Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-11
WANT $1,11O,OOO
FOR EDUCATION
Methodists in Big Drive After
Funds to Be Used in
Schools and Colleges

The Methodists of the Washington
and Philadelphia Episcopal areas are
in a gigantic drive for s1,11O.0O0 for
their institutions of higher learning.
The three schools most concerned
with the movement are Dickinson
College, at Carlisle, Pa: Williams
port Dickinson Seminary, at Will
Transport, Pa. and the Wilmington
Conference Academy, at Dover, Del
aware.
! The board of education of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is also
In this campaign for endowment for
the white schools of the South. and
FOR pension fund for emeritus pro-
fessors.
This movement is in commemora-
tlon of the four hundredth anniver-
sary of Professionalism in America.
the one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of the founding of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in America.
and the golden anniversary of the
establishment of the Methodist Epis-
copal board of education.
Raised S19,0O0,0OO
To date this nationwide movement
has added SIS. 900. 600 to the perma-
nent funds of Methodist educational
institutions. The plan is to add $16.-
100000 more by the fall of 1918.
The educational jubilee will close it's
activity officially at that time.
The campaign for the strength
ening of the Christian collegs had
its inception before the world war
was thought possibility. lie began
when there was a certain degree of
stagnation over wide area of
church activity. Nineteen denomina-
tions had representatives in a con-
ference to confer together as to the
most vital step to take to give a
new impulse to Christian work and
service.
Progressing Splcndidly
The decision of that important in
terchurch conference was to the eff
feet that the best step to take was
to provide adequate endowment and
equipment for the church schools.
In accordance with that program the
Methodist Episcopal Church decided
to raise $35, 100000 for its institu-
tions of higher learning. The Pres
byterian Church is we'll along with
its unit of S30,000,00O. The Bap-
tist Church is succeeding admirably
in raising its quota of $4,000, 900.
The remainder of the nineteen rep
resentatiVe denominations are work
ing hard to reach their goal.
Headquarters Opened
The central headquarters office has
been opened in this city on the fourth
floor of the Trustee building. To this
office will come the reports from the
area of Central PENNSYLVANIA confer
this office will go out the campaign
literature, news items. etc.
Bishop Wilbur F. Mcdowell
met in this city with DIR. Nor
ris Z. Swartz and the ministers
of the Harrisburg district a few days
ago to discuss the plans of campaign,
and to perfect the local organization.
Similar conferences were held at
Altoona with Superlntendents Simp-
son b. Evans and Emory NJ. Stevens.
of the Altoona and Juniata districts,
respectively. together with their min
listers.
The Sunbury and Williamsport
districts also lined up for these con-
terences. Superintendents ]. B.
Stein and Horace L. Jacobs took the
leadership of the session of their re-
spective districts. Every district su-
perintendent is heartily in this great
program of nation wide Methodism.
The work of organizing the sub
district groups IF workers is now in
progress and before many days the
hosts of Methodism will concentrate
their efforts upon the campaign for
their colleges
Thus far in the drive for $4,000
700 not single college, university,
or seminary campaign has been al
lowed to fail. 1t is expected that the
present campaign will run true to
form