The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-25

ROCKEFELLER FUNDS ADD TO
ENDOW MENTS SS5S.OOO

smaller Colleges Sg the Mlddle west Are
for the Nest Part tire nencnrlaries
More Than 500. 600 fer ths reaeh.
lnG q FArmng N the southern sMtes.
A. meeting Of the trustees Of the Cen
sral Education Board. held yesterday
afternoon in the boards Offices At Rec
tor street. 900. $50 in appropriations was
voted. OF this sum tSSs. 600 was Appro-
pFiatsd conditionally for the endowment
funds Of eight colleges. tiIs.OOO for the
furtheFanoe OF demonstration work In
agriculture throughout the Southern
States and 81. $50 for the salaries and ex-
psnsss Of special professors Of secondary
education In the several State univeTsi-
ties OF the South.
The appropriations voted by the board
yesterday in support OF college endow-
ments raised 20 S.iT1. 500 the sum already
spent In this direction by the educational
organization. which has SSS.OOO.OOO Of
John d. ROckefeller's money. The sew
enty colleges throughout the country
that have prohtsd by these endOwments
during the last four years Of the boards
activities have each raised sums in endow-
ment which taken with the boards gifts
aggregate t7s, $40. 500.
Conditional appropriations for endow-
ment were made TO these colleges in the
following sums:
Cornell College. Mount Vernon. L.. 1000
IN addition to a like amount subscribed
at the last previous meeting Of the board.
De Pauw univernity. Greencastle. Ind.
100000
Marietta COLLEGE. Marietta. Ohio. $4,000.
Allegheny College. Meadville. Pa, tiOO. 600.
Central University. Danville. Ky. $4,000.
Drake University. Dies MOines. Ia. 500 900
Middlebury College. Middlebury. Vt.
SsO.OOO.
Transylvania University. Lexington. KY.
$4,000
These eight colleges were selected from
a list Of twenty nine who petitiOned the
board for assistance.
The sum Of $4,000 Appropriated for
demonstration work in agriculture in the
South was made in the furtherancs Of the
efforts which DR. seaman A. Knapp Of the
Department Of Agriculture IN making in
elevating agricultural conditions through
the Southern States by teaching intensive
farming and the scientific methods Of
crop raising. In giving financial aid
10 this movement the general education
board 10 cooperating with the Depart
ment at Warrington. Last year the
boards contribution in this direction
was tiO2 600, which was divided among
the various States a. follows:
Florida, 5000; Georgia. t13 600: South
Carolina. e77 600: North Carolina. $4,000:
Virginia. az 600 In addition 5000 was
spent In the administration Of this enter
prise.
The money voted by the board for the
salaries and travelling expenses Of pro-
fessors Of secondary education In the
South n to be apent, a. previous appFO-
priatiOns have been, In fostering the
growth Of high schools. The board now
mas one such professor attached 20 the
State universities Of Virginia. North
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Florida.
Alabama, Mississippi. Tennessee. Louis
lana. Arkansas. West Virginia and Ken
lucky. provision for the last Of which was
made az yesterdays meeting. The sole
duty Of thcae professors h TO urge through
out their several fields the Building OF
high schools. The boards money does
not 20 toward the building Of the high
schools. but only toward the propaganda.
The trustees OF the board Who attended
yesterdays meeting we're Frederick T
Gates, Robert C. Ogden. Walter n. Page.
j. D. Rockefeller. Jr. Albert Shaw. Wal |
lace Butterick and Starr J. Murphy. all !
of New York Edwin A. Alderman presi- |
dent 81 the University Of Virginia Hollis /
r. Frisaell. president " Hampton Insti- |
tute; Henry Pratt Judson president Of /
the University ~ Chicago and Wicklife |
Rose. general agent 81 the Peabody /
Education Fund