Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Writes article Giving
His Views On
Philanthropy
SAYS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
GETS MOST FOR IT'S MONEY
Perfection Of Organization Is the
Reason for Thi5-Value Of
Cooperation in Giving

New York, Dec. 2g.--"If e comb IA.
ton to do business Is effective In gl'.
ing waste and In getting better re-
suits. why Is not combination Tar more
important in philanthrupic work? In
this question L. set forth the text Of a.
article By John d Rockefeller heat "
the Standard Oil interests published IN
the current Issue OF the Worlds Work.
The general subject 81 Mr. RuC%'!"i.
lers article Is The value Of the CO.
operative u,inciplc In EiSias.'
Mr. Rockefeller expresses The he
lief that the general / lea Of COOpnr"
tiun in giving FOR education ccnr,d -
real step In advance whom Andrew
Carnegie consented to become a morn.
her of the General Education BORT
'lnr In accepting a position In this
directory he hlss II seems to nv
stamped with his approval ,hia viUl
principle Of cooperation In aiI.as tie
educational institutions OF our ,uuu.
try"
lie goes on to describe In som" Ue.
tail the work Of the General fidcl.
ton Board which he said h 10 male or
g. making a careful study uf the NCl.
tlOn. aims. work resources. gGmiN,s.
tratiOn and educational value resent
and prospective, Of the inElitu ions Of
higher learning In the United States.
The Board. he says, makes It's COntri-
button averaging something Ike
81 100000 q year. O. the most careful
comparative study Of needs and op.
UOrtunitits throughout the country
Its records are open to all. Many
beneiaCtors Of education are ayalllng
themselves Of these dlsinteres,ed IN.
quries. and II Is hoped that more will
do so"
Some Interesting general remarks
on the subject of beEeyOlence illumin.
ate Mr.. Rockefellcr's point OF view.
For instance he says:
ITO help an inefficient. III located.
unnecessary school Is waste. am
told by those who have given most
careful study to this problem that Il
is highly probable that enough money
has been squnndered on unwise educa.
tiOnal projects 10 have built mp ma.
tiOnGl system OF higher education ade-
qlate to our need II the money had
been properly directed to that end
or Roman Catholic methods Mr..
Rockefeller said that he has snen the
organization Of the Roman church Sc.
cure better results with given sum
Of money than other church organiza.
tons are accustomed to secure from
the same expenditure II is unneces.
sary to dwell upon the centuries of oN.
perience which the Church of Rome
las gone through TO perfect a great
power OF organization"
Commenting upon the great mass of
appealing letters received Mr.. Rookie.
teller says that fourhfths Of them arc
requests for money for personal use.
with no other title to consideration
than that the writer would be gratiled
TO have It,"
Mr.. Rockefeller pays warm tribute
to the memory of the late DR.. William
X. Harper, president of the University
OF Chicago, and makes without uualih.
cation tile statement which will he sur.
prislng to many persons, that during
the entire period of his presidency OF
the University of Chicago, he never
once either wrote me Il letter or asked
me personally for q dollar OF money
Tor the University" He goes on TO
explain that In this as In all other
cases the gifts to the University were
the result Of the presentation Of its
leeds made in writing by the officers
OF the University. whose special duty
II Is To prepare It's budgets and super.
intend It's finances. II Is not personal
interviews and impasslOaed appeals,
but sound and justifying worth that
should attract and secure the funds
OF philanthropy. The people In great
numbers who are constantly Emporium.
ing me Tor personal interviews In be.
half OF Tavorlte causes orr In supuos.
ING that the interview, were IL nos.
flble, 10 the best way, or even a good
way, Of securing what they want"
IN the course Of his article Mr.. Rock.
eieller says Of himself: Criticism
mat Is deliberate, sober and fair is al.
ways valuable and II should be wei.
coined by all who desire progress. |
nave had at least my full share of nd.
verse criticism, but can truly saw
that It has not embittered me, nor left
me with any harsh feeling against n
living soul Nor do | wish to be crit.
lcal OF those whose conscientious iudr.
ment, frankly expressed, differs from
my own. No matter how noisy the pes
simists may be, we know that the
world Is getting better steadily and
rapidly, and that IL Is a good thing to
remember In our moments OF denrcs.
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