The midland journal., 1917-01-05
WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY
rRANsFER.
COMMITTEES Makes Statement fsela-
tive TO New Management, Etc.

The Midland Journal
For the benefit of those who kind
Iy contributed to West Nottingham
Academy mortgage fund, and who
seem now to be apprehensive lest the
fail to live up to their
so far as bringing ma
terial benefit to the property is con-
cerned, we beg space in your Journal
to make a brief statement.
+. About four years ago there came
to the West Nottingham Academy
the knowledge that the Presbytery
of Baltimore, aided by "The Synod"
was endeavoring to find a suitable
location for a School of Christian
Education" dominated by the Pres
byterian Church, under direction OF
The College Board.
Our management recognizing, at
once our opportunity to- prepertuate
this grand "Old Academy" and
broaden its field of usefulness, went
about offering our site for such a
School. 1t was accepted with the
understanding that the property was
to be freed from Indebtedness.
In about the space Of two years,
we succeeded, with the aid of
friends, far and near, in raising nine
thousand dollars, to pay of the
mortgage on the Academy farm,
while the rest of our indebtedness
was met by selling off our personal
property.
We went down to the The Synod
meeting in Washington, D. c., Oct.
27th, 1915, ready to transfer the
property; but could not effect a
satisfactory arrangement, so that
the School was never in reality
transferred to The Synod until Oct.
23rd, 1916-just sixty days ago.
Now as to The Synod not coming
up with their end, we wish to add
that, as soon as we decided to place
our property at their disposal for a
site for College, we applied to the
College Board, in New York, to be
enrolled as School under the care
of the Board, and to receive some
aid
They responded, placed us on their
list, and sent us two hundred and
fifty dollars.
The next year, in 1913, they gave
us five hundred dollars; in 1914,
they gave us seven hundred and
fifty dollars; in 1915 they gave us
nine hundred dollars, and this year
are giving us twelve hundred and
fifty dollars, making total of
twenty-six hundred and fifty dollars
from the College Board alone. Ad-
ded to this we have received gifts
from individual members of The
Synod amounting to four hundred
dollars -totaling the sum to three
thousand ($3O00.O0) dollars.
The interest on our 100000
given by our home friends, largely,
would amount to $450.00 q 5 per
cent. we having collected this money
about one year ago.
In conclusion we confidently be-
lieve that "The Synod" IN conjunc-
tion with The College Board. will
eventually make this a great school
great in it's scope and also great
in its influence on the lives OF the
young men and young women who
shall go out from it's portals.
A move is now on foot to build an
adequate school building, to accom-
modate the needs of first class pre-
paratory course. This we believe
will come to reality in the near
future
| We are also going to improve the
farm, owned by the Academy, and
make it model farm for the COM
munity.
We thank our many friends, mos
sincerely, for their generous aid in
this, a great and good cause, and ask
them to be patient with us and the
new management if it seems slow,
for "Slow and sure" is good motto
in this rush and sham.
We would also add that we have
managed the farm so as to pay all
bills for repairs, fertilizers, taxes
$4,000 to the credit of the School,
which we hope to use as nucleus
for building new barn.
We are spending $3600.00 on the
running of the Academy this vaa
all of which is coming from The
Synod and College Board, except
100000 from the State and $4,000
from the farm committee.
We have an exceptional corps Of
teachers, who are giving in addition
20 the regular course leading to
graduation, a course in agriculture,
commercial course and course in
Bible instruction,
We are educating free, number
of worthy youth S of both sexes.
Respectfully submitted,
The Mortgage Fund Committee.
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