The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17
EARLHAM REACHES
THE $4,000 MARK
And 1t Is Expected the Debt
of College Will Be Lift
ed by June II.
eARLHAM FUND TODAY.

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Total ................... .$13.3OO
Starting with $4,000 In cash and
pledges, the field workers In the Debt
Free Earlham" movement began their
canvass In eighteen Indiana counties
this morning. one Of these being
Wayne county. outside Of Richmond.
In tonight's mail. Morton c. Pearson.
chairman OF the campaign committee.
expects to have forwarded to him
many pledges that will be secured dur
Ing today's canvass. One of his most
urgent requests Ia that the field work
ers forward to him each night all
pledge cards and information that may
be Of use in other Aelds. BY tomorrow
morning he hopes to be able to an
nounce the FIRST additions to the fund
which 10 to free Earlham from debt on
June 21-Commencement Day.
Pearson Confident.
1.-The active campaign started this
morning with everything in our favor"
said Chairman Pearson this afternoon.
"Our organization was as perfect AZ
Il could be made. am completely sat
isfied that we have an aggressive ear
nest body Of men and women at work
IN the eighteen counties chosen for
our FIRST two weeks work. and I am
equally confident that they will End
ready response to our appeal wherev.
or they 30. The campaign will be
prosecuted vigorously from now until
Commencement Day. There will be
no let.up until the last dollar is raised
and Earlham 10 free from debt.
I'VE have been trying to make 1t
clear that this $4,000 is needed to pay
Earlham's debt In order that the col
lege may have the benefit of certain
endowment fnuds and other help
which can not be had as long as this
debt 10 hanging over the institution.
Earlham must 60 ahead, a. other col
leges are doing. and It cannot progress
until this debt 10 completely cleared
away. ! hope the citizens Of Wayne
county. whether or not they are men,
bers of the Friends church. will look
upon this appeal In patriotic way,
and lend their assistance to an institu-
ton which means SO much In many
ways to the community In which they
live.
1.-THE debt represented by the $500
10 one that could not have been avoid
ed with justice to Earlham. In 1t ID
included the cost Of the new heating
and lighting plant-a necessary i'm.
provement. II also includes balance
on the cost of erecting Bundy hall.
tration debt Of some standing. But in
order to give assurance that q similar
appeal will not follow the present one
the board Of trustees has adopted a
resolution in which II ID stated that In
the future the money must be In hand
before buildings are erected. Thus.
there will never again be an appeal
for money to pay for buildings that
have already been erected. It 10 q
fact that In return for this debt Of
$4,000 Earlham has secured assets
amounting to 100000"
The campaign in Wayne county
outside Of Richmond-was planned at
. meeting held last night In the ONCE
Of President Robert L. Kelly. at Earl.
ham. Il was attended by men and
women from various parts Of the coun-
y and they agreed to shoulder the re-
sponsibility Of directing the canvass
In their own communities. Statements
concerning the debt and Earlham's
position win be read In some Of the
Friends churches next Sunday. and the
canvass will likely be made during
the three or four days following. The
following will BE- ut the head Of the
CANVASS: c. A. Morrison and Orlando
Marshall. Economy; Cyrus Hill. Thorn.
90 Henby and Dalton Lewis. Dublin
and Milton: DR.. o. N. HUM, George
Hartley and Harold Barnes. Fountain
City: A. b. Carter. e. Martindale and
Frank Underhill. Greensboro; Oliver
Davis. Williamsburg: Edward Daven.
port and Genial Bond. Webster. and
Folger Wilson and w. J. Hiatt. Cot
tara Grove