Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-22

Smith. 1t was not until many millions had been
gwen the institution that transfer of stock
brought out the fact that the donor was Mr.. East
The following complete list of his benefac-
tons to date is approximately correct:
University of Rochester, s2s,57S 500.
Rochester Dental dispensary, $4,000 600.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, s15,5OO-
900.
Stock of Eastman Kodak company to employees
(vaue at date of delivery, July 1, 1920. about
100000.
Y W. c. A. and Infants Summer hospital
(Rochester), $4,000
Children's society (Rochester), $4,000.
Stevens Institute of Technology, 100000.
Homeopathic hospital (Rochester), $4,000.
Rochester parks, $104,350
Hahrlemann hospital (Rochester), 100000.
State and municipal research bureaus s33S,o5c.
War relief, $225000.
Red Cross of 1917, $250,000
Y M. c. A., $4,000.
Tuskegee institute $1,412,000
Mechanics institute $4,000
Enlarging Rochester General hospital 100000.
War chest and community chest, $1725,00O.
Chamber of Commerce building, $4,000.
Addition Chamber of Commerce building, esti-
mated at $75OOO0.
Rochester Friendly home, $4,000.
Hampton institute, $1,0OO,O0O
Mr.. Eastman was born in 1854 in the town of
Wateryie, N Y He left school to work for So a
week and in later years, attributed his success in
part to the fact that he never went into deDt but
always managed to save little capital. He be-
came an amateur photographer and eXper1menter
and perfected process for making dry plates.
his first important invention In 1880 he began
making these plates on small scale. Later, he
made his most important invention, the kodak, and
established plant at Rochester.
Trinity college at Durham, now Duke university,
was founded in 1888, has 46 instructors and 1892
students It's endowment is $2978,47O and the
value of its plant and equipment is $2,832,93l Its
president is Dr. William P. Few.
Trinity has been for many years the center of
higher education for Methodsts of the state Some
of the state Methodist leaders were frankly
against the change in acceptance of the Duke gift,
saving it would 'hang crepe on the door OF North
Carolina Methodisn." The alumni were divided.
President Few, however, favored the change. The
trustees met, accepted the glft anu mace the
change in name.
little farm near Durham N c. His father, Wash
ington Duke, returned from the Confederate ranks
after the Civil war to find ruined farm. The
father and his sons, Brodie L., Benjamin n. and
James, cured tobacco in log barn, granulated it
by beating 1t with fails and peddled it about the
countryside In 1870 they established their bust
ness in Durham; in 1874 they built factory 70
by 40 feet James, at seventeen, was its man
ager. In 1873 w. Duke Sons & Co. was organ
ICED with a capitalization of $4,000. James es-
tnblished successful New York factory in 1884.
In 1889 he effected a consolidation of five OF the
largest tobacco concerns in America and incorpor-
ated it in New Jersey the American Tobacco
company with capital stock of $25,OOO,OO0 Fol-
Loving the dissolution of the so-caled tobacco
trust in 1911. Mr.. Duke resigned as president.
The Duke bequest incidentally calls attention to
the fact that North Carolina of late years has
made great strides forward. 1t now pays more
federal taxes than any other state except New
York and Pennsylvania. 1t is first in tobacco, sec
ond in textiles and third in furniture.