The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
While Many of the Most Famous and Brainy Men of the
Country Are Engaged Caring for Such Trusts the
Stephen Gard the Carnegie Foundation, and the Pea
body Funds. Daniel Colt Gilman Is the Popular Man

Time was-and not so many years ago.
either-when this country could boast Of
only two famous philanthropic trusts OF
ion-doIlar-and-cver dimensions - the
famous Stephen Girard trust. now in
creased by investment TO about $1,000 900
from s5.260. COO. and devoted to the educa-
ton Of male orphans. and the Peabody
Education Fund of S2.120.000. founded to
spread education IN the Southern States
To-day Uncle sam can point with pride
TO formidable list Of great phiIanthroPic
trusts. representing in the aggregate mil
lions on millions Of dollars being used day
in and day out for the advancement OF
his nephews and nieces mentally. morally.
and physically. Indeed. Uncle sam. were
he given 10 boasting. could tell the world 4
in all truthfulness that the philanthropic /
trusts IN his domains exceed in resources
and heIpfulness those Of any other two 1
or three nations Of the globe
There is the general education board /
Its purpose is to promote education along /
all lines in the United States, and 10 |
this end John D. Rockefeller first gave
600. the largest single benefaction |
made to date Already scores OF col |
leges and other educational institutions /
have received help from this great fund |
There is the Southern educational !
board. which is striving 10 increase the |
educational facilities in that particular
portion Of the country The Carnegie /
foundation. with its SI5.000o00, looks aft /
er the worldly comfort Of teachers who
have grown gray imparting knowledge
TO generations Of young people The re-
Gently created Sage foundation $1,000
600 has for its object the Improvement
Of social and living conditions IN the
United States"
Several Big Funds.
The Carnegie Institution, which started
out six years ago with an income from
100000. Is now deep in iys appointed
task Of encouraging investigation. re-
search. and discovery in the broadest and
most liberal manner and in showing the
application Of knowledge to the improve
ment Of mankind. With an income
from s5.0o000o at its disposal. the Carnegie
Hero Fund endeavors to bring home TO
the average man the Importance of every
day heroisnl- The John F. Slater Fund,
million dollars in ISS2. when it was found
ed. now half million greater by judi
ciOus handling. is devoted solely 10 the
ANAAAt VI All- LHEAD k4-AUAzA EAAldA4Dl
and o1herwise.
Not to run through the entire list. here
are nine Of the country's great pfilan-
thropic trusts Who and what manner Of
citizens are engaged in handling these
millions for the benefit Of Us all. their
fAI!ow-citizens2
Briefly. the answer IS. men who first
made high marks in other serious work
and who now are foremost among the
leaders In their respective walks OF life
such persons as President Roosevelt
Chief Justice Melville ". Fuller J
Pierpont Morgan. former Secretary Of
State Richard Oiney, Joseph H ChOate
Daniel C Gilman. Carroll D. Wright,
Seth Low Cleveland H Dodge Robert
c Ogden. Elihu Root. Dr- S. Weir
Mitchell. William h Taft, Helen Gould.
former President Andrew D White. Of
Cornell. Henry L HigginsOn. Ethan Al
len Hitchcock. Gen Louis Wagner. Ly-
man J Gage. D O. Mills. George Foster
Peabody. Henry s Pritchett. John s.
Billings. Robert De Forest. and many
others who have made national and in
ternationaI names for themselves in
nnance. business. politics. education.
government philanthropy IN other
words, the. trusts are being administered
by the men and women best fitted for
this well-nigh sacred work that the
helped TO make and keep the country
great and wealthy. and so make possible
these very trusts themselves
DR.. Gilman Is Well Known.
The name that appears most frequently
on the governing boards Of the gTea attest
philanthropic trusts is that Of Daniel
Colt Gilman. He IS a member OF the
executive committee OF the Carnegie n
stituti0n- He is second vice president OF
the Peabody trustees He is president OF
the Slater fund organization He IS one
Of the trustees OF the Sage Foundation.
and IN the distribution Of the income Of
the general education board. his again is
a potent voice
Seventy-seven on the sth Of this month
Dr. Gilman has spent thirty-three Of his
ffty-two working years IN directing
philanthropic work. counting from the
dav IN 1875 when he became the first
president Of Johns Hopkins University
following its foundation with half the
100000 left by Johns Hopkins TO educa-
ton Il was as president of Johns Hop
kins that Dr. Gilman speedily made q
name for himself as an able admins
traitor as well as an educator Of re-
rnarkabiy successful ideas, and, as mos
Of the great philanthropic trusts are more
OF less educational IN their nature, DR.
Gilman naturally has been called uPOr
from time 10 tine 10 help administer
them.
Wnen Andrew Carnegie endowed tbs
Carnegie Institution he expressed a pref
erence for Dr. Gilman as It's organizer
The latter resigned the presidency Of his
first educational offspring and. prepara
tory TO establishing the institution. trav
eied all over Europe consulting the lead
ing educators Of the world AS IN th'
day California 8 being run along many