The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-26
EarIham's Benefactor First
Says He Will Contribute
S. 900, Hears Jay, Then He
Gives $4,000.
INSTITUTIONS DEBT
is MUCH DECREASED
Yesterday Afternoon 4 Total
OF s15,41 for COLLEGE Was
Raised Al the IndianasYear-
Iy Meetfg. / 1


IT the session of tie Indi-
ana Yearly Meetings of Friends at the
East Main Street Meeting House yes
terday aftSrnoon. The first WAS the
debt of E@flham College which was de-
creased .467 by contributions from
the memb1rs of the Yearly Meeting and
the report of tie finance
suggesting a co1hmittee to
4he advisability aof either
The East Main Street Friends
House to meet the needs OF
the meeting. or erecting 8 new one. u
report at the next annual Yearly Meet
ing.
Sarah p. Morrison. he Oldest living
of The Indiana University
was She fJst person to con-
tribute to decrease the debt of Earl
ham college. which is placed at $780,.
go. After the reading of the report
Of President Robert L. Kelly of Earl
ham Mrs. Morrison arose and amid
the bowed heads of Friends announced
in distinct tones that she would con-
tribute Sc.
To Stimulate Interest.
The second gift of the afternoon was
from Morris M. White of Cincinnati,
who gave $4,000. Mr.. White had an
earlier in the day that he
would contribute 5000 toward the
paying of the debt Of Earlham College,
but after the strong plea of Allen Jay
for financial assistance, Mr.. White
doubled this amount. In q shor.
speech he said that ''in order to stim-
ulate interest in this matter" he would
give that amount. Mr. White is a re.
tired banker of Cincinnati and is the
greatest benefactor of Earlham.
The others to contribute toward liq-
uidating the debt of Earlham are the
DR.. David w. Dennis and
wife. 5000: Joseph A. Goddard. $500.
and in memory of Mary A. Goddard.
$500; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert b. Henley,
$500; Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Henley.
$500: Benz. johnson. $500: Eunice F.
Phelps. $3.50: President Robert L. Kel-
ly and H A. White. 500 each; Samuel
$50: Mr.. and Mrs. J.. HI.
Johnson, Rose l. Dougan. Timothy
e. P. Trueblood. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bird. 500 each: A. II.
Charles. Mr.. and Mrs. Finley Newlin
and Professor and Mrs. William n
Trueblood. $50 each: Professor and
Mrs. Edwin Morrison, F. w. Smith.
Hannah Gray, e. F. Hiatt. William
Wildman. M. A. Stubbs. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. NJ. Gardner, H. d. Francisco. in
cash, s25 each: Dorothy Luther. SIC;
To the memory of Ezra Davis. HI. Bal
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Winslow. Naomi
Jay. Charles A. Tebbetts. Ella Wins
low and ]. e. Eaves. $40 each: Martha
Kendall, A. Jones, D. W. Coffin. w. 8.
Hiser. Edward Gardner. William s.
Elliott. M. Lindley. Deborah Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Mills. Edward Dor
mer. R. w. Elder. c. p. Cox. e. e.
Graves. E. J. Hunt. Hettie Hunt and
Amos Farmer. 50 each. The contri-
button baskets were also passed and a
amount collected.
President keIly's Report.
In the report of President Kelly. the
building debt was placed at $43. is9. %
and the administration debt at $23.-
4S9.72, making total Of $66. .929. At
the Western Yearly Meeting Of Friends
held at Plainfield. Ind. $500
was raised which. together with the
raised yesterday at the Indiana
Yearly Meeting. reduced the indebted
ness of Earlham College to $4s.562.
The finance committee recommended
the appointment of the following
Friends, John H. johnson. Joseph A.
Fred Tolmohlen, Abel Gil
bert, William A. Henley. Alfred HAS
ley. Allen Jay, NJ n. White. Rebecca
T. Davis and Emma Hedges to report
to the next Indiana Yearly Meeting of
Friends the advisability of either
changing this house to meet the needs
Of the meeting or erecting q new one. =
The Yearly Meeting agreed to the rec
and with these men will
rest the matter Of the proposed new
church on the EArlham campus. The
older members seem opposed to the
of q new meeting house.
while the younger members appear dis
satisfied with the present building.
The reports Of Spiceland and Fair
mount academies presented to the
Friends the progress Of their educa-
donal work In their academies. The
report Of Spiceland Academy may o.
up in the words Of Edward
Taylor. superintendent Of the public
schools Of Bowling Green. KY. Mr..
Taylor stated that he had not visited
Spiceland since he was an instructor
e years ago. When he visited the
academy this week, he found It doing
magnificent work, and the teaching
lcontinned On PaGs Two-l