CARNEGIE CORPORATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22009, 16 January 1935, Page 10

CARNEGIE CORPORATION

VISIT OF PRESIDENT DR. PAUL KEPPEL'S CAREER FOUR WEEKS IN DOMINION The president of the Carnegio Corporation of New York, Dr. Frederick Paul Keppe!, is expected at Auckland from Los Angeles by the Monterey on Friday of next week. He will make a visit of four weeks to New Zealand primarily to acquaint himself with the work of the Carnegie Corporation and to get in touch with its libraries, universities and museums with which the corporation is concerned. Ho is accompanied by Mrs. Keppel, and their itinerary will enable them to sec some of the most attractive scenery. They are to spend four days in Auckland, and on arrival Dr. Keppel will immediately confer with the authorities of the University College and of the public library. Dr. Keppel - was born in 1875, and has held the office of president of the Carnegie Corporation since 1923. His distinction as a scholar is attested by the fact that he holds the degree of doctor of literature from no fewer than six United States and Canadian universities. From 1910 to 1918 ho was a faculty dean of Columbia University, and' from 1908 to 1918 he was secretary to the American Association for International Conciliation. For two years at the close of the war he directed the foreign operations of the American Red Cross, and afterwards he became for three years commissioner for the United States International Chamber of Commerce. Dr. and Mrs. Keppel plan to leave Auckland for Rotorua on January 29, and from there they will travel by way of the Urewera Country and Lake Waikaremoana to Napier. On their way to Wellington they will visit Palmerston North and Feilding. After spending from February 2 to February 6 in Wellington they will proceed to Christchurch, visiting Mount Cook on their way to Dunedin. Returning from Dunedin they will stay at .Oamaru for a night, being the guests of Mr. I' rank Milner, headmaster of Waitaki Boys' High School. They will sail from Auckland for Australia on February 22. The Carnegie Corporation has become an immensely powerful institution, controlling assets valued at about 160,000,000 dollars. It was founded in 1911 for the advancen»2nt and diffusion of knowledge. It is the largest of the institutions founded by Carnegie, and some of its funds are disbursed by other independent bodies, such as tho Carnegie Institution of Washington, for scientific research, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Corporation is responsible for the expenditure of largo sums annually throughout the British Empire for educational purposes. In New Zealand alone there are about 30 Carnegie library buildings, which the corporation assists in the training of competent librarians and tho purchase of books.