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Show Head Expansion Needed m College Sport Is Too Generally, Taking the i' ' "Place of Valuable Knowledge in Big Institutions. NEW YORK. March 27. Andrew Carnegie Car-negie was thc guest of honor at the annual dinner of tho alumni of Stevens Ste-vens Institute at tho Hotel Astoria tonight. President Alexander C. Humphreys Humph-reys of Stevens inslltuto nnnounced that Mr. Carnegie, In addition to the 5200,-000 5200,-000 which he has already glvon to tho Institute, In-stitute, would glvo $50,000 more, to which he himself would add $50,000 when the alumni raised anothor $100,000, Mr Carnegie said, in pnrt: 1 want to tell you, gentlomcil, that your carcor la much higher than a (speculative one. Stock gambling Is not a business; It Is a mere paraslto on buslnoaa. If I had a son I should prefer to havo him enter upon a profe?Mlonnl career such a you choose rnthor than any ether. I have ben looking largely Into small colleges of laic and 1 have ontbred Into tho college business as I not long ago entered Into the library business. 1 did a rlproarlng business at the library stand, but I could look ahead nnd seu the demand for libraries slacken. My secretary rays that the demand Is down to ono library a day I think a young man who goes to a small college receives n butter fdncatlon than at a . larger one. I like to nee men not excelling In football or things pertaining to the foot, but cxcolllng In head expansion. Sport Ih too generally gen-erally taking tho place ot valuable knowledge at tho big colleges. Since I have gone Into tho now bdslnoxs thero has been a great boom. Within tho past i f w days I have received moro than 100 ap- I plications for the material I am sending to small colleges. Business, generally Is promising prom-ising " |