The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-09-11

Almost every Yearly meeting on the
American continent was represented
on the Earlham college roster during
the last year, according to the annual
report which President Robert l.. Kel-
| ly is ready to submit to Western and
| Indiana Yearly meetings.
The report reviews new admins
| trative features, new faculty legisla-
ton, student regulations and calls at
| tention to the financial status.
! President Kelly's report in part is:
"The total enrolment for the year
| ending with the spring term of 1912
was 585. OF the total enrolment five
were graduate students and 500 were
undergraduates. The music depart
ment had a total enrolment of 115,
| II of whom took music only. The
enrolment and average attendance of
! college students showed a substan-
tial gain, the amount of tuition col
| lected from students last year being
about $1,50000 more than the year be-
! fore. The number Of professors and
| instructors was twenty-eight and the
number of student assistants in labor
atories, libary and museum was six.
! "Of the 585 students, 491 were from
/ the state of Indiana and 1S4 from
| the city of Richmond. Canada, Bull
garia, Jamaica and Japan were rep
resented by students. Fifty-two de-
| grees were conferred at the June
! commencement this year; "a students
received the degree of A. B., Is the
degree of B. s., and 2 the degree of
A. NJ, in course. The honorary degree
of M. S. was conferred on Artemus
Nickerson Hadley. Thirty-one of the
graduates were men and twenty-one
women.
Changes Are Made.
at was announced last year that
certain changes had been made in
| the method of administering the plant.
The years experience shows crafty
| ing results. The general salaries have
been reduced by $3,127.69. The board
| ing department has been conducted
with scientific care. Much study has
been devoted to the menus with a
view of having them we'll balanced
and securing variety, and a copy OF
each menu for the year is on file for
reference and guidance. The amount
of waste from the kitchen and else
where has been greatly reduced. AL
though the number of boarders was
considerably larger and the prices
higher than before, the provision ac-
i count for the year was cut down to
, the extent of $1,721.13. The farm
was conducted at a profit, in spite
of the expense of keeping the forty
acre campus in order. Inventories
are taken at the end of each term
and statements rendered which indi-
cate accurately the progress of the
| business side of college administra-
ton. There are no running accounts
for the year. Numerous old notes and
| accounts, even suspended accounts,
have been collected. The advantages
arising from the new system of busi-
ness management are apparent on ev-
cry side. The administration account
shows a gain of $6,SO522 for the year
closing August 81, 1912.
Faculty Legislation.
"Earlham college has a herd-work-
ing faculty of progressive education
al men and women, careful in the
study of present conditions and ready
to take advanced steps as changing
conditions seem to justify them. In
the report last year it was announced
that the faculty had substituted the
group system in place of the old ma,
| jor system with prescribed subjects
The results of one years trial have
justified the change. We now feel
certain that it was a step forward
The plan has been further amended
during the past year, the new re-
quirements for graduation being print
ed in detail in the last catalog. An
interesting feature of this develop
ment is the elimination of credit for
physical culture. Heretofore, for sew.
eral years, in order to encourage work
in physical culture, ten hours more