The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-10-30
PRESIDENT KELLY
HAS STRONG PLEA
FOR OLD EARLHAM
In the American Friend He
Says Crying Need Of the
institution Right Now Is
Bigger Endowment.
FRIENDS OF COLLEGE j
MUST GIVE SUPPORT

II EarIham Is to Be One Of the
Great Institutions of the
Future, Financial Aid Must
Be Extended to It.
One Of the strongest articles in
references to EarIham college. meant
20 set II right especially in the minds
Of the members Of the Friends church.
since their they are the most general.
~ concerned. ID an article In the cur.
rent isscc OF the American Friend by
President Robert L. Kelly. In this
article President Kelly shows that the
sphere Of Earlham n the entire world.
that IT. opportunities are practically
unlimited. that Il II working along
right educational lines. but that its
need ID . greater endowment Among
other things DR.. Kelly says:
Il u not forgotten that . college 10
measured largely In these days by in.
tellectual and financial standards. not
to speak Of numerical standards. Most
people. Of course. ask a. the first
question: How many students do
you have?" The more thoughtful are
asking: How much endowment do
you have?" ''What salaries are you
able to pay?" "wh6 are your big pro
fessorsf" The question OF numbers
10 not IN important one. but the other
qusstioas sre important They are 20
important. Indeed. that sons feel that
there % danger that the moral and
social phases oe instruction may b
neglected. IN fast. . well-lmown
critic writing upon our American
system of education. hes recently said,
IN , masisine article: MORAL sducar
tiol he's not deliberately rejectsd nor
rQnklaasly thyovn away: Il has been
.Nl4W1o1 ~U14~ Toor5tuonuuEno) ouns
~ g - o6fs1dIl1n has gfowh 70
- ,pco0netioas that 3 has usurped
aIIo6 ~ Wholo ott6at3ou and energy
Of ~ uchool." We have felt. there
fore, that Il might be worth while to
lay some emphasis upon the moral
phase Of the Darlham education. and
We use the term In . broad sense. %
that Il may include the social and the
religious phases.
Requirements Increased.
But W think Earlham 10 not under.
estimating intellectual standards. The
requirements for admission and for
graduation have been considerably In.
creased within the past few years.
Seventeen departments Of study are
maintained. Her faculty has recently
been pronounced. by . competent
judge. one Of the strongest In the
country. They have pursued graduate
work with honor In many universities
IN this country and Europe. Several
OF then are young. but they are fresh
from the great springs Of inspiration.
and % Q class the entire corps are
scholarly and growing. The Earlham
product. has been weighed In the bal
ance IN the leading graduate schools
nnd the results have been such AZ to
inspire confidence a to the grade OF
work the college does. Already one
IN ten Of the entire alumni member
chip has received advance degrees In
such schools. while the number who
are pushing on In their advanced edu.
cation In very large. The best schools
accept Earlham undergraduate credits.
hour for hour. The college does not
claim 20 send forth finished scholars.
bat she does claim to do the work of
. standard college and do Il honestly.
ehe dares 10 believe that. after all. the
most important question you can ask
of . college ID: do you send forth
men and women OF reliable charac-
teri" Knowledge II q necessary In.
Gredient OF high-srade morals.
We have left the material and H.
nancial question for the last. This
question makes us face the future.
Mr.. Huxley said all scientific or other
advance 10 q matter OF finance. 1t II
q bold statement. but Il contains much
truth. Very important among those
who have made Earlham's work pos
sihle are the Contributors to her ma
terial necessities. All OF Earlham's
students. al the members Of our So
cioty who have felt Earlham's in
flueuce-and what Friend In America
has not?-owe Q debt to those who
have supplied the funds. They have
given the college the excellent farm.
the beautiful campus. the substantial
and pleasing buildings. and well-eQuip-
ped laboratories and libraries. the
various permanent endowments. The
value of these. In the aggregate -
@70o. 900. oue-haN Of which constitutes
the endowments. One who looks over
the subscription books during the his-
tory oe the college n impressed very
strongly With certain factA One b
tAat Easlham had and does have many
friends who have shown their friend
Ge1p in . tangible way In the hour
q need Another II that the MEM
bogo Of the two boards OF trustees
and the members oe the faculty. To-
gethsr With . small group OF other
luyal frieads. have besa the most
lioeral and most consistent donors:
and third iact u that. considering
the magnitude q Darlham's contribu-