The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
ROCKEFELLER MAY
ASSIST TULSA U
Financial Aid Asked of
Foundation; School
Is Investigated
SAGE TO MAKE REPORT
p,nresentaive Refuses to Give
Clew as to What His
Finding Is

,a,, ,sscmbles for its next regular
,'."s,g the fourth week I'm May I'm
W,w work. city, 1t will hear from
.bs Inns Of its secretary, DR.. T.. G.
al New York, a detailed report
n, University Of Tulsa-its his
,ory financial standing. scholarship
sa,dards. fasulty, number OF stu
,.,ts number OF graduates, backing
.,,n the Presbyterian church of
ngisboma and the L. S. A. and from
no g.,v OF Tulsa, the size OF the
Uniyerslty's trade terrltory"-and
,ssn viii consider and act upon in
,ne way or another a request FOR
ad which has been made by the in
+ report will be presented by
"A SAGE upon the basis OF his OBJ
seUations during n two days
,borcurn inspection OF the school
and recently also a birds-eye view
m the facilities OF the city in which
II il located. What the trend and
,enor Of the report will be
ma man knows save Or. Sage
and he would not tell, except for a
brlef statement that 1t will be "un-
rolored.' what the university has
asked Of the General Board OF Ed
WNNflNn u d'AbAhAlh W AlNNlhf'lA
NJ /. Gordon, $4,000 for this year
and the same amount for next year.
Application for these W. sums has
been made to the teachers salaries
fund created by John u. Rockefel-
rer several years ago with n gift OF
gSO.00O.OOO for the purpose OF as
slsting In meeting the needed ex-
penses In such salaries.
To Ask Aid Later.
II the General Board OF Educa-
ton becomes interested in the needs
and plans OF the University of Tulsa,
I'VE board will be asked to lend a.
sflping hand later when the uni
yerslty's expansion program IL per-
fected ana put fully into action. To
Institutions which it adiudges
worthy, the board usually gives ONE
third Of the total amount of an en-
dowment campaign. For instance.
II the board sees fit to aid the local
institution. II would probably con-
tribute S2jO.0 900 after the institution
has raised $4,000 in a million dol
lar campaign.
Or. Sage's trip here was the out
growth OF n conference of Presi-
dent Gordon and university and
AANNHN w AhAA NiAAANi lNlA F'llAdNANtH
In New York City last spring with
members OF the General Board OF
Education, and formal APPLICATION
for a grant OF money. DR.. Sage,
when reminded while here that the
organization which he represents has
never so far aided any educational
Institution in oklahoma. admitted
that the board had its Y on the
safe and realized that the COM
p~aratiye youth of Oklahoma as n
state made its educational needs
great Speaking personally and not
officially, DIR Sage expressed the be-
lief, out Of his long experience with
Institutions OF learning. that there
II decidly a place in the education
al world for the Christian college.
A lively interest in Tulsa was man
Hested by DR.. Sage and was met by
conferences with members of the
university board OF trustees and trips
TO points OF interest in the city. He
particularly inquired what Tulsa as
a city had done originally to secure
me college and had done since for
H. He commented upon the good
fortune Of the university in its To-
cation In such a thriving, energetic
ana prosperous city and also the fact
mat the university has a large area
OF uncolleged territory upon which
70 draw. He considered the state
Of ONO az over-colleged, remark
Ing that 1t would not seem appro-
PIRATE for the city of New York with
q population equal that Of Ohio to
nave the same number of colleges
ana universities, 81. The visit was
hls tlrst In Tulsa, through he had
oeeh IN other sections of the state.
Ahhua grants 10 67 colleges are
osleu IN a report OF the work Of the
HeheLal Board OF Education for
ny4O-lS2l and 1~s22-I923. Taking
uSures at random from this report,
rs SHOWN that the board gave Lee
nnish university of South Bethlehem.
r. a grant of $6,25O last year and
~ SI2,5O0 this year ana pledges
$500 Tor the school year of 1922
:, besides appropriating S25O,O0O
H%oro an endowment campaign OF ST.
svv,OOO' Aid similar in amount is
reIorded for Leland Stanford Jr.,
University OF California, for Mills
vIyuese OF California, Nebraska
"esIleyan university of Nebraska,
M M %Otterbein college of Westerville
snlo' Georgetown college OF George.
SEwh' KY Hamilton college Of Gin
> ~, w. Y, Lake Erie college OF
s~aHlesNllle, Ohio, William Jeye'
NUiege OF Liberty, No, Williams
wVuntse or Williamstown, Mass, and
nTlehDerk college OF Springfield
vH1o' The boards endowment an.
W1prlatlons for 81 institutions tota.
.lo'ebO,S65 and It's annual grant,
urine period 1920-1923, S2,545,O17