The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
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IT'S RIGHT
MILLION TO GIVE
Up COLLEGE SPORT
Rich Quaker Bequeaths For
tune to SWarthmore to
Quit Football.

Philadelphia. Oct 1.-THE faculty and
friends of Swarthmore college were as
founded today when the will of Miss
Anna T. Jeanes, which left 81 100000 TO
the college, was admitted to probate
showing the bequest was made ON the
condition that Swarthmore discontinue all
participation in intercollegiate sports
Few persons connected with the college
knew there was such String" to the
bequest. and when it became known there
was much speculation as to the couse-
quent fate of Swarthmore football. which
mas been its principal intercollegiate
sport Ihough Swarthmore has never
MADE much of an intercollegiate showing
IN baseball or on the track its foot
pail team has for years been the uride
OF the college. Morris l.. Clothier a rich
dry goods merchant of this city, who is
graduate or the college, has contributed
large sums TO produce a SWarthmora
team that could defeat the University
OF pennsylvania on the gridiron Swartb-
more accomplished this twice. Last year
IL trimmed Pennsy, and the year before
II was the only team to score against
Pennsy, when ii defeated every other
college that met it on the gridiron.
Does Not Like Game.
The will of Miss Jeanes made IT clear
that II Swarthmore is to continue its
intercollegiate football ii will have to
give up the 100000 bequest. The will
disposes of property valued at s. 900 600
In addition to the gift TO SwarthmOre.
II carried four codicils and bequeathed
from 5000 to $4,000 to twenty-five diff
ferent charitable organizations. and $50
w 10 the trustees of the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting of Friends. This be-
quest is an additional donation to the
Joseph Jeanes fund for quarterly meet
ing homes; the income TO be devoted to
Inc establishment and maintenance of
hospitals Connected with such homes.
MISS Jeanes was a Quaker She re-
Gently died here in the Friends home
IN IN SSI sne gave 100000 for the estab-
nshment of rudimentary schools for
southern negroes. She designated Booker
L. Washington, head of the Tuskegee In
st1tute, and Hollis Burke FrisseIl, pres
iaent Oh the Hampton Normal and In
qustr1al Institute, as trustees of the fund
In making the gift she ordered the in
come to be used for the sole purpose OF
assisting the southern United States
community, country and rural schools for
the great class of negroes to whom the
small rural schools are alone available"
Is Fond of Negroes.
Miss, Jeanes was more than 30 years
old when she died. She came from an
old and wealthy family that had been
prominent for more than a century in
the Society of Friends. She was a Quaker
of the old school and did not believe
in the strenuous game of football as
practiced on the gridirOn by modern col
leges. She was a friend of Booker r.
Washington, and with him took keen
interest in the welfare of the southern
negro. She thought that INTERCOLLEGIATE
athletics made the students neglect their
studies and often enmity developed Dc
tween colleges as a result of their ri
VARY in athletics. When told of the
gift and the condition attached to IT,
r. W. Maxwell, football coach Of the
college, said he did not think the gift
would be accepted under any such con-
dition.
Il do not think the board of trustees
will consider the beQuest" said Max
we'll There are many millionairies on
the board, and / don't think they will
permit the bequest to interfere with the
college spirit. 1t would ruin Swarthmore
to accept"