The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-03

total amount devoted to these pur-
poses was s1ss,7s5.
The regular funds of the board
amount to s3o,91S,os3. At the close
Of the year the boards resources
were increased by Mr., Rockefeller I,
the extent of $70.000.0e0, $4,000, 900
of which, principal and interest, are
to be distributed for the promotion
OF medical education and $4,000, 00o
may be distributed. principal and In
terest, as promptly as may be deemed
wise. in cooperation with endowed
institutions. for the raising of funds
for the increase Of teachers salaries.
The scope of the boards activities
in recent years has steadily widenef.
It's appropriations to colleg'
versities go mainly Ia the increase OF
endowment funds applicable to the
general purposes Of the Institutions
Thus far 100 colleges and universities
have been aided, the board contribut-
ing s15,04s.7o4 towards a total to be
raised of sss.soS.14s
In the field OF medicine UP to this
time the board has largely concen-
trated its attention on the develop
ment of fulltime or university elm
ical teaching. With the boards heir
the main clinical departments have
been thus organized at the Johns
Hopkins university, Washington uni
versity, st. Louis, and Yale univer-
sity.
The same sorga IMITATION
troduced into the newly esta blish ed
School OF Medicine at the University
OF Chicago, towards whic hthe gem
eral education board and the Rookie
Teller foundation have contributed
100000. and into the school OF
medicine to be established at Van
derbilt university, towards which the
board has pledged the sum of $4,000
600, which is not included in the
figures previously given. Mr.. Rookie
feller's new gift will, however. make
it possible for the board to aid med
zeal schools whose clinical depart
ments are not on the .full-time basis
During the past year the board
completed survey of public educa :
ton in Delaware, undertaken d the
request T a commission appointed
for the purpose by the state legis-
lature. and as result of this survey
a new and comprehensive school code
ot thoroughly modern type has
been adopted. In view of the fact
that immediate Improvement in school
buildings OF the state was urgent,
Pierre s. Du Pont, citizen of Della
ware, acting on the impetus given by
the survey, has contributed the sum
OF S2.500,00 to be used in CO.
operation with local authorities for
the building of new schoolhouscs
within the next four years, or this
sum, 100000 was set apart for the
benefit of schools for colored children
The board has now in progress a
similar survey of public education in
North Carolina. and it. made appro.
priations TO supplement funds locally
provided for school surveys in the
States of Virginia and Alabaata
A committee has been appoint, d by
the Mathematical Association of
America 70 rthe revision of the
course of study in secondary school
mathematics. The committee in i'm
mediate charge of the work consists
Of prominent university professors and
secondary school teachers Professor
y. w. Young OF Dartmouth college,
and !. A. F'oberg. of the Chicago
Technical High school. are giving
their entire time to the work The
entire expenses OF the year, amount
ing to $4,000. were borne by an an