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IT was in April, 1905, that Mr. Carnegie added to his many benefactions in the interest of education by handing over to a board of trustees of his own selection a sum of 2,000,000l, the revenue of which was to provide pensions for the teachers of universities, colleges, and technical schools in the United States, Canada, and Newfoundland. The trustees were nearly all presidents of universities or colleges—the few others being men of conspicuous eminence in business and finance. In 1906 the trust was incorporated by charter under the title of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In his deed of gift the donor stated that the fund was to be applied, without regard to race, sex, creed, or colour. He did not “presume to include,” among the institutions which were to benefit, State-supported universities or colleges on the ground that “they might prefer that their relations should remain exclusively with the State.” In response, however, to the desire of the professors in State universities, expressed through their National Association, Mr. Carnegie in March, 1908, increased his original gift by 1,000,000l. in order that State institutions of the requisite academic grade which “apply through their governing boards with the sanction of the legislature,” might also participate in the benefits of the foundation.
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EDGAR, J. A Great Endowment and its Influence 1 . Nature 80, 399–401 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080399a0
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