The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-01

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least amount of money. This has
been done in order that the poor might
get the same advantages as the rich,
because the poor need an education
much more. She has charged the RI
diculously low price of $3.50 a year
for board. room, light and all other
necessities for comfortable living in
the college. Most other colleges
charge double this amount-and still
have to have very large endowments
to make these prices. Earlham's en-
dowment is only about $3.50, 600. as
compared With the millions of many
other schools. Because Of the large
sums that have been given many of
the competing colleges, together with
the combinations that have been made
in colleges of recent years, Earlham
has gradually been accommodating a
debt for the last fifteen or twenty
years that now amounts to about
$4,000.
This amount has been given to the
students going out of the college by
not paying as much as their education
ty or sixty students are getting their
education for much less expense and
some are wholly supported by the
college.
The college found it necessary to as
sumo a debt of $4,000 on the library
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cessary to have these buildings to
keep up with present day demands III
education, and lastly. the heating
plant that had warmed the old build
ing for twenty years naturally was
consumed, and a new plant was in
stalled. together with an electrical
plant that cost $4,000. 1t will be seen
in debt about $4,000. Her professors
are fully paid for their services, still
they are giving heavily to keep up the
college and the citizens of Richmond
must come to the rescue of this very
valuable asset of this city.
. How shall we proceed to help this
institution? The students and faculty
have united in an effort to produce a
May Day program that will be the
most attractive of anything ever at
tempted by Earlham. This day will be
the 18th of May and will be contin-
uous performance-in fact two or
three performances-will be going on
all the time from 2 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, until o'clock at night. A
grand pageant, May Pole, choruses.
players, music and everything May
Day can bring, will be going on at this
time. Programs will be printed in the
papers before hand and everybody
that can is invited to pay dollar for
this occasion. The performance will
be worth more than the dollar, but it
is to be understood that you are Civ
ing dollar to Earlham college Stu
dents from Earlham. together with an
equal number of old students and bus
mess men of this city, are to go out
on the different streets on Monday,
May s, and sell these tickets to all
who will buy. 1t is hoped that the
loyal citizens will not let this oppor-
tunity go by without showing help
ing hand to Earlham. 1t will be the
policy to sell as many tickets as pos
sible to every one and it is expected
that many persons will buy from fifty
to hundred tickets thus making sub
stantial gifts to Earlham college.
Buying one ticket will be very much
appreciated and 1t has been arranged
to have half fare tickets for children
for sale. We must not stop in this
work until the debt of Earlham has
been wiped out and If this effort does