The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-25
Reports Submitted by the In
stitution to Indiana Yearly
Meetings Pleasing to the
Many Delegates.
COLLEGE However Is =
NEEDING MORE MONEY
A Collection for the Institution
Was Not Taken as a Per-
sonaI Canvas Has Been
Contemplated.

Saturday afternoon was Earlham At
ternoon at the Indiana Yearly Meet
ing of Friends. Reports from the
president. board Of trustees and treas
urer showed that the college now
ranks as one of the leading education
al institutions in Indiana and that 1t
was gravely in need Of finances.
The fact that Earlham college is
now recognized as one Of the five best
educational institutions In the state
was emphasized in the address OF
President Robert L. Kelly before the
Yearly Meeting yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Kelly In a very earnest address,
following his annual report, said that
there were three organizations in this
country. which pass upon the quality
OF work done by the educational insti-
tutions. These are the Carnegie Foun-
dation, the General Education Board,
endowed by John D. Rockefeller and
the Indiana State Board Of Education.
Earlham college,. as an institution
maintained by Friends, was not con-
sidered by the Carnegie institution.
The General Education Board has
made an investigation Of all the lead
ing colleges of the United States and
has selected five in Indiana as reach
ing its standard and Earlham is one
Of the five. The state board Of edu-
cation has also made certain require
ments for colleges wishing high stand
ing and Earlham II one Of the Indiana
institutions conforming to thee sse-
Quifements.
An educational Trust.
There is q great tendency today to
build up an educational trust" said
the Earlham president. "Just now
there is great danger for Earlham and
all other institutions, for it is thought
that certain educational institutions
may be ground to powder, under the
rolling machine of the big trust. The
general education board has made a
classification of colleges. saying
which ones are good. which ones are
poor and which ones are not worthy
of life. Some colleges have already
ditd as the result of this classification
Each college has today life and
death struggle" he continued, "such
as It has never had before, especially
II 1t is not on q good financial basis
am gratified to think that we rank
we'll as q college. One of the demon
national colleges recognized by the
general educational board has already
increased its endowment fund until II
is twice that Of Earlham. Two others
have very much increased their en-
dowments and today Earlham stands
fourth in the standard as to the ii
nances."
Debt 10 Now $45,o00.
President Kelly asked that the In
diana Yearly Meeting consider the
conditions Of Earlham and make II
possible for the college to give the
best education that any college car
give, and subscribe to the fund to re
move the debt of the college which II
now about $4,000.
A collection was not taken at the
session yesterday afternoon because
the authorities Of the college wish te
make q personal canvass of the mem
bers of Indiana and Western Yearly
Meetings and secure subscriptions
from people that have not contributed
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