Evening journal., 1920-06-07
hllLLIONS FOR
WORLDS NEEDS
Rockefeller Foundation and
General Education Board
Announce Appropriations
MEDICINE GAINS
BY BENEFACTION


The general education board and Of
The Rockefeller Foundation has an
nounced appropriations totalins 500
POI. 300 for various purposes OF gem
eral education and for the Develop
nent OF medical schools. The sum
marized statement Of the trustees
follows.
Increase OF college and university
salaries.
For appropriations from the fund
~ S50,0WO0 which Mr. Rockefeller
gave last December nearly 80 nstiiu-
lions have made application 10 the
general education board
A careful statistical inquiry shows
that 10 order 10 raise the level of
salaries In a sufficiently large MUM
Der OF these institutions TO a degree
somewhat commensurate with the in
creased cost OF living. their endow-
meni funds would have 30 be increas-
cd from Si50000.O0O to S200.OOOOO0.
1T is evident That TO accomplish
This result the sJ0OOOOO in lhe hands
Of the board viii have 10 be supple
mented by funds from other sources
n the ratio OF two or three 10 one
This has been kept in mind In max
ing appropriations which have been
made contingent upon the raising OF
additional amounts
Appropriations 10 ninety-eisht col
leFes aud universities
"At The recent meeting approprla-
tlons were made 10 ninety-eight col
leges and universities out OF those
which are under consideration. TO
this group OF institutions the gcn-
oral education board appropriated
1881 ,666 for endowment 10 increase
salaries on condition that they would
themselves react the coal they had
set and SECURE for the same purpose
supplementary sums aggregating $50
CASA Thus. these colleges and unl-
~sewities. IN successful Will increase
~ N endowments available for leach
ers' salaries to the extent OF Sij,-
interest 10 be paid from July 4,
1920.
I'm orier that funds may, 40 far
AS possible. be made available for
the next academic year, the general
educton board win in most cases
begin July 4, 1920, TO pay interest on
its subscriptions. 10 ts hoprd That
subscribers OF supplementary sums
will do likewise.
In a few cases Institutions are
not asking for endowment funds. but
only for temporary contributions to-
ward a certain total annual eubscrhp-
ton, which 1t Is hoped later 10 fund
permanently. The board has made a
number OF such appropriations on a
iwo or three-yoar basis.
For these purposes an additional
sum OF S2,iSt 3S4 was appropriated,
covering a period OF one 10 three
years, making total appropriated
by the general education board rom
Mr. Rockefeller's special slft OF si5-
O36.n50
'Inllmaton Is being made by the
general education board directly. 10
The academic Institutions 20 which
appropriations have been made A.
th6 amount OF money so far appro-
-priaied aggre<aies only $i5.OoO0O
prlatod, no ofllcial announcement Will
be made by the board Of the dlspO-
sitlon Of funds until The entire amount
"The nearly s50Oo0Oo yet 10 be
distributed viii be appropriated as
promptly as the detailed plans of
each can be studied and decisions
reached as 10 amounts and ratios.
Every effort VIII be made TO avoid
unnecessary delay.
Medical education at ho1ns and
abroad.
~In the following list appropria-
tions 70 medical sr1ools in the
United STATES were made by he gen
erel education hoard. while those 70
institutions in Brussels and Halifax
WIRE voted by the Rockefeller Foun-
dation.
washington University Medical
School, ST. LOuis-for endowment, ST.
10000; for additional laboratory IA
cilities and equipment. $4,000.
"Iale Medical School-for endow-
ment Toward a total OF S3000000l
Si.0O0,000.
Harvard Medical school-for i'm
proved facilities In obstetrics, $500
600. for the development OF teaching
In psychiarty. S310OO0.
alohn Hopkins Medical School
for development Of a new department
Of pathology toward a total OF 5000,
o00l. $4,000.
"Belhouse University Medical
school Halifax for buildings and
equipment 500 COO. for endowment
100000.
Medical Research Foundation Of
Elizabeth. Queen Of The Bolglans,
Brussels-for general purposes OF
medical research, i0o0<>0 francs.
RNNNl uIIIN AANlNiios
General education board.
.For cooperation with State uni
sersitles and State departments OF
education IN the southern states. In
the field Of secondary and rural cdu.
cation the sum OF s2S1.35O
For col0red schools appropriation.
segregatng s9i3.5 were made for N,
following objects:
"First for general endowment
$4,000.
Second, for current expenses anS
equipment. Si8350O.
"Rockefellcr Foundation,
'"For the American conference OF
hospital service, 10 establish an,
maintain library and Service bureau
the sum OF $4,000
"F6r the national committee fo
mental hygiene. for surveys durinl
1870 OF care and treatment OF menla
diseases and deficiencies, the sum o
S25. .0Oo."