Evening journal., 1917-12-21

looked the darkest he refused to be dis
couraged but kept cverlastingly at it,
encouraging the depressed brothers and
The outcome Of the efforts has been a
commentator Of his labOrs.
In his work he was aided by the
patriotic laymen and pastors who rec
ognized that in arranging for a better
education for the youth Of the PENN
sula. they were laying after the war
plans that had the approval of Presi-
dent Wilson. Before the campaign be-
gan the President was seen and OK
pressed his pleasure 40 such cam
paign Of education.
Rev. Or. Robert Watt, the Rev. Dr.
Herbert P. Randolph and the other
LOYAL members Of the clergy Of this
city received their share Of praise for
The labors put forth in This effort
There was plenty Of credit for every
man who took part and the meeting
at the church house eventually ended
in a big congratulatory jubilee.
United Effort by Churches.
In the drive" made In this city.
there was not a church but that used
every endeavor 10 put tho campaign
forward with every bit OF its influence.
With some 70 was mighty hard pull
ing" present encumbranccs being fin
ancial problems 20 be seriously con-
sidered. But all did their share and the
result has been 20 the credit of an.
Among those who worked hard was
the committee from Grace Church, Ted
by Dr. Randolph Originally nxing
about $4,000 as the mark for which
they would aim. the laymen's COM
miltee aided by the pastor last night
reported upwards Of $4,000 as the
amount they had obtained in pledses.
The last big pledge was obtained by
or. Randolph Yesterday afternoon. Or.
Randolph did not wait for his lsymen
10 hustle but did some himself. Dur
ing the last hours OF the campaign ne
obtained a subscription from Pierre :.
dupont for 5000 that raised the SIS
OOOO that Grace had pledged 10 the
amount named The announcement Of
this subscription caused much cnthus-
iasm.
Spending the Money.
There have been many who question
ed what ends would be obtained with
the amount Of money raised over the
s2iO,oOOO asked for at the beginning of
the campaign. 10 was explained then
that $4,000 was 20 be an endowment
for the Institute. That this was the
beginning Of a move 10 raise SiO00.O0O
ultimately for the school and which
would raise it 10 the standard Of coli
lege. The $4,000 it was stated was TO
go TO the general educational fund Of
the church But some said, what
about the amount that may be over
subscribed"
To the workers and pastors a debt
of nearly $4,000 that mas stood against
the institution for some time. has
proven a financial burden, that had TO
be faced whenever the interest was due.
II was decided when the campaign
began that the first 100000 raised
should go TO the endowment fund; that
the next $4,000 should be gwen 10 the
general educational fund and that II
the workers were fortunate enough to
raise more, that it should so TO pay
ing of the debt against the school and
defraying the expense Of the campaign.
u gave the workers much happiness
during the closing days OF the effort,
when it was realized that the chief OBJ
icct was TO be accomplished, TO also
realize that the obligation against the
school. that has retarded its progress
for so many years was to be elm
mated.