The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-17
Thirty Thousand Dollars Raised at
Yearly Meeting.

Penn College is free of debt today!
Thirty thousand five hundred dollars
were raised Friday afternoon and
evening in the Iowa Yearly Meeting
of Friends to wipe out the indebted
ness of the institution. 1t was truly
wonderful meeting. Rev. Chas. Sweet
of Des Moines conducted the solicita-
tions for the funds, and it was due
to his persistant efforts that the sum
reached the mark which makes Penn
free of financial obligation.
The meeting lasted from the after
noon on through the evening with
but a brief space of time for the
recess. 1t wa almost ten o'clock
when the last amount was pledged.
Twelve one thousand dollar subscrip-I
tions were given and from this
amount down to lesser amounts.
The business meeting of the Iowa
Yearly Meeting in which this splen-I
did record was made opened on the
subject of Peace.
Following the report of the COM
mittee VIM. G. Hubbard commented
on the Hague Tribunal and the con-
duct of the nations with regard to it.
John f. Hanson urged that names
of young men and women be placed
on the Peace Committee and that
Quarterly Meeting Peace Committees
shall be active. The Hague court is
the result of the labors Of peace men
for one hundred years. 1t rests with
us to produce public sentiment
which will sustain it and make it eff
fective. We must combat with such
influences as the 5000 per night lee
lures of a man who resigned his COM
mission as a naval officer for the pur-
pose of influencing the public mind
for the increase of army and navy.
Friends expressed their apprecia-
ton of the services of our Permanent
Board in securing the exemption
clause in the militia bill.
A minute was read for VIM. P.
Pinkham, Of Cleveland, Ohio.
Under the subject of education re.
ports were read from several acad-
.emies and from Central college and
Penn college. The last report was
lengthy and exact.
At the close of the reading of these
reports, short addresses were mad3
by some of the visiting ministers.
E. H. McGrew spoke on the influ-
ences surrounding the life at Penn
college which fit young men and
women for the peculiar needs of the
day. 49,.
Thos. Brown, of Indiana, said: Il
consider a young man who enters up
on his life work in these opening
hours Of the Goth century. Our
grandfathers and fathers did weh
their life work with academic and
college educations respectively, but
to equal them in our day we must
have a university education The
day has passed when higher educa-
ton can be thought to imply a gift
in the ministry, but the day has also
passed when a college or university
education can be thought hindrance
to a gift in the ministry. Educated
men without the power of God have
failed where ignorant men with the
power of God have succeeded; but
how much greater might have been
the success of the man of God with
an education"
Of
expressed his appreciation of Penn
| college and his conviction that Iowa
Yearly Meeting must support it.
In reporting the heavy indebted
ness of the institution the Board of
! Trustees brought no suggestion of
| methods of raising it other than to
! continue to hold the matter before
! Friends; but Chas. Sweet, of Des
Moines, so much felt the burden of
the matter as to consent TO bring 1t
publicly before the Friends of this as.
sembly and see what might be the
response. In his connection it was
| announced that Pres. Rosenberger
| had consented to remain with the In.
stitution for another term of five
/ years, at which the meeting express
ed it's extreme satisfaction. Penn
/ college is very dear to Iowa Friends
/ and her beloved president of the past
| thirteen years cannot be spared yet
/ With phenomenal courage Chas
| White asked for $4,000. The sub
scriptions started at 100000, at
: which, amount there were twelve
Smaller amounts followed until about
"a O'Clock when the remaining indebt'
edness stood at $4,000. A recess was
! then taken till 1880 o'clock. The
T, meeting convened again about that
time and engaged in song AMI
( praise sevice for little time. Then
taking subscriptions was renewed
and continued until at 9:45 the last
subscription of $4,000 was given and
Penn college was free of debt.
| Feet Swollen to immense size.