Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-31
COLLEGE GROWS
RICHER EACH SUCCEED
ING YEAR OF ITS LIFE

This city is as proud Of Hardin
College and Conservatory for Young
Women as a little boy with his first
Lair Of pants, The beautiful cata-
logues Of that institution, Just off
the press, contains, like Thos. Grad
grind pocket, facts, figures and cal.
Citations which cause Hardin College
to stand out eonspicuously as one Of
the few colleges in the Middle West
that show not only no indebtedness,
but a handsome working surplus"
At the time this school was Off
aially founded June 6, 1873, it po-
sessed one building 4Ox5O feet, two
stories high An exhibit of its prop
erty June /, 1911, shows grounds,
II acres. worth $4,000; buildings
worth s75,0to. endowment of $50,
900, and library, apparatus and furni-
ture amounting to $%2O.O0O--a total
accumulation of $21S, 900.
Gov. Hardin's Foresight.
By the terms upon which Gov
ernor Charles II. Hardin, founder of
the school, made his original en-
dowment, 40 per cent of the in
come of this fund is to be added to
the principal until 1t amounts to
$500, 600. In 1884 the endowment
fund was $36.02S, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that almost all addl-
tons to the buildings have been
made from its proceeds, and that 1t
recently has given up $4,000 for i'm
provements and repairs, the fund
now amounts to $685. OO-represent-
ing an accumulation year by year
to the present time.
Endowment the Thing.
1t is pointed out by friends of
Hardin College that the endowment
idea must be the salvation of
schools for young women In the west
Referring to the splendid showing Of
this school one of its more enthusi-
astic supporters recently gave voice
to the opinion that "the endowed coll
lege for young ONE is a part of
the 3 day of better things-those
things that are worth while, that
will remain. The ox-cart reeedes
when the modern wagon advances.
The stage route is supplanted by
the fast mail and the passenger
displaces the old subscription
The only school that can
withstand the encroachment of the
unsupported school is the endowed
school, and it must be endowed.
The unsupported schools have
advanced in numbers and efficiency
in the past two decades ten times
as rapidly as the non-tax supported,
endowed or not endowed. Private
and denominational schools unendow-
ed have died by the score. To other
the handwriting is IN the wall
1t is a single case Of arithmetic this
time, and needs only a common man
Of clear mind to interpret the mean
ing.
1t requires so much to pay neces-
sary expenses. Where is the money
to come from in sufficient quantity?
In one case from taxes. In the 9TH
or from endowment proceeds, or
paid by students, or from
both. Now. figuring from cause to
effect, as it were, which school in
the second case can furnish the
best facilities? Answering it for
you, would say the one with the |
endowment, other things being equal
other things stand a much bet
ter chance of being not only equal
but greater in the case of the
school having an endowment.
These are some of the arguments
set forth by friends of the institu-
ton.
Drawing out the Best.
Possessing college buildings amply
provided with modern conveniences,
large dornlitories well equipped with
substantial furniture and all modern
conveniences, grounds which APP
peal to lovers of the beautiful and
picturesque, and enjoying a refresh
ing sense of financial independence,
Hardin College, Its friends declare,
is in position TO draw out the best
there is in both faculty and student
body. They maintain that the en-
ploye who is not only ure of a
check, but Of a good sized one on
payday, will work more freely and eff
fectively. They feel that President
John w. Million and his faculty
are in position to cast worry over
finances to the winds and devote
themselves u~nreservedly to the edu-
c~ational, social, spiritual and physi-
cal betterment of the young people
that come to join their happy fam
lily, and feeling so, these friends