The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-30
THIRTY THOUSAND
IS STILL NEEDED
HALF MILLION For RICHMOND
COLLEGE STILL LACK COM
Fiction.
HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS
COMMITTEE ENCOURAGED. BUT
DOES NOT UNDERESTIMATE
WORK YET TO BE
DONE.

The committee having in charge the
I work of raising the balance of the
( half million dollar endowment fund
/ for Richmond college before the end
/ of the year find cause for encourage
ment In the interest taken by the Bap-
/ list convention at Lynchhurg last
week, but there is still s3l.067 to be
: raised, the total secured last week
/ being less than one thousand dollars. |
Following Is statement of how mat
/ ters stand at this time;
Collections reported to No
! vember Is. 1913 ....s ASA, 426 |
( Collections November 1929 49,
Total cash from all sources. $455, 262 |
Amount that must be COL
lected tn Virginia by De-
1 cember 81, 1918, In order
/ TO complete the halfmil
lion fund ..............s 31,Os7
/ Balance payable by General
/ Education Board If our
/ Virginia campaign sue
ceeds by December SIS 1851
Included in above, but desig-
mated for Hatcher Memo
rial fund .......... ....S3, 1923
The report of the campaign COM
mittee says:
Report of the Campaign Committee.
Your campaign committee has Wig
! orously pressed collections for the
Woman's college and endowment fund
/ throughout the year. President Boat.
wright has had general charge of the
work, and he has had the invaluable
assistance for part of the time OF
| Brethren w. S. Leake and G.. c,
Smith. and for the entire year OF
J Brother r, T. Marsh. Many Of the
old subscriptions have been found to
be uncolectable, but a considerable
, number OF new gifts have been re-
ceived The total collections for the
preceding twelve months to Novem-
Der Is. 1918, amounted to s140,426
of which se4,097 came from Virginia
| and S46,320 from the general eduCa-
ton board of New York. 1t was ex-
pected In the outset that we should
. collect s70,0 a year in Virginia. but
last year, despite the fact that col
lections had previously fallen behind
] and that many neglected to pay their
dues, we were able by persistent eff
= fort to collect more money than in
any previous year of the campaign.
: Your committee feels that churches
) and pastors have been very gracious
to Its representatives, and we take
r this occasion to express our graft
ttrcfe to the hundreds of pastors and
I laymen and the good women not a
! few who have lent a helping hand in
this great enterprise What has been
q done has been accomplished though
the generous cooperation of loyal
o Baptists ell over Virginia, They love
: | the Lord and believe they serve Him
. In providing for the education Of
: youth under Christian auspices, But
we still lack s31.903 Of completing the
!. half million dollar fund we set out to
raise.
Have Not Finished
We have done well. We have COL
lected a great sum of money. We
have rallied the Baptist host about
Greater Richmond college. But we
have not achieved complete success.
To stop now would be to acknowl-
4 edge failure. to confess that while we
! can dream great dreams. we falter
before the stern reality of sacrificial
giving To fail now would be to dis
courage other large adventures IN
| education and missions and to dis
hearten Christian workers far beyond
the bounds OF Virginia But Virginia
Baptists when once aroused, have no
reason to fear failure. While only
forty days remain, they can easily
raise the necessary $500 a day. A
| gift of $40 from each church would
make up the deficit and complete the
ference because the lacking amount
is so small that many will depend on
others TO pay It. II all Will help and
help promptly, success will be as
sured.
What Is Asked.
Your committee asks % that every
subscriber who can possibly do SO
pay his subscription at once; (2) that
each church will give during Deem
L., Oh, Ia
subscriptions remaining unpaid in
that church. (3) that each church
will make a contribution to the pro-
posed $40 600 memorial fund in honor
of our departed Baptist leader, DR..
W. E Hatcher. in order to perpetuate
his noble charity Of helping educate
poor buys, chiefly the sons of preach
ers and widows. Wherever this APP
neal has been made there has come
prompt and generous response. One
r.ulllc IRE sentation will suffice for this
fund and fer making up the deficit on
ola subscriptions. (4) That where no
| public presentation is made. sub
scrtbers who have already paid In full
= will make a sixth payment to the
| fund This plan has been heartily
| commended by several hundred sub
| scribers. (5) That some who are able
| shall endow scholarships In the new
| college. During the campaign $1,000
| POUNDS a perpetual scholarship, giving
| free tuition each year to young man
| ar yOung woman. We should have
ten additional scholarships by jan
| uary /, 1914. In these ways the rails
| ing Of the great fund Of 100000. the
| most magnificent financial enterprise
| In Virginia Baptist history, can be
| brought TO a happy and joyful con-
| ciusion. Let us prepare to make New
| Years Day of 1914 an occasion OF
| praise and rejoicing