Carnegie Hero Fund
a fund created by Andrew Carnegie in 1904 to provide rewards for those who perform deeds of heroism, and in case of their death to provide for their widows and dependents. The endowment of the fund is $5,000,000, the income of which is used for the purpose specified by the donor.
The awards are carefully hedged about with provisions to insure that only those receive them who are entitled to do so.
The expenditure of the fund is directed by a commission of Mr. Carnegie's own naming. Medals are awarded and grants are made only when the facts concerning any alleged acts of heroism are fully attested. The medals are of gold, silver, or bronze, in accordance with the degree of bravery or self-sacrifice shown by the recipient. On each medal is set forth the circumstances under which the heroic act was performed. A recapitulation of the work done in connection with the Fund from the date of its establishment up to 1920 shows that 1,527 medals had been awarded. Of these, 18 were gold, 456 silver and 1,053 bronze. To heroes and their dependents $1,834,521.97 had been paid. The pensions in force up to Nov. 1, 1919, amounted to $99,300 annually. A total of 20,053 cases had been brought to the attention of the Commission. Of these 1,527 had been the organization is the Carnegie Founda- granted, 17,826 had been refused and 700 tion for the Advancement of Teaching, were pending. In addition to the distinct It came into existence April 16, 1905, purpose for which the Fund had been and $10,000,000 was provided by Mr. created, $169,462 had been given to suf- Carnegie as funds for the institution. ferers from disasters from storm, earth- Care was taken that only higher institutions of learning should participate in the advantages offered by the fund.
The Foundation during the period of its existence has distributed many millions of dollars in pensions. Changes have been made from time to time in the management of the work by the trustees, one of these changes involving a certain contribution by the teachers to an insurance and annuity plan. In 1920 the permanent endowment of sixteen and a quarter million dollars had been approximately doubled by the setting aside of one million dollars of accumulated surplus and the receipt of eleven million dollars in new funds to be used in termiquake, etc. Since the creation of the American Fund, Mr. Carnegie has estaband Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, and Denmark. lished similar funds in Great Britain CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECH- NOLOGY, an institution for scientific education, founded in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Andrew Carnegie, in 1900. It was originally known as the Carnegie Technical Schools, and in 1912 received its present title. Mr. Carnegie originally endowed the institution with $
1,000,000, but increased the gifts until they reached a total of $4,000,000 for buildings and $7,000,000 for endowments. The institu- CARNEGIE INSTITUTION CARNOT tion is situated in Schenley Park, about cent. of the people are of Slovene birth 3 miles from the business center of and the remaining six per cent. is made Applied Industries, and the Margaret dom of Illyria. By the terms of the schools: a School of Applied Science, a Italians. The prevailing faith is Roman the new kingdom of Jugoslavia. Pop.
Applied Industries, and the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women.
Tuition fees are extremely moderate. In 1919 there were 3,150 students, with 212 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF schlag. was a duchy of the Counts of Tyrol. It was allotted to France in the treaty of Vienna and became a part of the kingthe new kingdom of Jugoslavia. Pop. dom of Illyria. By the terms of the about 530,000.
Versailles treaty it was made a part of