The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12

lIlStllutlOn.
Assets-s2,590 at scr 1,5 aon
flfty-hve experts at $4,000. 165 600 |
SUI StudentS-expenScs at
ooSo' o'oo ..:..... ........ 100000 |
500 students earning capac-
lty as common laborers at
sSoo ..:........ 2ss.ooo |
Lacking intellectual inter
ests and spiritual will
power per cent or 81
student failures. average
life, ten years at $3.50 100 600
Or 1920 per student. s1.oos,4oo
1T Is interesting to note here that
the average price of a slave in 1S59-6O
was $3.50; SO that it appears that
each year in behalf of each student
here there is offered up as sacrifice,
human life or the price of a human
life in dollars and cents, determined
by the last best experience table in
hand.
''It is a pity that calculation could
not be concluded here. but there are
other and more vital items to be con-
sidered. Their costs in dollars is be-
yOnd me.
Add to the foregoing.
| l. Loss or time to circle Of friends
back home, who stop often in their
days work to discuss the prospects
Of their college friends success.
| 2. The labor and stinting of grand
parents.
| 3. The suffering Of sweethearts and
losses incident thereto. This may oc-
| casion smiles, but the reach OF it is
| extensive and serious.
| 4. Last and most serious Of all, reck-
on If you can the cost price to be laid
on the burdens borne by parents; de-
prlvations, labor, anxieties, loss Of
| sleep, wrinkles, stopped shoulders,
sorrows, and heart aches.
! In contemplation of this enormous
outlay necessary to insure educational
advantages through this institution,
and others like it, l confess that only
God in His omnipotence can manu-
facture and distribute the amount Of
faith sufficient to steady the situa-
ton and enable His people to bear
with calmnesS their enormous heart
burdens while waiting for the dividend
days, which come with slow and un-
: | certain pace. The childless marvel
} at the faith Of parenthood. I hesi.
. tate to estimate the enlightened faith
of disinterested benefactors. The
large and growing number Of benefac-
, tors identified with this college is an
: other marvel to be considered.
Speaking Of benefactors l can af.
, ford to mention at least two withou'
{ being invidious. One must be justly
r termed the great pioneer benefactol
= OF modern Trinity, Mr.. Washington
= Duke. Always sane, practical, sim
pie in his manner of living, proui
. but not arrogant, brave. but not sci
t centered: monument Of strength
e grounded in faith like unto tn;
d simple faith Of little child.
e The other is Of more recent date il
= the list of benefactors-a young fel
r low, red headed. without a colleg
= education. but possessed of a wife
e two babies, and a small farm with
S mortgage on it; bright eyed, clea
g headed, high minded--he RESPONDED
t, in person to a letter advising him Q
e his opportunity. His modest enthu
siaSm was a sermon in itself. Stat
l. ing that he was moved by a sens
e Of duty he declared his desire to pu
IF into the veins of Trinity College som
p Of his life blood; that by econom
It and by work on the outside he coul
j and would contribute $50 to the en
n dowment of Trinity College. Th
le foregoing is my excuse for recogni1
h ing him as worthy OF mention alOne
lg side Of the old man who found jo
s. in lending OF his blood to the III
S, OF this institution.
rs Mr. Washington Dukes first sui
ut stantial gift to Trinity was, l believ
gs more of a protest against ignoran1
e. and povertS>~than an absolute CON
" nitnent of approval of character
d. WoTh pc1ilS uoIiC. oiio"'iiS .AiA.' Pi
ct test he without doubt watched ar
IL waited, subjecting the plant and j
SIS product to severe tests. l verify D.
ns lieve he consulted the book with whiC
he was most familiar in making h
il tests. He sought out the wonderf
II prayer Of the man of the Old Test
v ment whose name is synonym
he wisdom: Give thy servant an u
ts, derstanding heart Ga hearing hear
r. that l may know good from bad
Id Did he discover evidences of hearil
an hearts among the students? Tn
An promise 10y Christ Of immeasurat
ch wealth. blessed are the meek, t
te. they shall inherit the earth" was
on by right. Recalling that the -Wo
n meek Is closest AKIN III meaning
OSt the compound Woro gehtle-HaI
&C. used in the old days, the thought
SITS companionship and service domino
~ ir,rr he must have found quiet en- il