The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-16
ratio of progress than that Of any
other college in the state.
Progress of the Colleges.


Progress Of the Colleges.
"The permanence Of the small col
leges in the American educational sys-
tenn is now assured. A recent re-
port of the United States commission
er Of education shows that in the
thirteen Southern states the state
colleges, (mechanical and agriculture
al schools being excepted) have 72l
instructors, with 7,34l students. The
dcnominational colleges have 1854 in
structors, with 24,254 students. That
is to say, so per cent of the college
students in the South today arc in
church schools in spite Of a vastly
inferior income and material equip
ment. "The Nation" for November
1st contains carefully tabulatcd
statement, proving that the progress
of the small college during the past
ten years has been greatly superior,
the country through, to that Of the
large state university. Charles
Francis Adams said in public adj
dress at Harvard last June, in ef-
feet, that Harvard can do better
work only by breaking itself into a
large number Of smaller schools. Mr..
d. C. Heath, of Boston, said in my
presence last winter that if he had
his two sons to educate again, he
would send them first not TO Harvard,
but to church college like Ncwbcr-
ry. He said that he would do this
for two reasons: First, because of
the closer contact of the student with
the teacher, and secondly because Of
the infinite Importance of positive
Christian influence, during the plas-
tic years of character. By all means
we must have she specialization af-
fordcd by the great university, but
before this, the student should have
general and deeply grounded cul-
ture which can be best bestowed by
the Christian school. The country at
large has come to this position.
Now Is 0opportune Time.
"The other denominational colleges
have realized the permanency of their
opportunity and have provided there
for by the raising of endownments,
without which no institution can achi-
eve genuine success. Lutherans, with
their customary phleem, have Jagged
behind. But golden moment now
confronts Newberry College which
must be seized, if we would not be
recreant to our privilege and duty.
Last April DR.. d. X. Pearsons, a
Presbyterian layman Of Chicago, Of
fered Newberry gift of $4,000 for
sacred perpetual endowment, when
we shall have raised twice that
amount. Like Heaven, he believes in
helping them that help themselves.
When Andrew Carnegie heard of this
offer, he promised $4,000 for the
erection of building to house the
new engineering department, when
one fifth of the $4,000 should be
secured. Newberry is not wii"nt
honor in its own county. When tho
citizens of Newberry, town Of 5000
inhabitants, heard of Mr.. Carnegie IS
proposition, they met his conditions
within five hours. The engineering
building is now completed and equip
ped. This new department pays all
of it's expenses, including salaries,
within two years after it's establish
ment. Citizens of Newberry, ire
spectivc of denomination, were not
content with meeting Mr.. Carnegie s
conditions. They have thus far Civ"
Ell $4,000 towards the Pcarsons
fund, and Orangeburg county has
swelled the amount until we now
come before the church with the re-
quest for a balance of $4,000. What
are you going to do about it7
Resolutions Aopted.
After DR.. Scherer's address Rev.
M. o. j. Kreps offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
and enthusiastically adopted: "Rea-
lizing that the continued gorwth and
fullest possible development Of the
church within our synodical territory
and that adjacent to it deepnds upon
the continued existence and strongest
possible equipment Of Newberry Col
lege and realizing that the opportun-
ity just now presented to the church
to so materially increase the en-
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