whether the college has a preparator! department, how many students ar' doing regular college work as distin g,lished from those who are taking pre- paratory or special courses and on' calling for information In regard to tn general scope of the institution.
 Mir. Carnegie has already assisted fifty-one colleges. and there are fort. or fifty more applications which wil be acted upon before Mir. Carnegt goes abroad for the summer.
 Asked if this new direction to hi benevolence meant that he had tired libraries and would not further endov them, Mir. Carnegie said in effect:
 Not at all. I am as ready to assis in the establishment of libraries nov as ever, but the demand for them much less active than formerly. Mos of the cities and large towns are d ready supplied, and the application now received are mostly from sma communities. whose requirements ar not very great The applications nov average only about one day, and thu costs me only about S20O00 day. d not consider that enough to spend l the work have planned; hence my II terest in colleges"
 Asked if sectarias foundations wer eligible to his gifts. he replied:
 "No. not as sectarian foundations. A matter of fact, however. most of ti colleges which started as sectaria foundations have broadened their bas voluntarily ard while still sectarian name perhaps admit students of a creeds and impose no hard and fa' conditions. I do not object to a scho conducted under the patronage of d nomination. In the case of a school l strictly guarded that if made the 4
 ceptance of it's tenets a condition { matriculation I am free 10 say that would not interest me-
 Asked as to the measure of satisfa ton which such wholesale philanthroI
 afforded the giver. Mir. Carnegie said: 'I object ,o the term philanihropi . when applied to myself. have alwa. understood + to mean man wi more money th1n brains. In my wo for humanity ' propose tO use |