The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-20
WILL GET A MILLION
UNITED BRETHREN COLLEGE AT
NORTH MANCHESTER WELL FIXED.
An Endowment the Interest on which
Is to Go to the support OF stu
dents and Not the Faculty.
snecia, 70 the indianapolis Journal.


NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind, Aug. 10
President Krieble's million-dollar endow-
ment. which he claimed had been secured
for the United Brethren College, OF TINS
place and which has been so much dis
cussed through the press of late, mas at
last taken a definite form and is now an
assured fact The endowment went into
effect July "a, and there is every reason
to anticipate a splendid success for the col
lege from now on. The endowment, as has
been claimed all along, comes from
wealthy gentleman without heirs, but as
one of the conditions of the endowment Is
that his name shall not be made pubhc
until a certain stipulated date, your cor
respondent will withhold it until proper
time. The endowment is made condition
ally for period of five years. If at the
end of that time the conditions of the en-
dowment have been fulfilled the require
rnents will be modified and the endowment
extended twenty years longer. During the
first five years the income from the endow-
ment is required to be used to defray the
college expenses of young ministers and
ministers children, but after that the in
come may be used as directed by the trus-
tees of the college. President Krieble is
already the recipient of hundreds of letters
of inquiry and applications for scholarships
from many different States, and the indica-
tons now are that the college will be
crowded to it's fullest capacity.
The management has recently inaugu-
rated a scheme for increasing the college
attendance that is bringing great returns.
They are assigning territory to reliable
persons who will solicit students for the
college. Any person who secures six paid
rent free This arrangement has had the
effect of enlisting the services of a large
number of young men and women as solicit
tors for the college who take advantage OF
the opportunity TO secure college educa-
ton with little no expense to themselves.
BY means of the endowment and other lib
eral donations the college management is
enabled to reduce the total expenses of
tuition, board and room rent to IS a week,
and this small outlay of money, coupled
with the strong character Of the faculty,
has attracted the attention of hundreds Of
young people who could not otherwise con-
template a college course.
The outlook for the college is so enCour-
aging that the United Bretheren Church
has Indicated its willingness to erect an
other college building near the present one
large enough TO accommodate any probable
number of students, and it is believed that
this will be done next year. Extensive i'm
provementS have been made during the
summer and accommodations have been pro-
vided for increased number of students
this year. The old boarding hall has been
purchased and is being remodeed to adjust
itself to the new order of things and a new
dining room to accommodate $50 is now
nearly complete. The rooms of the college
are being refitted and rearranged to suit
| the requirements Of the new surroundings.
The museum is now hand and Prof.
Ulrey, who has already arrived, is drrang-
ing it for use. The management has just
added a $50 collection of birds eggs.
Several of the new professors nave ar
rived and others are expected daily Prof
Spellman is here preparing for the CONNER
cial department. Prof. +. J. Howe is at the
| college making preparations to look after
the shorthand and typewrting department
and Prof. w. II. Mershon the new direc-
| tor of the musical department is here do
| ing some preliminary work in his line He
| is preparing to organize a military band
| and orchestra embracing thirty-five mem
| bers Prof Rurkhart late of the Conserva-
| tory at Zurich, Switzerland, will teach the
| Your correspondent was shown a letter
| to-day that had just been received an
| nouncing arrangements completed with
| Prof. Arnold Tomp!xins late OF the State
| Normal, TO look after the pedagoglcs of the
| college. 1t is, however. thought best that
| this work shall not be commenced formally
| until after the holidays, when Prof
| Tompkins Will begin with a series of lee.
| lures and continue until the buildings can
| be arranged for his more complete work
| Altogether the college Is enjoying a boom
| so to spealx-and IL indications count for
| anything, North Manchester will have p
| university second to none in the State