New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03
OTHER LARGE GIFTS.
Notable Requests to Instita-
tons IN ,4mPric0.

This last wear has been an unusual one
FOR IT'S record Of benefactions. During the
twelve months ended January l. 1909, the
grand total of gifts throughout the country
was $50. o2.@Ni. about twice that Of the
preceding twelve months In the realm
81 education Columbia University alone re
ported lie receipts Of s. PSI So during seven
months Of the year breaking all records
for that institution. This included the be
quest IF sl.5o0ceo from the estate of George
Croker and a large sum left ny John
Stewart Kennedy.
Mr.. Kennedy gave the largest sum oil
the year. $50. 5-A.0pa. Mr.. Rockefeller's con-
;rihuticn vas s1292oo0 Mr.. Carnegie 5
s5o5s.5u and Mrs Sage's 100000. Chris
topher / Magee gave S5.oo0,eea. James
Masierson Burke 100000 and s2oF,nl
each wes bestowed by ex-senator William
+. Villas. Z. y. Crittenton. James Milliken,
Mitchell Valentine and Mary Rhinelander.
Other large gifts were $1,70n0oo by Charles
N Pratt ard Mrs L. e. Dane. his sister:
nearly 10000 by George Croker, and
s,5e..a each by Harry S. Henry, Mrs.
Josephine L. Newcomb and Elizabeth Brig
ham Education was me favorite benefac-
ticn OF the year. taking more than one
third ~ the whole Charitable institutions
received The next largest snare. One of
the most interesting Of these was gift Of
81 10 mo- from "a certain pllilanthropist
net named, 10 found a home for the aged
in New York state. Other large beneflci-
aries were missions. churches, art mu-
eeunas. 1ipra-ies. medical research and
Christian associations. The two months of
TINS year have already seen Jones \. i.
1.iverpooTs 81. 800 600 TO charity Mrs. Z. II
Harrin1an's 81 tEso, 600 for a state park, Miss
Stokes's s. ooo,apo for education and several
other large gifts
II is estimated that the total Of public
benefacfions within the United States for
the period OF seventeen years ending with
1863 was s. 15ooo0.eeo. Conspicuous among
great american benefactions of the past
ere George Pea body's s7.|-l1G 10 education.
STEPHEN Girards ss00oooo 10 Girard Col
teee Leland Stanfnrd's $50 d1o.oeo to Leland
Stanford Junior University and Mrs. Stan
foTd's SO go Coz TO the same institution,
William Marsh Rice's ss,OceeoO TO Rice In
stitute in Houston. Tex: +. A. B. Widen
er's s9.o0n0oo to the Memorial Training
School for Crippled Children, p. Z. Fayer-
eeather's 100000 to colleges. Marshall
Feds S3.eeo1Ho - Field Columbian Mu-
scum. Cecil Rhodes's s,0eoo,oe0 for Ameri-
can scholarships, Johns Hopkinss s7.Soo. 900
90 his university and hospital. and Ezra
Cornen's 100000 TO found The university
thet bears MS name.
Mrs Sage Mrs. Stanford and Mrs. Harri-
man are not the only women who have
spent for charity vast sums bequeathed or
given to them by husbands or parents
Next 10 them in this class stands Helen
Could. who has given over Sle,pee.gen of her
share Of her fathers great fortune Mrs
Thomas 2 Ryan is another large giyer To
the list may he added Mrs. William X
Vanderbilt with her gift Of 100000 for
model tenement houses and many other
useful charities: the Duchess OF Mari
borough formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt.
who is ACTIVE in English social work; Miss
Anne Morgan. daughter of j. Piernont Nor
gan Miss Dorothy Whitney, who Inherited
q large part of the fortune of her father,
William { Whitney, and Miss Mary Harri-
man. daughter of Z. H., Hartman. Others
are -1rs Clarence H. Mackay. Mrs. o. IL.
P Belmont Miss t1iuiia Morosini,= Miss
Helen Frick and Mrs. Harold F. McCcr-
mick