Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31

NEW YORK, Dee. sf.-tR1-Ths
wealth Of America CLEANED from
steel mills, oil wells and manifold
industries was poured into philan-
thropy's Golfers in 1928 with a gem
crosby which surpassed that Of last
year.
Charitable gifts for 1928 will total
approximately $3.50, 100000 accord
ing to the estimate Of the John
Price Jones Corporation Of New
York, fund raising consultants, while
those of the previous year amounted
to S2,2l9, 100000.
The greatest donations, as in the
past, went to religious denomina-
tons, but large gifts were made 10
organized charity relief for 'the
"other half" for education purposes
and for advancement of health.
The late Payne Whitney's bequest
Of more than $45, 000. 900 to hospit-
ais, Libraries and universities Of the
country heads the list. Although he
died in 1927. the filing Of the estates
appraisal did not take place until
1928 and his requests are, therefore,
listed with the philanthropies of
the year just ended.
Extend Beyond u. s.
His largest bequest to an institu-
tion was an endowment for $lS,62J,-
l76 for the New York hospital which
with Cornell University Medical
school is planning a new medical
center here.
The Rockefeller benevolences, as
in other years, figures large in the
total and we're among those which
reached beyond Americas boundary
lines. Twelve millions were given
by the Rockefeller Foundation to the
China Medical Board, Inc, which
holds funds for the Peking Union
Medical College, to aid in establish
ing its modern medical center. The
Foundation also gave $1,4O0, 900 to
the medical school Of the University
Of Brussels and contributed a like
amount to the work of stamping out
malaria. yellow fever and the hook
worm disease throughout the world.
Education Aided
Educational institutions received
rich bowers from the 1928 charity
chest. The $1,000 900 residium OF
the estate of Charles NJ. Hall. "fath-
err of aluminium" who died in 1924,
is to be distributed to higher educa-
tional institutions Of the Near Eas.
and the Orient, his trustees ~announc-
ed. Among the institutions to bene-
fit by the gift are the Kobe College
Corporation in Japan, the American
University Of Beirut and the Ameri-
can College for Girls at Constanti-
nople.
Edward S. Hardness Of New York
gave three millions to Harvard Uni
yersity for experiment in %reorgani-
cation of the University.
A. T.. Fitkin, New York, a former
school teacher and clergyman who
built up a thirty million dollar for
tune through public utility opera
tions, donated a million dcllars 70
Yale for the study OF child disease.
While the late Chauncey Depew be-
queathed a like amount to the same
university, his alma mater, without
restrictions.
Myron Taylor's sI,500,0 900 gift TO
education went to Cornell University
for a new building for the law
school.
Cover Many Fields
Others who helped fill Americas
charity Golfers gave their contribu-
tions for the benefit Of those in &C
tual need. John Murkle. retired coal
operator, donated a half million to
the Salvation Army for a working
girls hotel.
The late Milton McQuade, a bach
elor who left no known living rela-
tions, bequeathed 100000 to the
Home for the Friendless, an orphan
z in Newburgh, N. Y. Half Of the
100000 estate Of Nathan Lamport,
Jewish philanthropist, went to the
Ansl Charity Foundation for the ben
eft of various Jewish religious edu-
c%ational and philanthropic societies.
The name "Ansl" signified Abraham
Nehemia Sarah Lamport.
The late Mrs. John Innes Kane