The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-04
AFFAIRS AT EHRLHAM
INDIANA YEARLY MEETING RE-
CEIvES PRES. Hiss REPORT.
Subject of n Friends Meeting House
at Washington Laid Over After a
Spirited Discussion.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Sp1f1Ieu DlScUSSIOns
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 3.-The Indiana
Yearly Meeting held a joint business ses-
sion this morning and passed on the ere
dentials for Oliver w. Coggshall. of Kan
sas City; Nathan and Esther Frame, of
Ohio; Rufus P. King and Charles L.. jess
sup. The evapgelistic and pastoral COM
mittee was revised as follows: Allen Jay,
Naomi Harrison, Alfred Brown, Eliza w.
Hiatt, Joseph O.. Binford, Sara Nicholson
and Enos Harvey. with Samuel c. Mills
superintendent. The latter reported meet
ings held, 142; meetings where no series
were held, II; conversions, 1,105; applica5
lions for membership, 967; engaged in
evangelistic work, SO; money raised and
paid out, 81, 1865. ~; 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, IS. 247.60;
meeting houses repaired~s s; cost, S,539.36;
new meetings, 4; new meeting houses, s.;
cost, S., 921. 80; missions, 10. The committee
asked for an appropriation of 81, 500, and $64o
was taken up for the work. AT this point
the meeting went into separate session.
JOnn III. Johnson was dpOOlIlSu lIuSlCC u
the Yearly Meeting to succeed Jonathan
Baldwin deceased. The subject OF a
Friends meeting house in Washington, ID.
c., called out considerable discussion. Ac-
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 school.
Following is a urinary Whole number OF
Students, 263; college department., 20l; post
graduate, 2; graduates, As; preparatory de-
partment, 10; department or dra"ing ana
painting, SO; music, z; males, Jos; females,
SO; women in all departments, 143; 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, 1;
assistants in laboratories, 8. Seven yearly
meeting were represented among the stu
dents, as follows: Indiana, IS; Western, 80;
Ohio, 4; Kansas, 5; New England, 8; Cali
cent. of all the students in were
Friends. In the college department "A per
cent. of the students were Friends. The
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 1862 is 1894.
Within the last four years in the annual
universities and colleges of Indiana Earl
ham has once taken third place, one sec
ond and once first. During the last three
years it's athletic teams have continually
held first place among the literary UNIVERSE
ties and colleges of the State in the annual
Intercollegiate field day. A chair of He
brew, in charge Of Alice A. Mendenhall,
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 were as
follows: M. NJ. and Francis T.. White.
SIS. 600; samuel Dickinson; R B aona nd; 8, 600
Johnson, $1,000; Joseph A. and
Mary H. Goddard, Muncie, $1,000, John r.
Hoxie, Chicago, 81, 900; Nathan Pickett. Ko-
komo, 81, 900: James A. and Bailey P: Bald
win, Richmond, $500; Timothy Nicholson,
Richmond. 5000; Moses G. Stevens, Lafay-
Carthage. $3.50; Moses Maxwell. Thorntown,
500; Isaac e. Windle Farmers Institute,
meir. Richmond. $50; John M. Eggemeyer,
Lewisville, $50; miscellaneous, s93l.25. The
So. 900 to the college. The late Benjamin.
HollinGsworth, of institute, left
the college a portion OF his estate s hi HIS
of land in Tippecanoe county, appraised at
$780, 600. From this a fund will be established
w. Hollingsworth fund. Exum
Elliott, of Dublin. has decided. to the college
157 acres of valuable land: and aiso assigned
amounts to about 100000. AT least sl00. 900
additional productive funds Wills yet be- re-
quired to make the adequate to
the present needs. 5dt
The report of John dUgH arkne treas
urer of the college showed the following:
Receipts. $50, 310.9S; expenses, $4,S10.54:
profits, $500. "A. The liabilities are in excess
of the assets. SO. S07.4 The report of the
trustees of the college showed that. while
the treasurer's report showed a surplus of
$500. there was really q deficit of $500. as
81, GOO was spent in improvements. They
have been unable to reduce the building
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. DIR.
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 was appointed
to consider the request for a new yearly
meeting at Marion: j. o. Binford, Ann
Cause, Naomi Harrison, Joseph A. Cod
dard, Esther Pugh, Thomas J. Stubbs.
Mr.. Jones was again presented and
talked in behalf of Earlham College. and
making q plea for higher education. Allen
W. Jay, the fnancia agent of the college,
also spoke CT 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.