The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-24
MORE MONEY
FOR NEGROES
Quakeress Gives One
Million
FOR RURAL EDUCATION
Booker Washington and Frissel Are
Named trustees.
Philadelphia Woman Provides In GIFT
That All OF It shall Go To Tesch-
ing PureIy Rudimeatary
Matters.

Philadelphia, April IA gift OF one
million dollars for the establishment
of fund for rudimentary schools for
Southern negroes was announced here
tonight.
The donor Is Miss Anna T. Jeanes. =
Quakeress of this city. Booker T.
Washington, head of Tuskegee Insti-
tute. and Hollis Burke Frissel. presi-
dent of the Hampton Normal and In
dustrial Institute. are named as truss
tees of the fund, but neither of the
institutions they represent will share In
the gift.
The income of the mulion dollars In
to be used for the purpose of assisting
In the Southern United States COM
munity, country and rural schools for
the great class of negroes to whom the
small rural and community schools are
alone available"
The deed of gift was executed yes
terday and In 1t Washington ana Tris-
sell are empowered to appoint
board of trustees in connection with
the fund. The Pennsylvania company
for assurances on lives and granting
annuities of this city will act as fiscal
agent for the trustees.
Eighty Years Old.
Miss Jeanes. the donor. is about
eighty years of age and sones from
an old and wealthy. family which has
been prominent for more than a CEN
fury. She has long been interested in
the welfare of the negro and has been
contributor to institutions for their
education. She has known Washing
ton for decade. In transferring the
million dollars TO the trustees. MisH
Jeanes states that trusting and belies
ing in the practical and far reachin7
good that may result in the mort
and elevating influence of rurt
schools for negroes in the Souther
do hereby appoint Booker r. Wash
ington of Tuskegee, Ala, and Hollis
Burke Frissell, of Hampton. Va, and
their successors trustees appointed and
created as hereinafter directed. the
trustees of an endowment fund In per-
petuity of one million dollars which 10
hereby created to be known as The
Fund for Rudimentary Schools for
Southern Negroes the income thereof
shall be devoted to the sole purpose OF
assisting in the Southern United States
community country and rural schools
for the great class OF negroes TO whom
the small rural and community schools
are alone available.
SHOULD the said Booker L. WASH
ington or the said Hollis Burke Fris-
sell decline to serve before they shall
have established the Board OF Truss
tees of said endowment fund or IL for
any reason the same shall not be con-
stituted by them within period OF
six months from date. then request
and empower the trustees of the Haimp-
ton Normal and Agricultural Institute
and the trustees of the Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute to select
and create from members of their own
boards a special board Of trustees to
act as trustees of the said endowment
fund in perpetuIty hereby created: and
l direct that such board apply the In
come upon the said fund In like man.
ner solely toward the maintenance and
assistance of the rural community and
country schools for the southern ne
groes and to encourage moral inhu-
ence and social refinement which shall
promote peace In the land and good
will among men"
All For RuraI Schools.
In a statement signed by Booker T.
Washington and Hollis Burke Frissell,
they said: THAT while We cannot speak
definitely, we feel quite sure that II will
be the aim of the trustees Of this fund
to work In hearty sympathy and close
cooperation with the county and State
oficials in assisting schools, and II will
be the policy of the trustees TO use the
interest of this fund in way to stim-
ulate self help and not replace local
schools, but to supplement the money
being appropriated by Southern States
toward the education of the negro.
we think we cannot too emphatical-
ly state that not one cent of this money
will go to help the Hampton Normal and
Industrial Institute nor the Tuskegee +
Normal and Industrial Institute and will
in no way relieve the needs OF these in
situations. Every cent will go toward
helping the rural schools according to
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