Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Baohm *>4 Court Htm * *-' , *^i^c*^ (?u . VjbOkju^ii-^ Rochester Public Library 64 Court St., CIVIC MEMORIM^SERVtCE /* George (Eastman in the EASTMAN THEATRE March 23, 1932, at 8:15 p.m. JOSEPH T. ALLING Chairman of the Trustees of the University of Rochester, presiding MusicGood Friday Music from Parsifal - Wagner Rochester Civic Orchestra Address Mayor Charles S. Owen Speaking for the City MusicCavatina from Quartette 13 Beethoven Kilbourn Quartette Address - Roland B. Woodward Speaking for Rochester's Community Interests Music Trauersymphonie Locatelli Organ and String Instrument-- Harold Gleason ami Eastman Student Orchestra Address Rush Rhees Presenting Resolutions adopted by the Directors of the mi.hi Kodak Company and speaking for Rochester's Educational and Philanthropic interests. Music Elegy for Orchestra and Chorus Hanson Howard Bassos conducting the Student Orchestra and Chorus of tin- Eastman School of Music. / Central Library of Rochester•••••I and Monroe County · Historic sssHScrapbooksH Collection V.mployes Benefit Most of Estate Goes Mrs. Ellen Andrus Dryden of t. cv-.-vx. Evanston, 111., Mr. Eastman's niece; her children, Ellen Maria Dryden f^/* and George Eastman Dryden, and To Institutiotr Aided Mr. Eastman's secretary, Mrs. Alice K. Hutchison, who had been with him since almost the begin- ] ning of his career, are the principal In Donor's Lifetimeindividua l beneficiaries under ijis "U. OF R. AcceptslGfeat Trust," will. Mrs. Hutchison was left $10^ read a headline ovw one news­ 000; Mrs. Dryden $200,000, half of Trust Acknowledged in Statements by Dr.whic h consists of a fund for up­ paper's account of the Eastman keep of "Oak Lodge," Mr. East­ will. Which is hardly our idea Rush Rhees, President, and Raymond I. man's hunting property in North ot a story. Really exciting would Carolina, which also was left to I have' been the line "U. of R. Re­ Mrs. Dryden. Her two children Thompson, Treasurer — Institution jects Great Trust." each receive the income from a , Will Receive About $15,000,000 fund of $100,000. Personal effect? of {t^F* g-«iZfeja^Lr> - University of Rochester officials today voiced determina­ the testator were left to Mrs. I Co&JnffefeVs a+eSliJe tlfofe w&' Dryden. had charge of the will if one of tion to fulfill the obligation imposed by the late George East­ Bequests to personal employes at | their dnties is the preservation of his home included a bequest to his j man in his final gift of some $15,000,000. secrecy. With all the speculation Raymond I. Thompson, treasurer housekeeper, Miss Marie Cherbu- To this institution, one of the regarding the magnate's disposi­ principal objects of his benefactions of the university, acknowledged liez, of $10,000; to his cook, Eliza during his lifetime, Mr. Eastman the institution's great debt to Mr. De Lea, of $3,000, and to his butler, tion of various funds and build- left the bulk of his estate, estimated Eastman on behalf of the trustees. Solomon C. Young of $3,000. ingB, it must have been difficult Twenty-three other employes were in excess of $17,000,000. His will He said: to hold back the word or two that "Tho University is deeply con­ left amounts ranging from $2,000 was admitted to probate yesterday would have spilled the beans. We without objection. scious of its obligation to carry on to $200, and there are also a num­ To the University, Mr. Eastman the trust and confidence placed in ber of bequests in the form of an­ can't imagine a more difficult left his palatial East Avenue it by Mr. Eastman. This deter­ nuities to certain distant relatives. task than keeping silent when [home and a fund of $2,000,000 to mination is best expressed by the To Dr. Harvey J. Burkhart, di­ one has information that others maintain it. He expresses desire trustees of the University in the rector of the Rochester Dental want. It's a strain to keep from that it be used as a home for resolution adopted Mar. 16, 1932, Dispensary and Mr. Eastman's University presidents but provides from which I quote as follows: personal representative in the es­ exhibiting one's superiority in tablishment of the dental dispens­ such a contingency. that the University trustees may Million for Dispensary make other disposition of both aries for children which he has Discreet as everyone was, how­ 'And now he tells his friends property and sum after 10 years, established abroad, Mr. Eastman ( ever, there are indications that a if they see fit. that "work is done." For him, as left the equivalent of life income few persons must have known Debt Acknowledged respects active participation, this I from a fund of $50,000. Dr. Burk- His principal gift to the Uni­ is sadly true. For us who carry hart, is at. present In Rome ar- the salient points of the will. As versity, totaling somewhat in ex- on what he has inspired, his work] ranging for Italy's acceptance of an instance, Dr. Rush Rhees was icess of $12,000,000 is proffered is only just begun. Only the future j Mr. Eastman's gift of $1,000,' ready with a statement despite iwithout restriction as to use of years will be able to measure the j for a dispensary in Rome. the fact he is several thousands principal or interest, except for greatness of that continuing work. certain restrictions hedging $2,500,- With us is left the task of grateful of miles away, and there was no 1000 of this directed to the Eastman determination to make that meas­ sign that he had resorted to School of Music. ure adequate.'" cable. Neither was there any Dr. Rush Rhees, who will be first The other largest single gift, was element of surprise in his care­ to occupy the Eastman home as one of a million dollars to the j president of the university, is in Rochester Dental Dispensary. fully worded comment. Europe with Mrs. Rhees. A state­ Eight other Rochester institutions ment on his behalf made public are given substantial bequests as The University of Rochester declared: follows: Rochester General Hospi­ now becomes one ot the wealthi­ "It is evident that Mr. Eastman tal, Genesee Hospital, Y. M. C. A., est in the country. With its en­ desired that the home, to whose Rochester Orphan Asylum, Door dowment, and the freedom the in­ comfort and beauty he gave sojof Hope Asso*ciation and Family c n nuc stitution has in handling the en­ ^ ^ | Welfare Society of Rochester, $50,- H*ni£?j£f.f-Vift .putstahamSSproN ter Community Home for Girls, dowment, it stands unique. Hasty after his death to be of service to"00 0 each; Peoples Rescue Mis- sions of the EasfmandkJA'fl).:»--,., Family Welfare Society, $50,000 computation ranks* this school the comumnity of Rochester. He sion, $25,000. chose to seek this end by giving The University of Rochester, *ech. People's Rescue Mission, lifth in th ec.ountry in size of Mr. Eastman's will provides for $25,000. endowment. Calculated on (he it to the university for an official carrying out of his existing un­ nearly $15,000,000—balk of the Dr. Harvey J. Burkhart, director basis of endowment per student, residence for its president. In ac­ paid subscriptions and commit- estate. of the dispensary and Mr. East­ it stands weii out in front. Harv­ cepting the trust the university has rrenta for educational institutions The Eastman residence and fur­ man's representative for dental ard and Yale possess more money confidence that throughout the and philanthropies. In addition, he , coming years its presidents will en­ nishings, No. 900 East Avenue, giv­ clinics, receives a $2,250 annuity. but, considering the number of gives to the Rochester Commu- students, those universities would deavor to realize Mr, Eastman'j Employes in the Eastman home, oily Chest $100,000 for the flr.^t year k en to the university as the home of have to be endowed for better desires." Miss Marie Cherbullez, housekeep­ following his death and $50,000 its president, together with a 12,- than a quarter of a billion dol­ i Ktmiwuig ins ufHin ana ^ou.um er, $10,000; Eliza DeLea, cook, 000,000 to provide for maintenance. lars each to be as wealthy as 1 for the second year. He also pro $3,000; Solomon C. Young, butler, City Hall Annex In Court Street, Rochester. j vided for continuance of his sup-1 $3,000. ! rort to the Bureau of Municipal • given to the university as part of • Perhaps It is not seemly for us Research of Rochester for one the residuary estate. Principal individual beneficlariea to boast of our university for its year beyond the present year. The Eastman School of Music of are his niece, Mrs. Ellen Andrus riches. Gloating over wealth Tn the codicil to his will, signed the university, a fund of about $2,- Dryden of Evanston, III., who gets j rarely pays. What we should March 14. the day of his death. 874,000 to insure uncurtailed op­ "Oak Lodge," the Eastman home consider is the fact that our Mr. Eastman revoked bequests to eration of the school. in North Carolina, worth $100,000, school has an opportunity un- and another $100,000 in securities; the Young Women's Christian As­ The Rochester Dental Dispen­ | equaled in this country. What it her two children each receive in­ sociation of Rochester, Cornell Un­ sary, 11,000,000.