The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-12
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago
Celebrated Fiftieth Birth
day with Lavish Hand.
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY AND
JEWISH CAAR|TY :25o,o00 EACH
Nueskeegee Institute Gets $500 and
Country Club e"hilanthropic
Workers Gets $5O,oSte re Ad-
dams to be One of Clubs ~ g..

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Julius Rosen-
wald Of Chicago made birthday gifts
Sunday amounting to $Ss7,5oo. He
was so years old.
Charity and education received the
entire sum. Half million dollars
was split evenly by him between the
University Of Chicago and the Asso-
ciated Jewish charities here. Among
the other contributions, one was
unique, $4,000 to endow country
club (which will furnish a comforta- :
BILE resort for recreation at week ENDS
and in summer and winter for those
who employ their time in philanthro"
pic and social work"
The $250,000 presented to the AS
ISOLATED Jewish charities Of Chicago
is for a structure to be known as the
west side charities building which
after supplying the needs Of centra
registration bureau for the jewish
charities and divisions for the relief
Of the Jewish Aid society and the
Jewish Home Finding society, must
furnish all available space to any
other philanthropic or civic work,
whether Jewish. Protestant. Catholic
or non-seotarian.
In detail Mr.. Rosenwald's $6s7, 500
birthday gift was distributed as fol-
lows:
University Of Chicago, for wom-
ans gymnasium and buildings for
geological, geographic and classical
departments $250.000.
Associated Jewish charities OF Chi
cago. s250,0o0.
Chicago Hebrew institute for
gymnasium. $4,000.
Endowmen Of a country club for
social workers, $4,000.
Booker T. Washington, for schools
for negroes, $4,000.
Marks Nathan home for Jewish or
phans. completion of building now in
construction. $4,000.
Chicago. Winfield tuberculosis SAM
tarium. toward new building, $685.
Glenwood manual training school,
to purchase a farm. $12.500.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull house,
who made the announcement of Mr..
Rosenwald's method of celebrating
his birthday, was named by him to
club for social workers The other
trustees are Miss Minnie F. Low,
Judge Julian F. Mack. Sherman G.
Kingsley. Father P. ]. O'Callaghan,
Louis NJ. Calm and William c. Graves.
Miss Adams said:
"Mr. Rosenwald has long given
regularly and constantly to charita-
Ole OTSdnlZdtlOHS. t1e ndS d CoulpIS-
11ensive practical knowledge of the
conditions of the day. 1 think there
are few philanthropists who study
conditions so thoroughly and prac-
tically. He has donated intelligently.
discriminatingly. always displaying
the great big heart he possesses to
help mankind"
According to Miss Adams. the gift
to the University of Chicago is pay
able when the university shall have
raised from other sources twice as
much more for the purposes named.
Like manner. the $50.000 endowment
Of the country club for social work
ers becomes due on Mr.. Rosenwalds
approval of plans which demonstrate
that the institution through a men,
bership paying a minimum Of dues
can be seif-supporting. The negro
school fund and that for the Chicago
Hebrew institute are similarly re-
quired to be doubled by other con-
tributors.
Mr.. Rosenwald's letters appraising
recipients contain few words. Thai
to the University Of Chicago. simply
says:
II take great pleasure in offering
you the sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars (s250.OOO) on this
my fiftieth birthday"