The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-12
NICHOLSON ALWAYS !
EARLHAM'S FRIEND
Grand Old Man" of Rich.
mond to Aid in Lifting
the Colleges Debt.

II two men, working sinGle-handed.
could raise Q fund Of $4,000 for Earl.
ham college In 1870 and 1871. when
EarIham had only $50 students and
there were but $4,000 members Of the
Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings
Of Friends to appeal to. what should be
the result OF an effort by more than
200 men In q campaign for money
among the 80. 900 members Of the two
yearly meetings today!
This 10 the way Timothy Nicholson
sizes up the present campaign to raise
$4,000 to pay on Earlham's indebted
ness. Mr.. Nicholson has been a mem.
Der OF the board of trustees Of Earl
ham college for forty.six years. and
. member and secretary Of its finan.
cial board for twenty-six years.
II regard the work have done for
Earlham college," says Mr.. Nicholson
AS the most important work Of my
life. And with this In mind am en-
Enthusiastically earnest in my effort and
desire to make this present campaign
for $4,000 grand success. I appeal to
all friends and all former students of
Earlham. and their parents and
friends to promptly and literally re-
spond to the request Of the solicitors
In securing this fund of $4,000 with
which to free Earlham from debt"
Back to Old Days.
Mr.. Nicholson's mind turns natur.
ally back to the old days when an
Earlham campaign for q similar
amount was promptly and completely
successful. although conducted by only
two men.
I'm those days." he said. "the endow.
ment fund Of Earlham was less than
$4,000. That was in 1870. Today
Earlham's endowment 10 $35O.000. In
1870 Earlham had less than $50 stu.
dents. Today we have more than 500.
Then there was only one building
Earlham hall. and eight instructors.
Now we have Ave buildings and TWEEN.
tySeven instructors.
I'm 1870 was instructed by the
Indiana Yearly Meeting Of Friends the
importance and necessity OF an in.
creased endowment. After the appeal
was made called for subscriptions.
Two Friends responded with $500
each and Ave or more with 81. 900 each.
These responses created great en-.
thusiasm and about $4,000 more was
secured. to be paid II the sum Of $50.
900 was subscribed on or before the
Arst day Of 1872.
Charles 8. Hubbard. . member OF
the board. was appointed solicitor.
and was assisted BY President Joseph
Moore. And. the entire amount-S5O.
O00-was secured by November. 1871
two months before the time limit had
expired.
Was Strenuous Work.
ITO give some idea Of the strenuous
work. there were S34 subscribers-6lt
In Indiana Yearly Meeting and 1s9 In
Western Yearly Meeting-in amounts
ranging from $500 to 50 cents. The
average subscription was $50.
AT that time there were about Is.
900 members In Indiana Yearly Meet
ang. and about 10000 in Western The,
gave willingly and hence joyfully
though their financial ability wal
much less than now.
"Now In this present campaign
with the stimulus Of approximate.
$4,000 to start with. the remainder o.
the $4,000 should be easily raised II
thirty days by the $4,000 members o.
the two Yearly Meetings.
I'm this emergency Earlham merit,
the help Of every loyal member Of tn,
church. and of every other person whit
has been student here. All these cal
make = subscription. however small
and they can have a part In the sue
cess Of this noble enterprise. ont
very important result OF which we be
lieve will be a large increase of tn,
college endowment fund in the nea
future"
Disappointed in finding that thei
plan to start \ fund for a gymnasium
1t Earlham was inadvisable at tn,
time. the members Of the senior clas
looked In other directions-and tn
result was their pledge of $1,000 to
ward . fund Of $4,000 with which Z,
free Earlham from debt by commence
ment day.
The plan for q gymnasium was no
easy to relinQuish. but with a deb
hanging over the college. there wa
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