The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-04-25
BIC GIFT TO NEGROES
Philadelphia Quakeress to Es-
tablish Schools For Them.
ENDOWS IT WITH S1,COC 900
Purpose Is to Establish documentary
Schools For Negroes Of the South.
Booker Washington and Hollis B.
Frissell Named AS Trustees.

Philadelphia. April PA gift OF $l'
900. GOO for the establishment OF iund
for rudimentary schools for southern
negroes was announced here. Inc
donor is Miss Anna I. Jeanes. Quak'
eress of this city Booker T. Washing
ton. head of the Tuskegee Institute
and Hollis Burke Frissoll. president OF
the Hampton Normal and Industrial
Institute. are named as trustees OF the
fund but neither of the institutions
they represent will share in the gift
The income of the $1.0oO0OO is to be
used for the sole 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 GIT
was executed, and in 1t Mr. Washing
ton and Mr.. Frissell are empowered tC
aDpoint a board of trustees in con
nection with the fund. The Pennsyi
vania Company for Insurance on Lives
and Granting Annuities. OF this city
will act as fiscal agent for the trus
tees.
Miss Jeanes. the donor. is about Sc
years of age. and comes from an old
and wealthy family that has been
prominent for more than a century il
the Society of Friends She has lone
been interested in the welfare OF the
negro and has been a contributor &c
institutions for their education. she
has known Mr. Washington for de
cade
In transferring the Sl,OOO.0oo to the
trustees. Miss Jeanes states that
trusting and believing in the pract
cable and far-reaching good that may
result from the moral and elevating
influence of rural schools for negroes
in the southern states. taught by
reputable teachers. do hereby appoint
Booker T. Washington. Of Tuskegee
Alabama. and Hollis Burke Frissell
of Hampton. Virginia. and their sue
cessors in the trust appointed and
created as hereinafter directed. the
trustees of an endowment fund in per
petuity of 100000. which Is hereby
created. to be known as The Fund
For Rudimentary Schools For South
ern Negroes. the income thereof shall
be devoted to the sole purpose OF as
sisting. 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 T. Wash
ing.on or the said Hollis Burke FRS
sell die or decline to serve before they
shall have established the board OF
trustees of said endowment fund, or II
for any reason the same shall not be
constituted by them within period OF
six months from this date, then | re
quest and empower the trustees Of the
Hampton Normal and Agricultural In
stitute and the trustees of the Tuske-
gee Normal 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 | direct that such board
shall apply the income upon the said
fund in like manner solely toward the
maintenance and assistance Of rural,
community and country schools for
the southern negroes and to encourage
moral influence and sociay refinement
which shall promote peace in the land
and good will among men