The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-25
ROCKEFELLER
 MAKES GIFT
OIL MAGNATE GIVES St,ooo,OOo TO FIVE COLLEGES IN THE
 UNITED STATES.
Quarter of Million Goes to Peabody College at NashVille-Also Re members Negro Schools
 in the South.

education by the General Education Board, founded by John D. Rockefel- Ter, at its meeting here today. Of this sum $7OO,OO0 was appropriated for distribution among five colleges, the largest contribution, $25O,OOO, going tJ the George Peabody College for Teachers, of Nashville, Tenn, for the establishment of the Seaman A. Knapp School of Country Life. The other colleges awarded appropriations are:
 Beloit College. Beloit, Wis, slOO,- 900.
 ooe College, Cedar Rapijs, la. sl0O,oOo.
 McAlester College, St. Paul, Minn., $75OOO.
 University of Rochester, Rochester, N r., $2O0,000
 It Is explained that the gifts to the colleges mentioned are all condition tal upon an equal sum being raised by the respective institutions.
 Aside from the college appropria- tions, the sum of $210,100 was set aside for demonstration work in az riculture in the southern states for professors of secondary education in state universities Of the South and to aid the work of negro education in the South. The demonstration work appropriation is $133,00O
 The miscellaneous appropriations were:
 For professors of secondary educa- ton in the several state universities of the southern states, $33, 100
 For supervision of negro rural schools in Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, 5000
 To three negro schools-Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Tuskegee In stitute. Tuskegee. Ala, and the Spell man Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.,-the sum of $S5,0OO.
 What may be regarded as the boards most important appropria tion was that for the establishment of the Seaman A. Knapp School of Country Life. The late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp had been in charge for the past ten years of the Farmers Co., Operative Demonstration Work in the South. In connection with this gift the following statement was issued:
 "The General Board recognizes that the George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville Tenn, prom ises to render conspicuous and per manent service in the promotion of popular education throughout tlc southern states. It also recognizes that the Peabody education fund during it's long years of service to the South has been largely instru- mental in bringing about the promis ing conditions which call for just such an institution as this enlarged college for the training of teachers. It fur ther recognizes that the affiliation of this institution with Vanderbilt Uni yersity will greatly enhance the valre of both institutions. The board has, therefore, watched with sympathetic interest the progress of the new move. ment
 From the beginning it has been tine been interested in the promotion of practical farming in the southern states and in the development of an efficient system of rural schools The George Peabody College for Teachers proposes to train leaders for rural schools; not for the traditional ru- ral school but a new school, whiea shall meet the needs of an agricul- tural population.
 From hte beginning it has been the purpose of the General Education Board to contribute to the endowment fund of George Peabody College for Teachers. After consultation with the president and trustees of the college it now makes a contribution of $250,
 coo toward the endowment of the George Peabody College for Teach CTS and for the specific purpose of
 supporting the Seaman A. Knapp School of Country Life. For ten years the late Dr. Knapp was the rec
 ognized leader of the new agricultur- r al life of the South It is fitting that his name should be associated witf
 the George Peabody College lol