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would spur a new era of achieve
ment in Americas higher educa-
ton. A spokesman for the Amer
lean Hospital Association said
the hospital grants would result
in tremendous improvement in
hospital service" to the Nations
citizens.
Trustees of the foundation,
which was set up in 1887 by the
late Henry Ford. announced last
night in New York that they
will distribute in the next 18
months a total of $3.50 million.
The sum of $2l0 million will
go to 6l5 privately supported
liberal arts and science univer-
sites and colleges to help them
raise teacher salaries.
Another $50 million will 60 to
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ing two hereto help with SAL
aries or other expenses. This
sum was appropriated by the
foundation last spring but its
recipients were not announced
until last night.
In addition, $50 million is being
earmarked for the Nations pri-
vately supported medical schools
to help strengthen their instruc-
ton.
Finally, the foundation is al
lotting 5000 million to some $500
privately supported hospitals to
help improve and extend theil
service to the public.
OF all the grants so far, the
District has been allotted $4,-
067, 200. Maryland $6,548, 400 and
Virginia $4.664, 800.
In the District and its imme-
date suburbs, about $l.8 million
will be shared by % hospitals.
and nearly $2.7 million will be
split among six District colleges.
An advisory committee ap-
pointed by the foundation de-
cided on the details of the giant
benefaction.
Investment Required
All the country's accredited.
private liberal arts colleges will
share in the major. $210 million
grant for teacher salaries. The
foundation apparently attached
only two Strings-that the gifts
must be invested and only the
income spent for the next 10
years, and that the funds be
used to raise faculty pay.
The allotment to each college
approximately matches its facul-
ty payroll last year.
The committee said it did not
compare the colleges caliber OF
reputation. Awarding grants on
an equal basis to all, it said, will
not distort any of the carefully
evolved patterns Of our system Of
higher education ID. (or) reduce
In any way the desirable diver
sity of character among these
institutions"
Special Grant
The special $50 million addi-
tional grant to 1876 colleges is for
institutions which already have
lied the way in their regions In
improving the status and COM
pensation of American college
teachers"
In this case. the grant to each
college amounts to half of last
years faculty payroll.
AS for hospitals, the funds are
intended to help expand or mod
ernie their present facilities and
extend them ito keep pace with
the rapid development of medi-
cal science" But no restrictions
were set on their use.
The foundation last spring, in
announcing the first $50 million
grant to colleges, had stipulated
that institutions must plan on
matching the proffered funds
before receiving them.
This requirement has now
been dropped, a spokesman said
last night, and there is also nc
such rule attached to the newly
announced grants. However, the
spokesman said that 1t is the
foundations hope that institu.
lions themselves will not rest or
this gift but will be encouraged