New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
CARNEGIE S10,0OO,0OO
TO AID WORLD SERVICE
Thrusts a New Gift on President
RS. Woodward of Carnegie
Institution, Washington.
PRAISES '0RACLE ON MOUNT
Wants to Live Long Enough Just
to Hear Revelations to Come
from Professor Hale, Who
Found 10000 Worlds.

The announcement yesterday that An
drew Carnegie had given the Carnegie
Institution, Of Washington, the munifi-
cent sum OF $1OOOO,OoO seems to carry
out the idea uttered some years ago by
the ironmaster that II was shame for
five years old, and has made gifts 10
various colleges estimated al about
500, 100000. After his gift of $1,000
600 for the promotion of peace some
weeks ago. it was said that his Contrbu-
tions had reached $1S7 100000, as far as
could be calculated.
When the Carnegie Institution was
founded, nine years ago, Mr.. Carnegie
gave it S1OOOO,OO0 in per cent bonds,
and a short time afterward increased the
fund S2.OOOGoO. since that time he has
given other sums. and the total beneiac-
tion is S25.ooo.OOO.
The incorporators of the institution
announced in 1904 that its objects would
be in the broadcst and most liberal
manner TO encourage investigation. re-
search and discovery, show the applica-
tion of knowledge to the Improvement
of mankind and provide such buildings,
laboratories. books and apparatus as
may be needed"
Work OF Chsrtine the World
In making the announcement Mr. car
negie alluded to the work Of the non
magnetic yacht Carnegie, bronze YES
sol which has started on its task OF
charting the world. lie said that the
Yacht had just arrived at Buenos AyreS'
and added:
The Carnegie found two grave errors
IN the British admiralty charts III her
VOYAGE TO Great Britain, and. returning
hv way Of the Azores, she found tha'
the captain was not TO blame VINO ran
great steamer upon the rocks winch
deetroved il On the contrary, he was
so;,irg IN its right course, according 70
,ho chart but the institution yach'
nroyed that the chart was from u
degrees astray. The Carnegie Is solhs
over all the seas year after year pu'tlls
.ha world right. That one service VII
give ample dividends upon the "Hol'
/ S25 600. 600, in my opinion
The discovery Of sixty thousand ne"
uorlss by Professor Hale in the ooseENa'
tory on Mount Wilson, California "a'
arropnc1d. and in conjunction, that
te1escoue with a lens OF one huHore0
,,cbee in diameter and three times more
nowe-ful than any existing is no" oeihs
| constructed on the mountain top
consider also the results alread5
achieved at the great observatory or
Mount Wilson. in California. estahhsheo
~. tho institution, which | visited las
winter" said Mr.. Carnegie. ne III
! sti.ution discovered a young genius II
Professor Hale. who adopted en'lreS
rev processes. including photography
1is FIRST test plate, taken just before M
orr,val revealed 5000 new worlds, anC
he has written ne since that his secon'
Mate has revealed 10000 new worlds
never before seen by man. some OF then
many times larger than our sun lh'
whole world is going TO listen to tn
oracle on the top Of Mount wilson anc
IN few wears we shall know more aoou
.bo universe than Calico or Copernicu'
e,er dreamed Of. hope | shall live loni
enough Just to hear the revelations tina
are 70 come from Professor Hale OF
! Mount Wilson.
Mr. Carnegie announced that the geo
nhvsical laboratory will soon show new
formula for Portland cement. or con
crete and demonstrate that material 70
this can he found almost anywhere, no
j., rare deposits as at present. And per
hans he is not yet through giving to tn
| carnegie Institution, for he said signlfi
cantly:
NAV Give More Millions.
ovanv other wonderful things the in
etitution has in operation, the results o
which promise to he equally satisfactory
Como day il may need SJ0,GoO,O0O w
can mt no limits upon its achievements
for we have body Of the ablest men Fl
the world in the Institution for sucl
worldwide work"
There is an amusing story connected
with this latest gift Mr.. Carnegie hat
written a note to Robert S. Woodward
president Of the institution, and II wa
Icing on his desk when Mr.. WOODWARD
called. The president entered, but Nh
Carnegie received him with show o
petulancy, and said.
"Nr woodward, | am very busy:
need some time to devote to my AFFAIR
bcre"-indicatinG the correspondence OF
his desk-"and l dislike to be inter
ruuted. Would YOU mind waiting in tn
next room for awhile? BY the way. her
,s something that may interest you"
Mr.. Carnegie gently pushed Mr.. Wood
ward out of his office, and sat laughinl
inside. while the astonished president sa
IN the anteroom and read the note tell
inc of the gift Of SlOOoOO00.
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