The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
EDUCATION BOARD
GIVES OUT S41S,6OO
Lafayette College Gets $780,
600 for Endowment and
Hobart $4,000.
TO STUDY THE GARY PLAN

Tno General Education Board. ROUNDED
by John q. Rockefeller in 1909 to pro-
mote education throughout the country,
yesterday announced eight specific ap-
preparations totalling &41s,600. Tbs
board at the same time made
ment. without specifying the Nj
appropriated. OF various Investigations
and other activities Of an educationAl
character which 1t IL about to finance
and institute at once.
Some of these activities. notably the
beginning. Of Investigations OF various
phases OF rural education in Maine and
New Hampshire. are IN a sense wholly
now work for the board to undertake.
For the first time. for instance. funds OF
the board will be used In rural New
England educational activities In n
unique way.
Four OF the appropriations. amount
ing TO $4,000 In all. go to denomina-
tional colleges. The list follows:
$1,000 to Carlton College, "A Congre-
gational institution ut Northield, MINI,
the amount approf rated to go toward an
endowment fund ( S400, 600.
$4,000 to II art College, Geneva,
n. Y. an Epif palian institution. to-
ward an endowment fun OF 100000.
S200.O 900 TO Lafayette College, E%aston,
Pa, Presbyterian. toward an endow-
ment fund OF si,Oo0.000.
$4,000 to Kalamazoo College, Kala-
mazoo. Mich, Baptist. toward an endow-
ment FUND of 100000.
Investigations Planned.
SO widespread has been the interest
In and discussion OF the worth or the
ariou systems Of college and sch0o!
education throughout the country during
the last few years, particularly In the
Innovations In systems which old fash
toned advocates Of the simple three IT'S
look upon az fads, that the officials OF
tho General Education Board decided re-
Gently that systematic Investigations and
reports concerning the results OF the
simple three RS as well as OF novel
efforts in education such as the Gary
system and others would he helpful no.
only TO teachers and scholars but to -
country that wants to 'be shown
Everybody during the last few yearS
especially Is the way DR.. Abraham
Flexner of the board put 1t to the news-
paper mel when handing out the fcport
OF appropriations, has shown an inter-
est IN old time educational methods as
well as In the innovations. The coun-
try wants to know what are the re-
suits, what Is coming out OF the eau
cational work being done.
"The original idea of the General
Education Board was to distribute us
income Of s2.500.0 600 among endowed
institutions. Next urgent educational
needs In the South attracted it9 atten-
ton and help. and now education has
become u live topic everywhere and
there Is "A good dca, of dissatisfaction.
Experts therefore will from time to
time make exhaustive examinations OF
various phases OF educational work and
then submit carefully prepared reports
which will show what is coming out OF
the work and will enable educators all
over the country to adopt what is best
In the systems without being compelled
TO devote years of their institutional
work to experimentation
The board. therefore. O other
things. will finance IAN elaborate and
thoroughgoing study of the system OF
urban public education at Gary. Ind,
''in order that "A complete and author
tative account OF this most interesting
and important development in school
work may be available for study and
use throughout the country"