The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-15

10 not yet ready to give
their final report.
For the past two years there would
have been gain In administration ex-
cept for the burden of interest on the
debt. Az the number Of students in
the different departments increases. 1t
10 inevitable that there be more teach
ing force, and the salaries Of Profess
sors should be increased ~ the cost
Of preparation and the cost Of living
advance and yet only four hundred
dollars more was paid last year on
salaries than the year before. This
represents an actual sacrifice on the
part Of the Faculty members some Of
whom were offered larger salaries
elsewhere and one Of whom was lost
on that account.
All the tree scholarships have been
withdrawn except to ministers Of the
gospel In college attendance, the
scholarship account this year being
81, 400 less than the year before. The
charges for board during the summer
term were increased and all the profit
went to the college. The potato crop.
however, was poor and there are Ger.
tain constant expenses cont ectejl with
the administration for which there is
no corresponding income The col
lege has forty acres Of campus and
her friends would be sorry to see it
illkept. The college keeps q night
watch, and q nurse and manages a
laundry. all for the protection and con-
venience of students. The mainten-
ance and upkeep of the museum is a
heavy financial drain upon the admin.
come. Some of the departments of in
come. Some of the departments of in.
struction are not self supporting and
are always a burden from the strictly
financial point of view, and yet to
drop these departments would be to
lower the standing of the college and
decrease its efficiency in training lead
ers. A modern college with the equip
ment and atmosphere of Earlham is
not . money-making institution. 1t IL
expensive business to educate a boy
or girl, but it Is more expensive
business to leave him ureducated
The only question is will the members
of the two yearly meetings assume
part of this burden or will they shift
it to other and possibly less capable
shoulders. Earlham must have better
financial support from Friends in gen
eral or she must lose in efficiency and
take q lower place in the educationa
world.
In order that Friends may have tn,
opportunity of giving this support, tn,
college has appointed Lester c
Haworth as field representative. He II
a recent graduate of Earlham, full o
enthusiasm and energy and devoted t.
his Alma Mater. We bespeak for hin
a cordial reception 40 he visits the dit
ferent communities. He will do hi,
part we feel sure and we most earnest
ly ask that the response on the par
Of Friends be commensurate with tn,
importance of the cause. We ask tn,
official Endorsement Of the yearl,
meetings in the effort to secure finan
cial assistance from the membership
At the beginning of the new fisca
year, Sept .mber first, a modern sys
tenn of bookkeeping will be installed
specially devised by an expert accoun
tant for the use of Earlham. TIL,
members of the Board of Trustees an,
all others who are interested will nov
be able to inspect the financial pro
gress of the college throughout tn
year. through the monthly statemen
provided by this system. Finley New
lin will remain as treasurer, although
the increasing duties of the Earlhan
postoffice will consume a large par