Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
GIFTS TO COLLEGES
GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
MAKEs AILoTMRHTs.

:. l-s-=r 81
NEW YORK, November 2o.-The general
education board. which was organised In
this city In 1902 to aid struggling colleges.
and which received a stft Of S100000oO
from John d. Rockefeller last year as q
foundation for the fund, announced yes
terday that at meeting on Tuesday $685.
Oo0 had been allotted to Ave colleges. 1t
was. also announced that within the last
six months sixteen colleges have now re-
ceived from the board gifts which aggre-
cato $6s1.ot0
In every case the Institution receiving
the beques. was looked into carefully by
the secret aries of the board, the Rev. Wal
loce Buttrick and Starr J. Murphy, both
as to whether they were deserving and
whether they would be able to raise three
times the amount given by the board.
reQu.I ed by its rules.
The meeting on Tuesday was in the Office
of the board, at 81 William street. citing
President Harry Pratt Judson of Chicago
University, Edwin A. Alderman and the
Rev. II B. Frissell, president OF the Hamp-
ton Va) Institute. were chosen to fill
vacancies on the board. These gifts were
made
Iowa College, Gr1nneil Iowa .....,, iOOOdO
Richmond College Richmond. Va........ 10000
washington and Le. AGG piyersity' Iesins ~
ION, Sa..... o,OOO
The small gift to Washington and Lee
was q library endowment. Two weeks
ago the trustees awarded these gifts:
Mercer University. Macon, Ga........... $4,000
Handolph-Maeon College. Ashland, Va. 100 900
DIR. Buttrick one of the secretaries of
the board, said last night that the other
gifts Of the last six months were largely
to southern colleges and that no announce
ment was made here. He estimated that
with the disbursing of the $6TT 10 from
the funds Of the board more than 81 000,O00
Is now devoted to the cause. since the funds
or the board are advanced only as RAPIDLY
as each college raises it's share. This is
done to. encourage the heads of the diff
ferent colleges to collect their share rap
idly.
in addition to those already mentioned.
are:
Tulane University. New Orleans. SIS 900
Va College Topeka, Kan. p. 900
@eord telese sps apans sSoSS
Furman University. Greenville. S. c.. 25 600
Wake Forest College. Wake Forest. s. c.. 81. 500
Howard College. Birmingham. Ala. ........ % 100
Mississippi College Clinton. Miss. ....... 25 900
southwestern University. jackson. Tenn. 25.00O
The $10O0O.O00 gift from John D. Rookie
Teller nets the general education board
about $780, 600 year, which, with the other
funds at It's disposal makes 1t possible
for the trustees to announce o,..er gifts
from time to time as the needs of colleges
boards attention. Many thousands of
dollars have already been handed over to
the colleges which have been able to raise
their pro rata share.
Dr.. Buttrick said last night that most
OF the gifts thus far have been to southern
colleges, because their need of aid has been
most strikingly demonstrated to the
trustees. The Office Of the general educa-
tion board Is filled with statistics concern
Ing the condition Of every college in the
country. The secretaries study each state
at time. and by sifting-out process de-
eide on the colleges that need attention
ant. then make a personal investigation.
The general education board was ncor-
porated In the District of Columbia by
special act of Congress. approved January
II, 1903. This act.exempts Its funds from
taxation and authorizes wide scope of
activity. Mr.. Rockefeller gave In 1917
$1,000, 900. with which the board was found
ed When his larger donation was made
other gifts came in rapidly. The board re-
ceiyed besides the smaller contributions,
from George Foster Peabody $40, 900, from
Robert c. Ogden $4,000 and the Anna T.
Jones fund 500, 200.