The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
Many Ask Assistance.

cOlOred eVangel1StS In the south. There |
were to be thousand Of these, each |
receiving $1,000. The person who
made the suggestion was willing to
join the force of those who should |
go through the southland converting |
the negroes. He proved to his own
satisfaction that by this method the
negro problem could be solved. Some
Of the applications simply say they
desire ''aid,'' assistance, '"a loan"
while aothers specify, perhaps, $780,
1000 for endowment and $250,000 for
buildings or "a gymnasium, SCH
ence hall, laboratories and dormi-
tories. The board has given away
all Of its available funds up to the
present time. Until it's studies of the
educational facilities and systems of
the various states and it's inquiries into
the work Of the various colleges of
the country were completed it was not
in position to outline the method
which would be adopted in order to
secure the best distribution OF funds.
Until now the gifts have been some
what experimental in their character.
Now that the fund Of information has
been secured, they will be distributed
in such way as to accomplish the
most good. Colleges which show
strength and are well adapted to be-
come part Of national system will be
favored in receiving aid. BY giving
funds to applicants with the under
standing that certain things are done
to strengthen and adapt them to work
in harmony with other colleges in the;
neighborhood it will. accomplish much
in the line it has marked out. 'Et..*
How the Board Works. ~ -
The way in which it will solve some
problems is illustrated in a peculiar
case in one Of the southern states
which has come to the attention Of the
board A certain UNCONVENTIONAL col
lege in that state has appealed for aid.
This college is said to be the first
school established west Of the ALE
ghanies. It was chartered as an acad-s
envy in 1888 and as a. college In 1885,:
The catalog Of the college carefully
specifies that in the combined prepara-
tory and collegiate schools there are
! 100 students. The total enrolment, is
i given as 1919. ssEs III 1s3s i II
u Less than fifteen miles away is an
other college Of the same denomina-
ton. It has a total of 232 students, of
, whom forty-fve are in the collegiate
department The latter: institution
) was founded in 1878 by the presi-
, dent of the older college in order to
) provide college presidency for his
) older son. He had intended this son
D to succeed him in the original college,
; but those in charge of it's affairs de-
& creed that his younger 4 son should
E OCCUPY that position. Determined that
! the older should not be left out in this
e fashion, he founded the second insti
e tuition.
e A little more than hundred miles
|, further along the railroad is third col;
j lege of the same denomination as the
e others, and, with them, receiving aid
h from the UNCONVENTIONAL board. This
l. one has an enrolment Of 602 students
h with 1876 in the collegiate department.
: 1T has an endowment Of $222,364, and
a owns other property. worth $4,000
j While it has not been decided what vii
81 be done in the case, the theoretical solu
IS ton Of the problem would be to signify
s. a willingness to aid the small colleges
y if they would join forces, establish
= themselves in a. good locality and be
come a junior college doing; freshman
!. and sophomore work and sending col
q legiate students to the larger and bette
}, equipped college for the junior an,
It senior years.
Ell The underlying policy Of the boar'
will be that Of creating among the PEG
J. pie a desire for education and a sens
m Of financial responsibility for It.
ID will not give funds in aid Of the estah
e. lishment Of high schools or elementar.
d schools, believing that the people ough
n to support these themselves by taxation
h With the idea Of promoting hig
in schools, however, the board is plannin
le to assist in the support Of special DE-
n partment in state universities, to b
r. called the department Of secondary edit
" Ecation. The professor in charge WI
" 90 about the state in which he is place
in studying its conditions, suggestin
O. where high schools ought to be situate
it and stimulating the people to, stat
it them.
n Since this address was delivered Tel
to nessee has been advancing rapidly 4
Of the Improvement of it's high schools.
IS The board believes that the best wa
IN to promote elementary education
Of especially IN the southern rural regio1
CO where distances between houses al
y,SI great anu -Uu0lt lduu H1OuuSG4VO =
be only small incomes is to help the Peep
We to increase their financial resource
he With this in mind, the board is coo
or sating with the department Of agricu
is ture to show the occupants of ches
he land how to make itsmore productive +
ed intensive methods. The schools Wi
ct come, it is believed, when, the money
ad available and desire for them is CT
re- ated among the people.
AS The members Of the general educ
sw ton board are Robert G. Ogden, chat
let man; George Foster Peabody, treasure
in DIR. Wallace Buttrick and Starr j. MI
al ply, secretaries, and executive Officer
Die Frederick T. Gates, Daniel 9. China
an Morris X. Jesup, Walter 81. Page, ].
Rockefeller, 1Jr., Albert Shaw, Hugh
on Hanna and E.Benjamin Andrews.
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RAJ The net increases Of earnings Of &
g, railroads in February, largest ey
I'd. known S ST 81 /. - -.