The log cabin Democrat., 1906-12-20
WANTS S4OO,OOO FOR HENDRIX
Dr. Thomas Outlines Needs o1
 the College.
Says Institution Should be Endowed with S3oo ,ooo and Various New
 Buildings Provided.

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 S3oo ,ooo and Various New
 Buildings Provided.
 In an address delivered at the Methodist church Sunday morn- ing, Dr. James Thomas, education al commissioner for Hendrix and Galloway colleges, outlined the immediate needs of the first named institution. He declared that the college needed and ought to have a sum amounting to over S4oo, GOO, and asserted that 1t was his belief that this amount could be secured at no far distant day.
 II shall not attempt to argue the necessity for Hendrix College, " said Dr. Thomas at the outset of his address. It is recognized by the Methodism of the state, and especially by Conway, who want ed it and secured it t.......... A great college cannot be sus- tained by artificial sentiment. Our needs are great, and the people of Conway as well as the state must face the great demands on Us.
 We need and must have en- dowment to the amount of $500, oOo
 We need a science hall, costing $50, 900;
 We need a new dormitory, cost ing S25, ,ooo;
 ''We need a new auditorium, costing SIo ,ooo;
 We need steam heat, costing S5, 900;
 We need a sewerage system, costing S, 900;
 We need repairs within the next year, amounting to S2, 500;
 We have debt of $27, ,5oo;
 Making a total of S4o5, ,ooo.
 This seems like large sum, " said pr. Thomas, and must be given by real men. v
 T do not wish to be classed as money getter only" he declared. "I have higher mission i'll this world. If I thought l would be classed as money getter only l would resign as commissioner of education before night. 1 am for men and women, for home and our gaeat state.
 II shall not ask stingy man, who thinks more of money than he does of men and women for cent, unless you are as much interested in this matter as l am, l don't want to talk to you. A man who is determined to hold to his money and go to hell with it, let him go. Thank God there are men and women who are heroes and they are worth something to society. God deliver me from man who cares only for himself.
 All the men who have been connected with this school have wrought we'll. Thank God for liar Ian, Hill, Tabor, Ware and John ston. As for Ex-President A. C. Millar the state can never repay him for his years of unselhsh sacri fee. l regard him great man. But he resigned and the state and church put hands on one of its own sons, President Stonewall Ander- son, of whom one of the bishops of our church said in my presence that he made as fine an education al speech as any man in the south that he would be bishop some day. Conway hardly knows what 1t has i'll this man. A more compe- tent and manly faculty cannot be secured. ......... Hendrix grad uates take high rank everywhere. If this college had done nothing more than to develop Prof. John Reynolds of the University of Ark ansas, it has done enough to pay for every cent of investment. ..... Capt. Martin has built for himself monument more enduring than brass or marble. If Faulkner coun- ty fails to appreciate him, the state will honor his memory
 "I have secured" said Dr. Thomas, in concluding, "S9I ,ooo endowment since I began this work, and feel confident that Con- way and the state vii. make possi- ble this great work. Conway has duty and ought to perform it at once. The man who gives now gives doubly, because it stimulates others to do their duty" Curious Corn Growth. l. H. Wall of Saltillo was here yactardav and TeDOrtS tvo CuriO,,S