The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-09-07
A MILLION DOLLAR
|. ENDOWMENT FUND
GREAT DAY FOR. PENN COLLEGE
AT IOWA YEARLY MEETING.
GROUND BROKE FOR BUILDING
Penn Day Viii Hereafter Be Feature
Of Great Gathering. Walter Dex-
ter Suggested, as New
Business Manager. ..

Todays session of the Iowa Yearly
Meeting was devoted almost exclusive
ly to Education. President Edwards
annual report on Penn College told of
some new eye opening developments.
The board of trustees met at the OPP
ening of Yearly Meeting and decided
to increase the endowment fund OF
one million dollars also to enlarge the
plant to the value of 100000 within
ten years. Thirdly they recommended
the employment of competent Finan-
cial Secretary.
The committee to formulate ways
and means was appointed as follows:
Dean S. NJ. Hadley, chairman.
Luther Carter, $3.50. 5'''.'s.fiF''.
Harlan Meredith, -..' 3.
Carl s. Lewis,
Pres. d. NJ Edwards.
The report of the Committee sus-
tanned the decision of the board and
suggested ways and means which Will
be published later. ..t ,H....
They recommended that Penn Col
lege Day" be made an annual event OF
Iowa Yearly Meeting. The name OF
Walter F. Dexter was mentioned for
this years financial secretary.
DR.. David S. Wright of Cedar Falls
brought greetings from the State
Teachers college and especially from
the Pres. II. H. Seerley. He urged the
nf nj
{ Ancill Ratliff of Indiana made a
forceful plea for the support of the
church in this great step toward the
new Penn College.
New College Building. 'i'
With the formal sod turning cere'
monies enacted upon Penn College
campus at noon, the rebuilding, the
re.dedication and the regeneration OF
the better and greater school had its
beginning. Several hundred Friends
attended the Iowa Yearly Meeting, stu
dents, Alumni and citizens attended
the services Reconsideration of cam
pus sites caused the ceremony to BIZ
one of symbol, rather than reality. The
action of turning the triangular piece
of sod was not carried out, but the
ceremony outlined and accepted as
taking place. A plot near the site o.
the ruins of the old building was Sc
leCted for the occasion.
Quite a number of speakers were
arranged for to appear on the short
program, but lateness of the hOul
prompted those in charge to cut dowr
the program. Short talks concerning
the past, present and future, speaking
of the import of the occasion were Civ
en- by Rev. Richard Newly Of Des
Moines representing the Iowa Yearly
Meeting. Art Oppenheimer represent
ing the city of Oskaloosa; James B
Bruff of the Board of Trustees, repre-
senting the board; |. w. Cook, repre-
senting the Penn College Alumni
Prof. F. c. Stanley, representing the
Penn College Faculty and Chase Con
over, representing the student body.
The following ceremonies arranged
for the sod turning were read. b!
President David M. Edwards, but no
Ienacted because of the indefinite de
cision concerning location.
: In speaking of the ceremonies, Pres
ident David David NJ Edwards stated
the three cornered portion of sod rep
resented the purposes of Penn College
To establish Spirit, Mind and Body
Is the desire of Penn.
: Benediction pronounced by Ora w
Carroll closed the impressive services
and marked the beginning of the New
Penn.