The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-20
To Be Used as the Nucleus
for $1,000, 900 Endowment
for Mortified Schools
THE NAME OF DONOR
is NOT MADE PUBLIC
Continued Growth of the Schools
Forces the President and Trustees to
Raise 100000 Annually to Meet the
Deficit.

The Mortified schools are the recip- II
tents of gift of 100000 from one II
whose name is withheld from the pub II
lie at his own request; but from the
way in which he writes, he is well ac-
quainted with the needs of the schools. /
This gift is the nucleus for an addi-
tional endowment of $1,000,000, a
campaign for which is soon to be
launched. An unusual feature in a |
campaign of this kind is that it is de
sired to raise only one-half as much as |
would relieve the president and trustees
of making any furtrer appeal to the |
public. The continued growth of the |
schools and the increased living and |
maintenance expenses has made this en-
dowment necessary.
In letter to William r. Moody, |
president of the school, the giver ex
presses himself as follows
Dear Mr.. Moody: In the February
number of the Record of Christian
Work there is an article entitled The
Mortified Schools in Retrospect. After
reviewing the progress which has at
tended the schools in recent years, you
state that the most pressing need at
the present time is increased endow-
iIlehb, auN lLdl bIG lHtOlHC OH T-.bODf-
900 is required to meet the annual ex
| penses of the schools at the present
time.
! It would seem to me that it would be
1 a mistake that the Mortified schools
| should be so fully endowed as to be no
| longer dependent upon the Christian
| public for their maintenance. There is
/ inestimable value in the sympathy of
/ the Christian public which finds expires
! sion in annual subscriptions to a work
! like Mortified. At the same time, it is
/ is a misfortune that the work should
/ be restricted in its natural growth and
/ development for want of funds. and /
propose that an effort be made to raise
| $1,000, 900 at once by a special cam
paign, looking for the balance Of the
| endowment needed TO those who will
doubtless make provision for the work
in requests. To inaugurate this cam
paign | am willing to give 100000
! There are doubtless scores of people
| who will be prepared to cooperate in
this endeavor. if the urgency of the
present needs is made known to them
and they are informed of this special
effort which is being made at the pres
ent time.
| would specially request that my
name be withheld from the public, and
that this gift be treated as strictly
anonymous. Wishing YOU every sue
cess in this effort. believe me. sin
cerely yours.
w R. Moodys Statement.
The statement by William r. Moody
in the Record of Christian Work for
May with regard to this 100000 gift
is in part as follows: The need Of en-
dowment has long been felt by the trus-
tees and friends Of the Mortified
schools. During the years Immediately
succeeding the passing of the late d.
, l.. Moody, who founded the schools il
seemed wise to devote every energy tC
maintaining the work upon the lines
upon which he established it, and il
the effort TO Keep down the tuition in
the face of the steadily increasing ex
penses, due to the increased cost OF
living, and to-the expansion and growth
Of the schools, the trustees were I'M
able to undertake Il campaign for tbs
endowment.
The schools have now completed L.
years since Mr. Moody going. II
would seem that the probationary pc
riod had demonstrated that the friend
to whom he had intrusted his worl
were imbued with his ideals for tn,
Northfeld schools and loyal to the prin
ciples for which he stood They hav,
been able te conserve the tradition
while the work has nearly doubled il
size. Unless the work is to be seriousl,
hampered in the future in it's natura
expansion and further development, tn
board Of trustees must be relieved o
the burden which they are now carry
ing in meeting the 100000 necessarr
1 foy 4
endowment of $1,000,000 would bring
as the generous giver intimates, q
partial release from these burdens
without relieving them from the neces
sity of an appeal to the public. Sue
an appeal is of inestimabe benefit I
work like NOrthfield in continuing
the bond of sympathy between tn
Christian public and the work
The donor does not insist that To
gifts shall be of 100000 each, but tn
trustees are at liberty to seeg 5000, 90
in any sums. While it is hoped tina
there may be other gifts of equa
amount, it is desirable that the fun
should be largely augmented by larg
number of gifts of from $4,000 to $50
600 each. There aremany who be
lieve in the Mortified schools, syn
pathizing with the purpose of tn
founder IN his sympathy for youn
men and women of limited means, an
his recognition of the supreme impoI
lance of the educational edifce bein
erected upon a moral foundation, an
that foundation Christian teaching.
the same time we make a very earnes
plea to the Christian public to assist l
in the raising of this fund.
Although many thought at the tin
ct of Mr.. Moody's death that the schoo
le could not be carried out on the prii
i'd ciples laid down by him, the growt
n since that time has been marvelop
The enrolment Of the schools hs
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