Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-27
GAVE $625,OOO MORE
Rockefeller Board Gives Sew
eraI More Conditional Gifts.
MUST RAISE LARGE FUND
Yale, Princeton and Other Institutions
Among the Benefciaries.
CCLORED SCHOOLS ARE HELPED
About 400 Applications Received by
the Board-More Gifts to Be
Made Soon.
MUST RAISE LARGE FUND
CCLORED SCHOOLS ARE HELPED

| NEW YORK, March 27.-At a meeting OF
the general education board held yesterday
afternoon at it's Offices "a William street
| $62oOGO was subscribed conditionally to five
educa tional institutions from funds contrib.
uted to the board by John D. Rockefeller
This distribution of $625, Goo which in
cludes 100000 for Yale University and
100000 for Princeton University, is the
first that has been made since Mr.. Rookie
Teller on February Z pledged $320OO,COO of
demonstrating securities to the general ed
ucation board. the income of which is to be
used for educational purposes. The gift
was the largest sum ever given to social or
philanthropic purposes and made total
of $43 100000 given to the general education
board by Mr. Rockefeller in the cause of
education.
The other three educational institutions
to which subscriptions were made yesterday
are Bowdoin College of Brunswick, Me-,
which received $4,000 toward fund of
S250,OOO, which is to be raised by that in
stitution; Colorado College, Colorado
Springs. Col. $4,000 toward a. fund of
$4,000. and Millsaps College, Jackson,
Miss, $4,000 toward fund of 100000
which is to be raised by that institution.
The sum of $685., 900. which was given to
these five institutions, was appropriated
with the understanding that they shall
Yale, for instance, which is to get $500 900,
must raise sum of $2,OO0,OCO, and Prince
ton University receives $500, 600 toward a
sum Of $2,OO0OO0, which the institution
must raise before the gift becomes effect
i've.
Total of $1,7o2, 500.
With yesterdays subscriptions the total
sum of 81, 7O2 800 has been given to educa-
tional institutions by the general education
N
dation for higher education. The sum of
$9.21o,0OO is to be raised by the various in
situations receiving the gifts
At the meeting of the general education
board yesterday all the members were
present except John D. Rockefeller jr.,
Those present included Daniel c. Gilman,
Morris X. Jesup, Walter H. Page, Albert
Shaw, Starr j.. Murphy, E. BENJAMIN An
drews, Edwin A. Alderman, Hollis B. Fis-
sci and Harry Pratt Johnson.
At the conclusion of the meeting a state
ment was given out giving this list of new
subscriptions:
Bowdoin College. Brunswick, Me-, $5O, 600
toward $3.50, 600.
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, COL,
1000 toward 100000.
Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss, s25 600
toward 100000.
Yale University New Haven, Conn. $780,
600 toward 100000.
Princeton University, Princeton, N, J.,
1900 toward 100000.
$25O,OOO to Colored Schools.
Since It's organization the board has con-
tributed to schools for the colored people
over $2S0,OOO. At the meeting held yester-
day gifts made to colored schools aggre-
gated $42, 800. The names Of these schools
were not made public
Important and highly encouraging reports
were received from the agricultural work
of the board, and 1t was voted to extend
this agricultural work to all the states of
the cotton belt including Virginia, and the
necessary appropriations were made for
the purpose.
A letter was received from Mr.. Rookie
Teller giving list of securities in which
he proposes to pay his pledge Of $32 OOO, 600.
The list consisted of twenty-eight different
securities, averaging more than 81 600 600
each and with an average income Of about
per cent. The list was accepted as pay
ment of the pledge.
The list of the twenty-eight different Sc
curities was not made public, although 1t
was made clear that on a basis Of an ay-
erage income of per cent this recent en-
dowment would aggregate an income Of
s1,60o,0CO annually, to be distributed among
worthy educational institutions recurring
funds.
1t was stated that the subscriptions to
the five institutions which were announced
yesterday were made after considering the
applications of about 400 institutions Other
distributions from the Rockefeller funds in
charge of the general education board will
be made in the near future.