The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-15
JeaneS and
Slater Fund
TRUSTEES WILL UNITE, OBJECTS
BEING SAME, AND CON-
TIsOL LARGE INCOME.
Agents Selected

Agents Selected
DR.. billiard, Chairman Of Jeanes
Board, Will be Assisted 10y w. Il.
B. Williams, for Many Years Con-
nected With Slater Fund. WASH
ington Prominent in sUnification.
Thompson's National News Bureau.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 15-The
Board of Trustees for the Anna T..
Jeanes Fund of $1,000,00O for the
relief Of the rural Negro schools Of
the South, met at the White House
Monday. and transacted much busi-
hess OF Importance. With the trus-
. tees Of the Jeanes fund there also
met the trustees Of the John r. Slat-
er Fund, the mission of which is to
extend the benefits Of Negro educa-
ton throughout the country. The
meeting of the two boards brought
to the capital quite a number of the
nations most eminent educators Of
both races, and the work accom-
factive in promoting the intellectual
and moral well-being Of the Negro
people everywhere. The topics dis
cusSed covered wide range, and
the report indicates that. additional
teachers have been authorized in
many places sorely needed and that
the disbursements ordered were larg-
er than have been agreed to at any
previous session.
fhe Executfve-eemff ffaiitt -of-the
Jeanes Fund Board met Monday
morning at 1890 o'clock, at the Dis
~tfiet Building; followed by a meeting
of the full Board at 2:3O o'clock at
the White House. DR.. James II. Dill
lard, Of Louisiana, president of the
JeaneS Board, opened the session at
the White House, and President Taft
was asked to preside over the formal
deliberations. Major r. r. Motion,
Commandant at Hampton Institute,
acted as secretary. The trustees Of
the Jonn +. Slater Fund met on Mon
day night at the residence Of Mr.
William A. Slater. Tuesday morn
ing at joint meeting of the exc
cut1Ve committees Of the two funds.
a plan was consummated by which
the work of the bodies will now be
united, as the objects sought are
practically the same, and the expense
OF administration can thus be ma
.terially reduced. The union Of the
two Boards gives the trustees control
OF the income of practically $1,000
900. The two boards agreed to Sc
lect Dr.. James H. billiard as the
general agent Of the two funds. AS
assistants, DR.. Dickerman, of Con-
necticut; Mr.. w. IT. B. Williams, Of
Virginia; and Mr., Caldwell, of Louis
lana, were chosen.
The Board of Trustees Of the
Jeanes Fund consists of Andrew
CarneSie, Robert c. Ogden, George
McAneny, Walter II. Page, George
Foster Peabody, of New York City;
James H. billiard, of New Orleans,
president of the board; Bishop Abra-
ham Grant, Kansas City, Mo-; David
G. Barrow, Athens, Ga; Bolton Gill
reath, Birmingham, Ala; r. L.
Smith, Paris, Texas; Major r. r.
Motion, Hampton Institute, Va, Sec
retary; Talcott Williams, Philadel-
phia; Hollis Burke FrisselI, Hamp-
ton Institute, Va; Samuel c.. Nit
chell, Columbia, S. c.; j. c.. Napier,
Nashille, Tenn; together with presi-
dent William H. Taft, Of Washing
ton, and Booker II. Washington, Of
Tuskegee Institute, Ala, who is
chairman of the executive commit
urer Of the Board and chairman Of
the financial committee.
DIR. Washington has long been the
champion Of the needs Of the Negro
SCHOOLS in the rural districts of the
South, where often the school terms
are as short as two months in the
year and are poorly equipped for the
work that should be done. At his
suggestion, Miss Anna r. Jeanes, O.
wealthy Quaker lady of Philadelphia,
set apart fund of one million dol
lars to be used for the development
of the rural Negro schools. DR..
Washington refused to permit any
portion Of this fund to be devoted to
the work at Tuskegee.
All day long Monday, Monday
night and Tuesday, DR.. Washington
was in demand, and held conferences
with many persons on many mis-
sions. With Mrs. Washington, he was
the guest Of Prof. and Mrs T. J.
Galloway, 1885 T street, N. W., and
later stopped with his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Sidney
Pittman at Little White Tops, Fair
mount Heights, Tuesday afternoon,
Dr.. Washington assisted in the dedi-
catory exercises of the new 100000