Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
HALF OF HUGE SUM
TO FIGHT DISEASE
Salaries of College Professors
Also Will Be Substantially
Increased.
GIFTS TOTAL s45O,00o,ooo
flso Urges That Foundation
Promote Medical Educa-
ton in Canada.

NEW YORK. Dec. oi.-John d.
rockefeller today gave to mankind q
Christmas present of 500, 100000
half to the General Education Board
TO raise the salaries of college pro-
lessons and half to the Rockefeller
batting disease through improvements
OF meuical education, public health adj
It is estlma1ed aIf tbat scentie research
Pue6iG Pandnn SITS now approximate $780,
cation Board the task of seIeStinr the
eaelr eaeb teaching chi STATS and the amount
hirsSn ineome that I. the principal as well as the
iargeie as ee mus used g. AS PROMPTLY and
viii Aid lasy caaaaInn ssem wiss. s.on,.
fospdatoP So,b also are authorized 10 ati
M added that Tsh she gs,sa S6asa
new gilt in pronotor s1 aio any part Of this
Il9h viIth IN Canada, such action would meet
moIh tian my, my cordial approval" Such ac.
George e. Vincent. PRESIDENT PRESIDENT Of Of fbc RT:
ttppnn,aaton, tpns,eas who stated tonight that the @
5000, 900 qiu for this % akedsd asked to set aside
~, 1t is known that fopSs for a. long t,m.
tbc Mr has been nteres,ed eime e
country's higher inst.tutiona nS ia iaos the
under ,ng IN the ne United States campaigns arc
$50, ,ooo, 600 for to ,bis raise approximately
making h,s gifts Mr.. Roekefeiieer e wh,as dnas
share @ sPfSGlfy sSni ns Institutions receiving q
ssS!yes, this Has been the aeasral ss''nsm pfaa
t'Ss Ser3s,n or the 90 General Edueat on Board.
cafional 'Board srs are 81 .bnn, the General Edu-
aohp Tip South. when they will insnecf on
oeses saHe and which aready
aInett, trustee of the IJniversit,, 'ot %
tGinleago: tinna oscln has been elected s an sddit
make theefGf1py the tripy Of tn the board. and viii
It's is next meeting February as ia ana doia ~
for HPsfred disf frf6,tit that at that time policy
adopted ho VIII De
r. Statement In Issued.
Mr.: RoekefeiIer RoekfiiILrf shid: hid gift to the board,
,,o Ihe attention OF the American 49,,
mas aed reddenssly s9ym tSiaia ssen p the
proyikd.ng more adequate necessity sa;ariss Of
members n n a Of the teaching prafessotno afass to
those Sc eI entrnets rns highest Importance that
youth youth, and the Increase of fsoHHeation yea OF
ing by reason oG iea to abandon the cafIe
10 cling, to it amid S;scopre pressure or
e9eo eue 10 nnancial limitations. "Gements IS ie
fare and dpreanSs proErsss 60 3,s our future Vel.
ptr,ing Pr, young. men and womsn anre and as,
from DE devotn similar reasons be deteprad steenad
While hilIi,ns TIM e.tfr their lives to teachinesa tea
Grai corporate purposes OF or the gem
to seid mse tb cordially indorse deeIsindn; SGIard;
ins9me mae SEA- as promptly and wHl farrsiv as the
operatiep @ ifem Wi, wise for the purpose oy ca as
OF iearnins % WIN III It the higher Institutions
ae,Hoted to the increase Of teonhi.
In Gommenting on the riftp.D
sad had ressiyaG raat Of the Saa ssarf
versities application for t ala 'g an aad uni; uni,
TAI if'ts of ths soaaa seohaps' tn the WorKing capi
hocke feller had recogn,zed tha Ina. Mr..
'nGy which exists. 'he emers-
Rocke efinieTmit,tns feiieT fonnaatids his gift to the
Sas SSs. ;hs mafslGa tihIseuEh I
pressed especial interest in the ne eS. esi.
oe oelnS done throughout the wer,T Mofh IL,
o9emnedtinf oe medenff disease in the
siLi whi or S2o.ooo.o0o for this pn,noso nc q
in1ch lion hohea ne made IL; to the general educaa
,, Canadians Arc Neighbor..
,eeJs 81 'en.ion mas been called to the
% in Canada a some bnt of the The medical schools
general education board are bv tts me
onarter limited to the United States
for csnadiaI that gift may not be used
The Canadian people are our near
s'6H'nFs ns 6H es rhey hsSe are closely bound TO
national friendship; and thsv inter- ha1,s
rehov ther vouib T,ant int sacrificed themselves
end that democracy might be savsS and
bGnasS board Should gor see these :, reasons il
his new gift in promoting medicoi
nducat,9n ,nnt ii.,i In Canada. such action would
'''e' Tm E,,o iHH 1f,,t, Eordial approval"
In asserting s5.0O0,00o would be 80.
aslde tor Canadian schools. DR.. Vim
From this sum appropriations will
ne made by the foundation to medical
additional funds from other sources.
Is hoped that s5.o00.00O thus en-
ployed by the foundation at this TINA
will gire distinct impetus to the de-.
Canada. "
THE new gift will also enable the
foundation to extend work already in
progress In medical education and
pnbiic health In many parts Of tho
KANSAS CITY cEEHIMc