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THE circumstances of the origin of the Trust are recalled in its recently published report for the year 1936-37. Referring to the passing of Lord Craigmyle, formerly one of the trustees, the report quotes a passage from Mr. Carnegie's autobiography which shows that it was an article contributed by the former to the Nineteenth Century magazine in 1897 thatled to the idea of a gift of ten million dollars— "half of the yearly revenue from it to be used to pay the fees of deserving poor students and the other half to improve the universities". Last year the Trust devoted nearly £52,000 to the payment of fees of deserving poor students—2,637 men and 897 women. Voluntary refunds of fees advanced by the Trust in previous years, that is, since 1901, amount to nearly £40,000, namely, £25,000 by 569 men and £14,500 by 454 women. Women beneficiaries would seem to be more given to expressing their gratitude in this way than men. Expenditure on post-graduation fellowships, scholarships and grants for research amounted to £17,500. Resignations of fellows and scholars for the purpose of entering upon professional careers were numerous—a sign, perhaps, of reviving prosperity. This was specially noticeable in the field of chemical research. Of thirty-four fellows and scholars in this field, thirteen were absorbed into industry before the termination of their grants.
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Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Nature 141, 681 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141681c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141681c0