The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-04
$4,000 ADDED TO THE
COLLEGE ENDOWMENT
PRESIDENT HARMS CARRIES
MOVEMENT TO FINE SUCCESS.
The Biggest Victory in Year Of Many
Big Victories for NeHherrS
C0lleg4.

Newberry college, champion in every
intercollegiate contest in South Caro-
lima during the past scholastic year.
has won again, and the last victory IS
dhe greatest.
President J. Henry Harms has an
nounced that he has succeeded In rals-
ing the fifty thousand dollars neces-
sary to secure the conditional offer OF
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars of Mr..
Carnegie, thus increasing the endoW-
ment of the college seventy-fVe thou
sand dollars.
This is news which will cause re-
1oicing among the alumni, former stu
dents and friends of the institution
.throughout the country, and among
the friends of Christian education.
The condition Of Mr.. Carnegies offer
of twenty-five thousand dollars was
that the college raise fifty thousand
dollars in bona fide subscriptions by
June 1. This is the result which has
been accomplished.
The ffty-sixth annual commence
ment of the college begins on next
Sunday, bringing a fine session to a
close, and the success of the move
-nent substantially to increase the en-
edowment, added to the other successes
of the year, will make this commence
ment the greatest in the history of the
college. es%G* 7SEx
President Harms has been steadily
at work in the effort to raise this
money, and it has taken hard work.
money, and it has taken hard work.
He has secured subscriptions in
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida;
Sas far west as California; as far north
as Wisconsin; as far east as Massa-.
chusetts; as far southwest as Texas,
and as far south as Florida. The
alumni showed their loyalty to the
college from the beginning Of the
movement to the end, both in contri-
buttons and in cooperation and en-
.couragement. The people of Newber-
ry helped substantially. The students
themselves were liberal in their gifts
to the endowment.
The first contribution was twenty
dollar gold piece around which there is
woven human interest story OF
Christian faith, evidenced by its fruits,
which makes this coin dear to Presi-
dent Harms and to the college. 1t
was given by widow. Some twenty
years ago her husband had given it to
her, and she had kept it for the
memories of the dear departed which
clustered round about it.. She told
President Harms she could not spend
it for her own use; she told him that
.she was not able to contribute in any
other way to the endowment, and that
she would like to give this coin. Presi-
dent Harms has kept it with him
throughout his trying labors in rails
ing the fifty thousand dollars, and the
N-2sHowledge OF the spirit in which it
was given has been constant source
of encouragement to him.
President Harms, who has raised
this money, has been doing a fine
work for the college since he succeed
ed DR.. James A. B. Scherer as presi-
dent. He is native of Savannah, and
a graduate of the college in the class
of 1898. He came to the college from
Harrisburg, Pa, where he was serving
as pastor. Of fine executive ability,
his energy has been consecrated to
the great work in which he is engaged,
and the college has been constantly
pushing forward into broader field
of activity and usefulness.
President Harms, of course, is deep
ly gratifed that he has been able to
carry the movement to success. But
he says the endowment is not yet suf-
fcient to place the college on that
certain footing which it should have in
order to take its place in the perma-
nent roll of the leading educational
institutions of the country. He is
looking forward to further work and