The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

all doubtful cases, or TO suspend GQelr
relations for one or more terms OF
study, until the church renews an ap
| plicatiou for aid, and this certifies their
| confidence in the applicant. We nave
rejected many whom the church or IN
dIviduals, have after wards sustained,
ard in a few cases they have acted
wisely. Term reports IF due progress
in studies are reQuiredfrom each school
| A yearly certificate is also REQ Tired
from the president or principal or each
school that. in their Judgment, the
b~eneficiaries are deserving Of continued
aid.
After all precautionary meas
! ures, we are sometimes deceived end
find we have spent money on that
which ia not bread. SJill, [ give you
the result of twenty six years expert
ence in fostering the rising ministry.
L. n 1t pays veil. Nothing / Il the
church of Christ pays better. l speak,
howevtr 7, only of our denomination IN
the limits of this State, as my expert.
euca goes but little beyond these limits.
The mass Of the product is gold, silver
and precious Stones and If we have to
burn the wood, hay and stubbl9,' 1t
only confirms the sad truth that IN ell
human agencies there is to be found the
slime OF the curse attached to fallen
humanity.
In regard to funds, we do not lack
to any serious or embarrassing extent.
Fba students r paid UtthOut failure
at the precise time arranged, and not a
day later. We want honest, punCtual
business men in the ministry. and only
such. So we pract &c Ourselv. S the lee
son we wish to impress on them 1t
we have not the money on hand, we
effect a loan for a few days. Nor are
we kept from the purse Of our churches,
as a general rule. This point is secure
80 long as we guard the money en-
trusted 10 US from waste or parvereion.
We now carry eighty five benef siaries,
Of whom n hal receive $3.50 each per
annum, and the remainder IN average
Of 800 each.
Our aim is simply to coger the cost
Of plain boarding and the charge for
tuition CS36,) A 1901 as times change
for the better, We Will enlarge to one
hundred students, if the proper timber
can be secured.
In your proposed work the success
Of the future viii depend upon the wis
dom and care n.aHife s. IN the present
planning. Sow wisely and you will
reap rich harvests. You cannot afford
co lose the confidence of your churches
by mismanagement and poor results
Be frank, be honest with the churches.
Please let m hear'yOur printed re-
ports from time to time. together with
any suggestions you may see proper to
make. We are not too old to improve,
shall we be ungrateful for such favOr5. |
Yours, in servic3 Of press, pulpit
and schOOl-a all for and ali ia Christ,
&c. M. SPRATT"
Having satisfied himself thathe could
not fad what he was in search of,
namely, q model upon which to organ
70, Mr.. Denmark determined to do the
best he cjuld without a model. So one
night during the fall Of 1875 he talked |
he matter over, as he had tr, qIently |
done before, wish his room mate, Rev.
John l.. Britt, and retired. The next
morning he arose, and before breakfast
had written the following heading for
a subscription list:
Knowing that there 6r3 q largenum-
Der Of worthy young men In our State
whose natural capacities for receiving
an education are very great, and who
desire education above all things else,
and are not endowed with mans sufi
cienS to meet the necessary expenses
of a regular course, at our college, but
would be willing 10 borrow and able t.
give approved security for so much a. !
would be necessary to enable them to !
obtain a college education, and seeing !
tho vast amount Of illiteracy and the
great danger hanging over our State 10 |
c~onseqlerc3 of it: We agree to form
ourselves into an association for the
purpose of assisting such men as may
apply fer and prove worthy of cur as
sistance.
We also agree to pay annually into |
tho trea ury of said association, to be |
disbursed as above stated, the amounts
annexed TO our names" (rh;s is a yer
batim copy of the original which is
now in Mr. D5nm3rk's ~possesaion)
Having c~auvassed the students. Fac
ul5y and citizens Of the village with
gratifying success, a meeting was C III
ed and the organ;z alton Effected. The
meeting was a full one and Ito me" !
Mr.. Denmark says, the most int, est
ing meeting I had ever attended"
This meeting and organization took
place in December, 1875 Mr.. D3n- |
mark had prepared and had present, in
the rough, a constitution which, with
some notifications and amendments,
was adopted. Article I Of the coneti
tuition, reads as follows:
This association shall be known as