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Show Gives Million to Art for Art's Sake ( ft . V George V, Baker, New ToVk financier finan-cier and philanthropist, has given $500,000 to the Society of the New York Hospital and $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art lie gave $700,000 to Columbia university last January for the purchase of the Dyckman tract for an athletic stadium. sta-dium. As was the case with the gift of Mr. Baker to the art museum, his gift to the hospital Is In United States Victory Vic-tory loan 3 per cent notes. In accepting ac-cepting the gift the board of governors gover-nors voted unanimously to establish the George F. Baker endowment fund of $750,000, consisting of the present donation of $500,000 and the $250,000 given to the society by Mr. Baker In 1012. He was elected a governor in 1809, and has since served the institution institu-tion ably and devotedly. The Society of the New York Hos- I pltal operates the New York hospital in West Sixteenth street, the Bloomlngdale Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases at White Plains, and the Campbell Cottages for Convalescent Children Chil-dren at White Plains. It Is the second oldest hospital Institution In the United States, having been granted a charter by King George HI of England In 1771. Since that time the hospital has treated 2,018,000 patients, "5 per cent of them free of charge. Mr. Bker has ber a trustee of h Me'rnnolitm for th'rtrec yrnrs. |