The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-14

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travagant forms VI religion becaus,
the established religion fails. w,
need another Wesley or Finney Of
Moody.
And now we ask what Berea hal
been doing while these great move.
ments have been sweeping over tn,
world.
Our twenty-five years in Bere,
naturally falls into four periods
The first, from 1892 to 1895, wa!
the Initial Period, in which W,
made a new statement Of Berea',
aims and gathered our first new
students and supporters.
Second, from Commencement f89:
TO Commencement 1914. was the FRS
Expansion Period, in which new en-
dowments and buildings were secur-
ed, largely by aid Of the initial
pledges Of Doctor Pearsons.
Third, from 1904 to- 1909, was the
Adjustment Period, in which we
were chiefly occupied by the diff
eulties attending the separation Of
the races and the establishment oil
Lincoln Institute for the colored
people.
Fourth, from 1909 TO the present
time, has been the Second Period oil
Expansion, in which we have final
ly secured the space, and largely
the shelter and equipment, most
necessary for our work.
II must be noted that there has
been no period which could be call.
ed distinctively one either Of in
tellectual or spiritual growth. All
these twenty-five years have been
a struggle for daily bread and bod
lily shelter. During all these years
we have professed spiritual aims
and these have guided our efforts,
and many spiritual advances have
been recorded, but we have
been actually giving chief ef-
forts to things not spiritual
but temporal. In other words, we
have been getting ready to do some
thing spiritual, cherishing the spir-
itual with the expectation that later
on we could devote ourselves TO il
with the earnestness which 1t de-
serves.
Now il we should give one min
ute TO each OF these strenuous years
our discourse would be too long.
Let us try TO make the recital
brief, with no attempt to try 10
mention all that is significant, or
even that is most significant-mere-
ly some prominent things which
seem best to illustrate and repre-
sent the other things whose record
must be left for later historians
or the recording angel Of the Great
Day.
Berea had q great history before
1892. The new President found the
Ladies Hall, Lincoln Hall and How
ard Hall already in place, SIS acres
Of public grounds, 200 acres Of
glade land, a library Of 5000 vol
umes, a small printing plant and
laboratory outfit-a total material
equipment valued at $i27, 1000. And
there was an "old" and a new
endowment fund aggregating $i07,-
600, though partly detrited by poor
investments and Offset by a debt Of
$4,000. The present worth Of the
Institution, therefore, was about
100000.
But far beyond these possessions
were the name, the history, the
ideals and the opportunities Of Be-
rea.
Yet while possessed OF this equip
ment and character Berea was al
that time without any plan or mo-
mentum. Since the decline and
death of President Fairchild there
had been no directing mind and the
working force was discouraged
There had been no advance, no in
crease OF students or other re-
ward Of effort, for some years. II
was a good time for a new leader
And the new leader came with
some providential preparation. He
had been the choice OF the three
patriarchs, Fee, Rogers and Fair
child. He had an ancestral inter-
est here, for his grandfather had
been an anti-slavery leader and a
personal friend Of Brother Fee. He
was himself a graduate Of Oberlin
and had been for fifteen years a
member Of its faculty. And he had
had the impulse and call to activi-
ty that led him TO raise money and
students for Oberlin and to cam
paign for prohibition and other
good causes. He had just. returned