New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-08


ploration. Mr.. Pratt is head professor of political
science and dean of the faculties of arts Itera-
ture and science. University of Chicago Mr.
Ogden is an officer of various educational insti-
tutions and president of the Southern Education
Board Mr.. Page is editor of THE Worlds
Work" Mr. Peabody is q banker and director of
various educational and phianthropic insttu-
tons, and Mr.. Shaw is editor OF THE Review of
Reviews"
While the board was in session yesterday
gifts to five colleges were ordered amounting in
all TO 100000 as follows Beloit College, Beloit
Wis; Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa;
Lafayette College, Easton, Penn, $4,000 each;
Wabash College CrawfordsvilIe Ind. and the
University of Wooster. Wooster Ohio $125.OO0
each.
BOARD ORGANIZED IN 1903
The General Education Board is an organ
ization Of private citizens interested in promot-
ing and systematizing educational benehcence.
a careful and systematic study of educational
conditions and needs in the various states of the
Union has been made by the board.
The organization was formed to assist Mr..
Rockefeller in the distribution of his gifts to
education but il was not intended to limit the
work Of the board to the administration Of funds
given by him Frederick T. Gates said in his
explanation OF the purposes of the organiza-
ton:
It was rather designed TO meet a wider need
and to offer a medium through which other
men Of means who desire TO promote educa-
ton IN Its various forms in the United states
could do so in a systematic. intelligent and ef-
fective way. and the board is being so used ex-
tensively by philanthropists.
The members OF the board were all chosen for
their knowledge Of educational conditions and
their experience In educational benefaction; from
the beginning it has been representative Of all
educational interests and of all sections OF the
country.
n Fa11a- Ma Cd
81 100000 the work Of the board, combining
its use particularly TO the study and promotion
Of education in the Southern States on June
30. 1905. through Mr.. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller
gave the board 100000 in income producing
securities. the principal TO be held in perpetuity
as d foundation for education, the income above
expenses of administration TO be distributed to
or used for the benefit OF such institutions Of
learning as the board may deem best adapted TO
promote a comprehensive system OF higher edu-
cation in the United States. These were the
simple conditions and the brief form in which
100000 and his notification TO the board Of his
proposed gift Of three times that large sum
made public yesterday. is equally as brief and
concise in its language
From the income of the original fund Of SILL
100000 conditional subscriptions have already
been made to eighteen colleges in these states:
Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
amounting to a total Of 81 O77. 800 AS a condition
OF receiving these gifts the colleges are raising
the further total sum of $3,2G2,y0o.
The object of the John D. Rockefeller founda-
ton for higher education. It was explained, is 10
promote IN each state a comprehensive system
Of colleges. All the colleges Of the country
shown maps in the office OF the board. and II
was pointed out by the office secretary, z. c.
Sage that colleges have been founded with little
regard for supplying in 4 comprehensive way the
educational needs Of any given territorial unit.
They have often been so situated as TO duplicate
onFt her IL
ton and unnecessary waste. he said.
PRINCIPLES OF THE BOARD.
The board Of the Rockefeller foundation has
adopted these principles for its guidance: ITO
cooperate sympathetically and hepfully with
! the several religious denominations, to select
as far as practicable centres of population and
! wealth as the permanent pivots OF an education
al system and to mass its gifts on endowment"
This summary Of the governing rules Of the
boards work was given out by the secretary.
It was further stated that OF the colleges in
the United states over four hundred were di-
| rectlv established by the several religious de-
nominations ffty-hve by the several states and
less than fifty by the other agencies. or the
latter number many established by or
CARNATIONS Of Christians not directly connected
! with any particular church. II Is ule JuusIheHI
of the board that since the several Christian
/ communions give so much attention 10 tHe pro
! motion OF higher education. Sucn an agency
ready at hand should receive the boards heart
! lest cooperation
The board now has two hundred and fifty APP
| plications before IL for consideration. Many Of
! them II was said, from institutions well
! situated and in some instances negotiations are
| far advanced looking to the consolidation Of
| competing colleges.
In the archives Of the board IS current his
! tory of every college in the United States. its
financial standing. together with its income, en-
/ dowments and other details. Maps OF each state,
dotted with pins Of different colors like a war
| map in the office oe chief Of staff Of the army,
are used by the board Of the Rockefeller Edu-
cational Foundation to designate the number
and situation Of colleges in any particular sec
| ton and their proximity to each other accord
! ing TO the scale Of measurements or distances.
! on the map Of the State of Nebraska, for in
| stance the colOred pins showed In little cluster
| on the map with lone educational institu-
E. c. Sage said all except one OF the four or five
! colleges were probably unnecessary to the actual
educational needs Of that section Of Nebraska
NO MONEY FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS.
No gifts from this great fund are intended 20
! be given To state educational institutions. While
certain colleges VIII be selected for contributions
! o. endowments, forming a chain Of educational
/ institutions across the continent others not So
/ favored VIII be left to their fate by the Rookie
/ feller fund, and many of them, II is expected,
win he forced close their doors in The face Of
! such strong support ~ their fortunate rivals.
/ n viii become question or the survival OF The
nttest IL is said for which II Is believed better
! and higher standard OF education will result.
And on the maps in the William street office
/ of the Rockefeller fund the little colored pins
! viii probably seal the fate OF many "A college
! and work out the destiny Of others to prosperous
ends.
/ In addition TO The fund established by Mr.
/ Rockefeller. and the money he gave i when the
hoard was first organized, the board administers
the Anna r Jeanes FUND of S200,OD. and the
John r Slater fund of 81 100000. both for Negro
rural schools I'm the South