True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 196
ition given them free, but enough money was allowed everystudent t opay his boardand expen-ses until hecould gra-duate as ateacher fromthis college.They thenwent backhome totheir States,where theyobligate dthemselvesto teach.Thousandsof the bestteachers nowin the Southat the headof its col-leges… … CHAPEL OF YALE COLLEGE.The sum of $150,000 was given this College by Mr. Peabody. i98 GEORGE PEABODY are Peabody Institutes all over the land, and thousands uponthousands are being educated at the expense of this great-hearted rich man, who was so poor when he was a boy that hehad to quit school…
