The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-30
Boost Earlham.

Boost Earlham.
Two years ago the General Education Board
of New York which has in charge the Rockefeller
fund for college endowment offered to give Earl
ham College $4,000 in case the directors raised
$325,OOO inside two years. This offer was &C
copied by the authorities of the local institution
and a committee was appointed at once to under
take the task. The effort progressing nice
ly until the March floods upset the program and
demoralized everything for few months. Since
then the committee has been less successful.
There remains yet but one more day in which to
raise the major portion of the amount, and that
means, of course, that it cannot be raised.
But the committee feels confident that the
Educational Board will offer to pro rate what
ever amount is raised. The same privilege has
been granted other colleges under peculiar con-
ditions and it is reasonable to expect that the
Board will consider the interruption caused by
the flood sufficient reason for making an ex-
ception in favor of Earlham.
Acting on this confident expectation the
members of the committee are straining
every effort to get pledged every possible dollar
before the year 1914 appears upon the scene.
Since each 81 900 now given will, when the
Boards pro rata amount is added, be increased
to 81 ,23O an added impetus is given to the work.
And an added reason is given to all friends who
contemplate subscribing later to subscribe
now, because dollar given at this juncture will
carry with it a premium which cannot be had
after the time is up.
Surely every person who is able to give any
amount whatever to this splendid organization
will respond to this opportunity. Failure will
mean as great loss to this community and its
environs as to the college itself because Earham
is sopeculiarly part of the city's own life. The
better the college the better is Richmond. One
improves the other. AS it grows Richmond's
culture and education, manhood and womanhood,
character and professional skill will also grow
and these things worth more to any city than
bales and boxes of merchandise.
But even a dollar basis it will repay the
city to rally to the support of this exceedingly
important project. Each year 200 local young
people enter the school. If they went elsewhere
it would cost them $500 per year but by remain
ing at home their average expense is about 500
per year. That means saving to the community
OF $4,000 each year.
More than this, there enter the college 300
outside pupils every fall. They spend $4OO here
which means an income to the merchants of the
city of 100000 per annum. Each pupil who
completes a four year course must spend ST.
600 before graduation.
But this is a base way of estimating the value
visible and not to be weighed in Shylock's bal
ances. Such institution sheds warmth and
light over the city like invisible sun and makes
life more livable to us all. Merely to have the
eager young students in midst and to con-
tract something of their idealism and enthusiasm
is itself constant benediction. And the pro-
fessors, too; how could get along without
them! The president Of one of the more promi-
nent state universities said recently:
"Earlham has the best faculty of any college
in Indianar
During the past year no less than six of
them have been offered attractive positions in
other schools at a substantial increase in salary
But, as badly as the average college teacher feels
the need of the coin of the realm, they have one
and all refused and stayed with Earhan.
Will not the citizens of Richmond exhibit as
true loyalty to this institution as these men :?
Like every college it cannot pay its own way.
Each year it spends over and above receipts from
pupils $21 900. This means that it must be en-
dowed. And the present campaign means that it
must receive an added endowment if it is to hold
its own in competition with other schools and be
able to make the improvements and enlarge
ments made necessary by it's own growth
l If you possibly see your way to pedging
Rn amount (you pay it in five annual Install
ments if you wish) call upon President Kelly or
Timothy Nicholson tomorrow and give Earlham
boost.
A Great Exposition.