The fund was bequeathed for the education of colored people in accordance with the will of Miss Emeline Cushing, of Boston, who died in 1895. The will designated Mr. Archibald Grimke and two others as trustees and executors. Mr. Grimke is now the sole survivor and administers the fund.
The Association for Negro Youth.—This Association was organized at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1913. The plan has been to admit only institutions maintaining work of college grade. So far 10 institutions have been admitted to membership. The following quotation indicates the embarrassment of the association in its effort to be just to the colleges within and without the organization:
One of the most important topics of the several sessions was that of admission of additional colleges into the association. The consensus of opinion prevailed that the association needed more careful detailed information about the colleges, both within and without the organization, and the executive committee was authorized to make a careful study of all colleges both within and without the association that some standards for grading of membership might be established.
The general purpose of the association is indicated by the following list of topics discussed at the four annual meetings, 1913 to 1916:
1. College entrance requirements.
2. The requirements for a college degree.
3. The reception of students dismissed from other colleges.
4. How far should we allow students to specialize in professional work during their college course?
5. Foreign languages as requirements for college entrance.
6. Uniformity in the exchange of records.