The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-01
'HR|STNAS GIFT OF 100 MILLIONS
shn D. Rockefeller Gave Mankind a
 kreat Sum-Half to Salaries of Col 'lege Professors, Half to Combat Disease-In All, 450 Millions.

~ New York, Dec. 25.--John D. Rocke- &ller yesterday gave to mankind a hristmas present of 100 million dol xrs-half to the general education ard to raise the salaries of college ofessors, and half to the Rockefel-
 Foundation to aid in it's work of &mbattIng disease thru improvement
 medical education, public health ministration and scientific research.
 is estimated that MT. Rockefeller blic gifts now approximate 450 mil bn dollars.
 While leaving to the general edu- tion board the task of selecting the #lleges which shall received awards
 their teaching staff and the amount ch IS to receive, MT. Rockefeller ged that the principal as well as e income be used as promptly and
 gely as may seem wise.
 For Canada, 5 Million.
 The trustees of the Rockefeller Emulation also are authorized to ilize both the principal and income
 their gift, in connection with which r. Rockefeller added that if the lard should see fit to use any part
 this new gift in promoting medical location in Canada. such action buld meet with my cordial approv- Such action will be taken, ac- riding to Dr. George E. Vincent, esident of the foundation, who stat
 last night the trustees would be xked to set aside million dollars for is purpose.
 & 1t is known that for long time MT. Rockefeller has been interested in the foblem of aiding teachers in the untry's higher institutions of learn Ia in meeting the increased cost of &ing. Among the six hundred col xges and universities in the United kates campaigns are under way to ! ise approximately 150 million dol rs for this purpose, and while in Xaking his gifts, Mir. Rockefeller does N specify institutions receiving a are shall contribute a sum them lives, this has been the general prac- e of the General Education Board.
 To Visit Southern Colleges. l Certain officers of the General Edu- tion Board are about to start on q xip South, when they will visit sew *al colleges and universities which ready have applied for assistance. evor Arnett, trustee of the Univer ty of Chicago, has been elected an xditional secretary of the board and Il make the trip. The board will ret February 26 and it is expected at at time policy for distribution Of k fund will be adopted.
 in transmitting his gift to the lard, Mir. Rockefeller said
 X"The attention of the American blic has recently been drawn to the gent and immediate necessity of Xoyiding more adequate salaries to
 mbers of the teaching profession. Fl is of the highest importance that bse entrusted with the education of uth and the increase of knowledge puld not be led to abandon their call g by reason of financial pressure or
 cling to it amidst discouragements e to financial limitations. It is of lal importance to our future wei re and progress that able and aspir- k young men and women should not f similar reasons be deterred from Eoting their lives to teaching.
 sWhile this gift is made for the neral corporation purpose of the Bard. l should cordially indorse de- ion to use the principal as well as { income as promptly and largely as sEy seem wise for the purpose of CO., Iteration with the higher institutions <f learning in raising sums specifiical- % devoted to the increase of teach S salaries"
 E In commenting upon the gift, Dr. allace Buttrick, president of the ard. said that since the end of the pr it had received from colleges and iversities applications for aid Fhich would practically exhaust the -brking of the board" He added that Rockefeller had realized the emer- ncy which exists.
 In transmitting his gift to the Rock eller Foundation "to promote the ellbeing of mankind turnout the @orld." Mir. Rockefeller imposed no striction, altho he exprest special terest "in the work being done thru t the world in combating disease ru the improvement of medical edu- ktsou {.