St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-12-30
Negro" Institutions
Get $40 Million
In Ford Money

Chicago fANP)- Private Me-
gro colleges and hospitals were a
mong the recipients OF a half-bfl-
Iion-dollar grant last week by the
Ford foundation. the largest phil
anthropic gesture in the history
OF this country.
Negro institutions will receive
nearly $4,000. 900 under terms
OF the grant. The largest gift went
10 Tuskegec, which will receive
s547.soo Hampton. with 1926
200 was second.
Among the recipients will be
many member colleges OF the
United Negro College Fund, an
association OF Negro land grant
colleges. Commenting on the gifts,
DIR. r. d. Patterson, president OF
the UNCF, hailed the grants as an
"epic contribution TO the future OF
American higher education"
Or. Patterson said: The gener-
GUS grants received by the col
leges win go far toward strength
ening them for increasing SER
vice TO all qualified American
youth. and viii be a stimulus to
others 10 give greater support to
these important institutions which
are an integral part of this ma
TONS network of flrst-class inde-
pendent colleges and universities.
Grants TO colleges are OF two
kinds. All win get a portion OF a
1910 million dollar fund. which
they must use TO raise faculty
salaries for at least 10 years.
In addition. 1875 colleges will
share In a $50 million fund which
was appropriated last spring Re-
ciplents of this fund have not yet
been named.
Two Hospitals Share
Two Chicago hospitals. provi-
dent and the Ida Mae Scott hos
pital. were named In the grants,
Provident. which has helped train
many OF the country's Negro doc
tors. win get si07.50o: Ida Mae
Scott hospital win receive $4,000.
II was noted that Wilberforce
University. an AME institution at
xcnia. Ohio. and one OF Americas
oldest private schools. was not In
cluded in the list
The foundation committee said
that in selecting the colleges II
did not attempt TO compare the
callbre OF these many different
colleges. their general excellence
or reputation"
All college recipients must be
regionaily accredited privately
supported institutions, The list OF
Negro colleges and the amounts
received follows.
Allen University. xi12,400;
Benedict College. $4,000; Bcthune-
Goodman College. $iis,so0; Bar.
Der Scotia College; Bennett Col
lege Si06. 400; Bishop College.
$6s,400, Ciafiin College. Clark
College, $i2s,00o; billiard Univer-
sity, <25o,7oo
Florida Normal and Industrial
Institute. Saa, 700. Fisk Univcr-
sity, $3s5.boo; Hampton Institute,
$f26, 200: Huston Tiilotson College
slfa,6o0; Jarvis Christian College.
s7s,io0 Johnson G. Smith Uni
vcrsity, sis5,ooo
Knoxville College $4,000: Liv-
ingston University, 500. 400; Lin
coin tpa.l University, Si3a, 200.
LeMoyne College, $4,000: Miles
Memorial College, $4,000; More
house College S22o,aoo: Morris
Brown College, si2a,s00.
Philander Smith College, si43,-
200; Payne College. SOS, 900: Rust
College, $4,000: Shorter College
$4,000; spelman College, si7s.-
300; st. Augustine College. 500
900; Shaw University. $iiT.9o0;
Tuskegee Institute. s5t7 800
Talladega College $4,000, Tcu.
galoo College. S7s6oo. Texas Col.
lege, S7s,Soo: Virginia Union
University. sis2,soo Wiley Col