The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-10
AID TO TEACHERS.
IIPiiBY 2O0 APPLICATIONS FOR
IHE $500, 900 A YEAR.

-,,,t.., or the Fund Adopt a Rule De-
auus sectar!an Co!lcses-Penslons
f., nanse Erom 81 600 10 So 900.
According TO the Active salary Drawn.
Tr, trustees of the Carnegie Foundation
,or OBJ. Advancement Of Teaching met
.,s,. 10 ~reorganizs the foundation
y',drr .t. recently secured Federal act of
incor-. lion. and also to adopt definite
nile, ,.r lwarding the gifts.
pr. !a9' william +. Slooum Of Colorado
co.e. colorado Springs, was elected TO
rho bard 10 succeed the late President
Warner The oth4r trustees were all pres-
en,. t...1 he exception of Provost Charles
= H.....,n Of the University of Penn
s]yIya.-'.
The members Of the board got together
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, took a
recess for luncheon at the Harvard Club,
and res med the sitting, finally adiourning
we'll after last evening.
The frs. meeting Of the trustees was held
An November IS last. Since then the
tolnda' .on mas been incorporated under
Federll avs, and a great mass Of data
has been collected bearing on the claims
q various colleges. The provision in the
deed OF Ett requiring that a college be
msec,arsn has entailed lengthy investiga-
o em'drrassment. Dr.. HenryS, Pritch-
M, eN-pnasldent of the Massachusetts,
]Insti,lta Of Technology, who is the head
Il the hoard. said that many large colleges
would very likely be made ineligible by this
claus. Or, Pritchett was asked if any
bers OF rt" board might be included in this
YER likely" he said.
The following definition Of colleges en-
ttlei 70 aid was adopted by the board
y~ester.dy
Universities. colleges and technical schools
Of requisite academic grade. not owned or
controlled by religious organizations. and
whose acts OF Incorporation or charters spe"
officially provide that no UNCONVENTIONAL or
ectariau tcst shall be applied in the choice
atrustecs. officers or teachers, nor in the adj
mission of students
In the case Of institutions not owned or con-
roled by a religious organization. and In
which no specific statement concerning de-
n0mluat!onal tests is made in the charters or
Lts Of Incorporation. the trustees of such Inc
%rltutious shall be asked TO certify by a resolu-
tion 10 the trustees Of the Carnegie Founda-
ton that no UNCONVENTIONAL test
Is imposed, nor are distinctly UNCONVENTIONAL
tenets or doctrines taught TO the students.
The definition of a college as used by the
statutes of this State was adopted. This
requIres that an institution, to be ranked
a college must have at least six teachers,
q full four years course in liberal arts and
scenCeS and must require the usual four
years Of academic or high school prepara-
ion. 4 technical school, to be eli gible. must
have equivalent entrance require ments
and courses equivalent to those of a college.
The board adopted these rules governing
age and length of service of beneficiaries
and the amount of their allowance:
Any person 65 years Of age and who has
mad not less than fifteen years of service
a: a professor, and who is at the time a pro-
fessor in an accepted institution" shall be
entitled 70 receive for an active a Of
sl.G0 or less al allowance of 81 900, pro-
dd!ng that no allowance exceed 90 per
cenJ. o. the active pay. For active pay above
N,so the allowance Is increased $50 for each
500 OF the active pay. For retiring pro-
iessor- whose age is less than IS years a
slightly smaller allowance is made. No
allowance shall exceed 5000.
President Seelye of Smith College said
as he was leaving the room that the board
bad made good progress" Another OF
rad a lovely time?"
DR. Prtchett said after the meeting that
actual awarding of allowances would prob
ably begin by. June. No" he said, in re-
sponse 10 a question, particular institutions
we're not voted upon. The board adopted
he rules. and the executive committee
Individual Institutions" He said that he
Understood some two hundred applications
for allowances had already come in.
The foundation furnishes an annual
income Of about s50O,OOO and there were
q instItutions on the original list Of possible