The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-05-03

ON'i Tt'V III llo lllts MS Dill. tiillb
died. He gave the savings Of his
life, 5000, to Berea College in order
that Bcrea College may always have
u .oicc To- proclaim the danger Of
alcohol and tobacco. And unless
Bcrea College is rccrcant or mis-
manages its funds there will be the
interest Of 5000 toward the salary
of RumOld and his Successors, so that
Bcrra College shall always speak
speak with the voice of this dead
man speak with the voice Of
Brother Clark. man who probably
never spoke to as large an audience
in his life, but who made us and
our successors his heirs.
The next name is Cloyd North
McAllister. ph.D, Dean Of Normal
School: Professor Of Education Rob
ert Charles Billings Foundation. Now
Robert Charles Billings I never saw.
He and his executors heard me speak
in Boston. His will made an appro-
priation to Berca possible, and his
pastor, Rev. Charles L. Dole. visited
Brrea and recommended such an ap-
preparation of forty thousand dollars.
II came to us at time when il was
doubtful whether we could have a
Normal Department or not; and the
Trustees assigned that forty thous-
and dollars for the first endown-
ment Of our Normal Department in
order that teachers might be train
ed in Berea forever.
Here are Matheny, Clark and all
these teachers and friends Of yours,
all supported by donors without
a name-all these salaries paid, no
student contributing.
There is a paragraph that was
put in our catalogue for the first
time last year. "Berea has had from
its very beginning a most distin-
guishcd support Roswell Smith, DR..
ID. X. pearsons. Andrew Carnegie, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stewart Kennedy
are among its benefactors. and Presi =
dent Woodrow Wilson, Ex-Presidents
Roosevelt and taft, DR.. Eliot of Har-
ward and President Hadley Of Yale,
lend it hearty endorsement" There
is the mention of our dOnors-there
some thanks given.
Who is Roswell Smith? His is a
great name in America because he
combined his business sagacity with
great literary feeling. He founded
the Century Company. When you
read a good book, when you take
down an important magazine you
are likely TO see on the title page
THE Century Company" Roswell
Smiths portrait is hung to-day next
he map. in the gilt frame. He looks
like q flnancipr and poet together,
and he was. He gathered together
men like Richard Watson Glider and
founded the Century Magazine-he
collected the choicest spirits of
America. And he believed in Berea
and gave us Lincoln Hall, not allow
ing il to be named with his own
name.
ID. X. Pearsons we have spoken OF
often-the great physician, the great
ilnancier, the great philanthropist
who picked out Berea College, never
seeing il but once. and who gave us
not only his money but his thought
He inquired what particular things
we needed, he entered into our prob
lens and gave us not only his
money. but his business sagacity. The
first Pearsons endowment pledge
was: II will give $4,000, whenever
Berea will raise si5O.OO0.' and when
we did it, after five years effort, he
said, do it again." and when we
had done it again, he said, ~ vii
give you $4,000 without any string
L
He said, you must have water or
your campus" and he gave us $4,000
to bring us the water that we drink
and made this place of health. Ir
one year the water supply cut down
typhoid fever cases from over 100
tn less than five.
Who was Andrew Carnegie? You
have heard Of him. wish TO speak
t0 you of him sometime, but not to-
day. He is our frined.
Who are Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stewart Kennedy? Kennedy was a
friend of Carnegie. Scotchman
Presbyterian elder in Parkhursts
church in New York; and when
was i'll eight years ago and in Eng
land his widow added 10 his be-
quest the foundation of an endow-
ment Fund.
President Wilson has three times
made journey TO speak for Berea,
President Roosevelt twice, President
Taft twice. President Eliot twice,