The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05

mittee was revised as follows: Allen Jay,
Naomi Harrison, Alfred Brown, Eliza, w.
Hiatt. Joseph o. Binford, Sara NIchoison
and Enos Harvey, with Samuel Z. Mills
superintendent. The latter reported meet
ings held, 142; meetings where no series
were held, II: conversions. 1.1O5: appilca-
tions for membership, s67; engaged IN
evangelistic work, So; money raised ana
paid out, 81, 1850 70; meetings under pastoral
care, So; ministers giving entire time as
pastors. 80; ministers receiving support, "a;
able for active service, AL; money raised
and expended in pastoral work, $~9,24t.6O;
meeting houses repaired, g; cost, Si,oSs.Se;
new meetings, A; new meeting houses: o,
cost. s5,921.sO: missions, 10. In eoo co NM sea
was taken up for the work. AT TINS point
the meeting went into separate session;
John H. Johnson was appointed trustee OF
the Yearly Meeting to succeed Jonathan
Baldwin, deceased. The subject OF d
Friends meeting house IN WASHINGTON y.
ton was deferred.
This afternoon Joseph j. Mills, president
of Earlham College, presented his twelfth
annual report and the forty-ninth since the
establishment of Friends boarding schoot
Following is a ummary Whoie NUMBER
students, 1853; college department, Zoi; post
graduate, 2; graduates, 40; preparatory oe-
partnlent, IS; department of drawing ana
painting, 49,: music, {; males. los; females,
SO; women in all departments, 1i3: Friends
in college department, 140; in all depart
ments, 154; number of students IN summer
school,. 104: professors in college. 10; teach
ers in other departments, 4; librarian, L;
assistants in laboratories, .. Seven yearly
meeting were represented IN oto-
dents, as follows: Indiana. SO; Western, 80;
Ohio. z: Kansas, 5; New England, :; Cali
fornia, / and Baltimore' 3, Eign,ynn u pee
Friends. In the college department IA per
cent. of the students were Friends. IN
enrolment of students in the college prop
er last year was much greater than that
of any former year in the history OF the
college. The total number of graduates
during the whole thirty-four years since
the first commencement day in 1867 is 3y4.
Within the last four years in the annual
oratorical contests among the seven leading
universities and colleges of Indiana Earl
ham has once taken third place, one sec
ond and once, first. During the last three
years its athletic teams have continually
held first place among the literary universi-
ties and colleges of the State in the annual
intercollegiate field day. A chair of He
A. B., Earlham, Chicago University and
Bryn Mawr College, will be established
There has been a gratifying increase dur
ing the last year in the assets of the college
individuals. These donations We're as
follows: M. NJ. and Francis T. White,
s25, 900; Samuel Dickinson; R 3 j daa1 s.: 100;
Johnson. Richmond, $1,000, Joseph A. and
Mary H. Goddard. Muncie, $1,000; John r.
Hoxie, Chicago, 1000; Nathan Pickett; Ko-
komo, 81, 900; James A. and Bailey P; Bald
win, Richmond, $500; Timothy Nicholson,
Richmond, $500; Moses G. Stevens, Lafiay-
Carthage. $3.50; Moses Maxwell. Thorntown,
s10O; Isaac Z. Windle, Farmers Institute.
mel meir. Richmond. $50; John NJ. Eggemeyer.
Rich,m93nI,d' $ $5S; 1,,s J. an ndon M. s s.; q SiiD Tbs
late VIM. r. Evans, of indianapolis, left
81. 600 to the college. The late BENJAMIN
Hollingsworth, of Farmers institute, left
the college a portion of his estate. His
widow has decided to the college 34 acres
of land in Tippecanoe county. appraised at
$40 900. From this a fund will be established
to be known as the Benjamin and Sarah
w. Hollingsworth endowment fund. Exum
Elliott. of Dublin; has decided to the college
to it a life insurance policy, All the above
amounts to about 100000. At least $780, 600
additional productive funds will yet be re-
quired to make the adequate TO
the present needs.
The report of John U. Hardness, treas
urer of the college showed the foIlowing:
profits, $500. a. The liabilities are in excess
Of the assets, s9,s 40. The report of the
the treasurer's report showed a surplus of
$500. there was really a deficit of $500: as
SlGoo was spent In mpr0veme ehe b,,ii fieg
debt.
Rufus NJ. Jones, editor of the American
Friend, was given time to present the
claims of that paper, and the publication
was heartily Endorsed by the meeting. DR..
Dougan Clark who two or three years ago
figured so prominently on account of his
baptism, is now in failing, health and not
able to attend the meeting: The clerk was
ordered to send him greeting.
The following committee vas appointed
to consider the request for z new yearly
Cause. Naomi Harrison. Joseph A; God
dard, Esther Pugh, Thomas ]. Stubs.
Mr.. Jones was again presented and
talked in behalf of Earlham College, and
naking a plea for higher education. Allen
w Jay. the financial agent of the college,
also spoke of his work the past year.
The hard times prevented him getting the
money he hoped to get. He has been asked
to continue the work another year, and will
do so.
In the women's meeting. the session of
which Was short, the state of society was
considered and talks made by a number of
the members.