The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-25
MILLION DOLLARS
FOR EDUCATION
Rockcieller's Money Is Given
for Help OF Schools
i'll South.
HAMPTON INSTITUTE AIDED
Largest Contribution Gees to
George Peabody College
for Teachers.

New York. May 2i.-Nearly $1,000
so was contributed TO the cause OF odu-
cetion by the General Education BOARD,
founded by John u. Rockefeller. at it's
meeting here to-day. OF this sum.
100000 was appropriated for distri-
button among five colleges. the larG-
est contribution of S950.Cou going 10
the George Peabody College for Teach
CTS. OF Nashville, Tenn, for the estab.
lishmcnt OF the Seaman ~ Knapp
School Of Country Life. II is explain
ca tina, the gifts to the colleges are
ali conditional upon an equal sum be-
ms raised by the respective institu-
lIons.
The sum of $21o.l0o was set aside for
demonstration work IL oericul;urein
the Southern states. for professors OF
secondary education in state Unlversl-
tees OF the South and - aid the work
ot negro education in the South. The
demonstration work in agriculture in
$4,000.
The miscellaneous appropriations
were: For professors of secondary euu-
cation In the several state uulversl-
ties of the Southern States sl.loo
For supervision Of negro rural
schools in Kentucky, North Carolina
and Virginia, $4,000
To the negro schocls-Hampton In
stitutc. Hampton, Va, TUskcgec in
stitute. Tuskegce. Alabama. and the
Spcilman Seminary, OF Atlanta, Ca
TIM sum OF $4,000.
What may be regarded as the boards
most important appropriation was that
1or the establishment OF the Seaman
y knapp school of Country Life. The
late Or. Seaman y. KNAPP had been In
charge for the past ten years of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
work in the South. In connection with
this gift the following statement was
issued:
The General Education Board rccos
nizes that the George Peabody Coz
,se for Teachers at Nashville, Tenn.
promises TO render conspicuous ANA
permanent services IN the promotion
OF popular education :nrou.n the
Southern States. IL also recognizes
that the Peabody Education Fund. dur
ms Its long years of service TO the
South, has been largely instrumental
IL bringing about the promising condi-
tions which call for just such an insu-
tuition az this enlarged college Tor the
training OF teachers. II further reCog-
ni2es that the utilization of this instl-
tution with Vanderbilt University Will
81 eatly enhance the value OF both in
situations. The board has therefore
Watched with sympathetic interest the
progress of the new movement.
The General Education Board has
been interested in the promotion of
practical farming In the southern
States and in the development OF an
eiiicicnt system Of rural schools. The
George Peabody College for Teachers
proposes to train teachers for rural
schools; not for the traditional rural
school but for the new school. which
shall meet the needs OF an agricultural
population.
From the beginning 1t has been the
purpose of the General Education
Board to contribute to the endowment
fund Of George Peabody college for
Teachers. After consulting with the
president and trustees OF the college,
Il now makes a contribution OF $500
GOO toward the endowment OF the
George Peabody College for Teachers
and for the specific purpose OF sup
porting the Seaman y. Knapp School al
Country Life. For ten years tho late
Dr. Knapp was the recognized lcadcl
Of the new agricultural life oil III,
South. las nuins that his nam,
should tc Associated with tho GeorS,
peabody College for Teachers. hi,
great work perpetuated through thi,
institution and his Mamc associated
with that OF George Peabody