The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-12-31
John D. Rockefeller's Gift to
Mankind Reaches the
s1oO,ooo,ooo Mark
TO APPLY TO EDUcA-
TIoN AND HEALTH
Colleges and Educational 1nsti.
tutions Throughout Nation
to Receive Help


to Receive Help
New York, Dec. 24.-John D. Rock.
efelier today gave to mankind q
Christmas present Of s100,00o 1000
half to the general education board
to raise the salaries Of college pro-
fessors and half to the Rockefeller
Foundation to aid in, its work of
combating disease through improve
4 ment OF medical education. public
health administration and scientific
research. It is estimated that Mr..
Rockefeller.s public gifts now approx
innate $3.50, 100000.
While leaving to the general educa-
: ton board the task Of selecting the
colleges which shall receive awards
: for their teaching staffs and the
amount each is to receive, Mr.. Rookie
feller urged that the principal as we'll
as the Income be used 'as promptly
and largely as may seem wise"
The trustees Of the Rockefeller
Foundation also are authorizes, to
utilize both the principal and income
OF their gifts, in connection with
which Mr. Rockefeller added that if
the board should see fit to use any
part Of this new gift in promoting
medical education in Canada, such
action would meet with my cordial
approval" Such action will be TAX
en- according to DR.. George E. Vim
cent, president Of the foundation, who
J7
/ be asked, to set aside ss,0o0,000 for
this: purpose. :
Z 1t is known that for a long time
Nh. Rockefeller has been interested
In the problem 4of aiding teachers in
che eonntry,s higher Institutions of
learning in meeting the increased cost
Of living. Among the, 500 colleges in
the United States campaigns are un-
der way to raise approximatel s150,
seoW,Uo6s for this purpose; and while
making hrs gifts Mr.. Rockefeller does
not specify institutions receiving a
share. shallr contribute a sum them
selves this has been the general prac-
tice OF the general education board.
H.. Certain officers of the general edu-
cation board are about to start on a
trip south, when they will. inspect col
alegex and universities which already
have applied for assistance. Trevor
ArEett,S trustee of the University of
Chicago, has been elected an addition
al secretary Of the board and viii
make the trip. The board will hold
It's. next meeting February 26, and it
is expected that at that time policy
for distribution of the fund will be
adopted.
In transmitting his gift TO the
board Mr.. Rockefeller said:
The attention Of the American
public has recently been drawn to
The urgent and immediate necessity Of
providing more adequate salaries to
members Of the teaching profession.
1t is of the highest importance that
those entrusted with the education
Of youth and the increase Of knowl-
edge should not be led to abandon
their calling by reason of financial
pressure, or to cling to it amid dis
couragements due to financial limita-
tons It is of equal importance to
our future welfare and progress that
able and aspiring young men and wo-
men should not for similar reasons be
deferred from deyoting their lives to
teaching.
While this gift is made for the
general corporate purposes of the
board, I should cordially endorse a
decision to use the principal, as well
as the income. as promptly and large
To-. Sow.
of cooperating with the higher institu-
tions of learning in raising sums spe-
cihcally devoted 20 the increase OF
teachers salaries
In transmitting his gift to the
Rockefeller Foundation Ito promote
the well being of mankind through
out the world" Mr.. Rockefeller i'm
posed no restrictions. although he ex-
pressed especial interest in the work
being done throughout the world in
combating disease in the Improvement
Of medical education.
Abiding to gift of s20.000,00o fo,
this purpose. which he made to the
general education board this year, he
said:
my attention has been called tc
the needs of some Of the medica
schools in Canada. but as the activi-
ties of the general education boara
are by it's charter limited to tn
United States. I understand that gift
may not be used for Canadian
schools.
The Canadian people are our nea'
neighbors. They are closely bound t.
US by ties of race. language and in
ternational friendship. and they haH'
without stint. sacrificed themselves
their youth and their resources to tn
end that democracy might be save'
and extended. For these reasons
your board should see fit to use an,
Part OF this new gift in promotln:
medical education in Canada such &C
tion would meet with my cordial ap
proval.'
Mr.. and Mrs A. c. Sheriff Of Nor