The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-09
GOOD REPORT OF
Penn COLLEGE
MADE BY PRESIDENT EDWARDS
TO YEARLY MEETING.
NEEDS AND REMEDIES THEREFOR
Some Splendid Gifts Reported, But
Additional Funds Must Be Sc
eursd--Facuity, Students, and
Attendance.

The annual report of President
David M. Edwards of Penn College
to the Board of Trustees and Iowa
Yearly Meeting of Friends, was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the Yearly
Meeting. 1t was the fifth annual re.
port by DR.. Edwards, and was most
comprehensive. 1t follows:
The Graduates.
Degrees have been conferred upon
the following:
Bachelor of Arts-Harley Allen
Helm, Nellie Alice Trueblood, Gladys
Moreen Musick.
Bachelor of Science-Ethel Rachel
Day Mayme l. Hockett, Edith New
lin, Hazel Vera Weant, Walter vii.
liam Martin
Bachelor of Philosophy - Grace
Brady, Clara Lorena Briggs, Frank
lin Osbun Marshall, Eva B. Wicker
sham, Marguerite Jozelle Cowan, An
Meta McMurray.
Master of Arts-Julian Arthur Op-
penheimer.
The Haverford Scholarship was
conferred upon Franklin Osbun Mar,
shall, and the Bryn Mawr Scholarship
upon Marguerite Jozelle Cowan.
A class of thirty-one members was
graduated from Penn Academy.
Attendance Last Year.
There has been constant increase
in the attendance for a number of
years. The past year there was an
increase of forty-two over the previ
Gus year. One very satisfactory item
in connection with this increased at
60 hot ol ncf NJ
in the college department. We are
conducting in connection with the
college the largest private academy
in the state of Iowa, and while we are
anxious to make its facilities accessi-
BILE to as many as possible, it is not
the purpose to strenuously seek for
it's growth in numbers. The policy
is to work for the increase in the col
lege department. II is believed that
the friends of the institution and
those who give to her support would
prefer their means to be used in col
lege education instead of secondary
education. The attention, therefore,
is given to increasing the grade of
education which the academy affords
and not in increasing its numbers
During the summer vacation all
means available have been employed
to direct as many young people as
possible toward higher education
Those who have had charge of this
work feel confident that the college
viii open this year with the largest
enrolment in its history. We have
been aided in this work by the loyal
ty and cooperation of friends every
where, and especially by the pastors
of Iowa Yearly Meeting. This is
especially gratifying to those who
have in charge the management OF
the institution, for the reason that we
must depend TO a considerable extent
on the tuition receipts. The endoW-
ment of the college is not sufficient
to take care of the expenses OF main
tanning the college, and we are obllg-
ed to work for an increased attend
ance so that the money received from
tuition sources may be had to help
out. So that although the number in
attendance at the college fairly we'll
utilizes all the room available, we
yet find ourselves under the neces-
sity of working for increased at
tendance.
There are a large number OF young
men and women who are ambitious to
secure a college education, but who
do not have the means to accomplish
their purpose. They are usually the
very best young people that can be
found. Circumstances over which
they have no control prevent them
from securing the preparation for life
that they would desire. Many OF
them feel a definite call to Christian
service They are the type of young
people who ought to be educated in
our Christian colleges. 1t is a mat
ter which brings sorrow to the heart
OF those engaged in Christian educa'
ton to find so many worthy young
people who are hindered in this way.
Those who have been serving in the
field during the past vacation season
have stated that if the board OF trus-
tees had had a fund at its disposal
that easily one hundred more stu
dents could have been brought to
Penn College this year than will be,
even IL they could have been helped
only to the amount OF their tuition.
II would seem that people who have
means and who are interested in the
cause OF righteousness in the world
might find a good way to assist by
helping these worthy young people TO
this extent. There are a great many
people who have no children OF Their
own to educate who would find great
10y in looking after the education OF
BOYS and girls who are not able to
pay their own way. We are asking,
therefore, that all those who hear
this report or read II. to carefully
consider their duty in this matter
There would be those who would pre-
fer 10 assist the college by making
donations or requests which shall be
nsed in aiding worthy young people
In their attendance at Penn College,
The Greatest Need.
The greatest need at the present
hoar is increased resources. There
are only two sources from which this
increase can come. namely, increased
attendance and enlarged endowment
The one thing which would assist
more In increasing the attendance
would be girls dormitory. II has
been estimated by those who by their
experience should be able to speak
with accuracy. that If we had girls
dormitory .large enough to accommo-