The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-09-19
LUTHERAN DIVE GROWS FOR
NEWBERRY AND SUNDERLAND
Enthusiasm and Interest in Move.
ment to Raise 100000 for
These Two Colleges.

ment to Raise 100000 for
These Two Colleges.
The interest i'm the movement to
raise 100000 for Newberry and
-Summerland colleges is growing
apace and will soon reach the high
water mark. There is no doubt that
the amount will be easily raised. The
preachers and the laymen and all the
alumni are awake to the Importance
and the necessity for the improve
ment and proper equipment of these
two institutions of the Lutheran
church, and the forces are at work
to make the mark set. 1t is really
too low, but there will be no serious
objection to raising more than the
amount set. The money can be. easily
used to great advantage for both
the institutions.
Newberry is the college for the
boys, and the Newberry people Of all
faiths and creeds are interested in it..
.Summerland is the college for the
girls and is at Leesville and has the
hearty support of the Lutherans all
lover the State. The numerical
strength of the Lutherans in South
Carolina is not more than around 49,
900.
There was a joint meeting in Co
lumbia on Wednesday for the boards
of trustees of the two institutions
and members of the several commit
tees appointed to have charge of the
raising the money. This little num-
Der pledged over $4,000 at this
meeting, and greater than the amount
they pledged was the enthusiasm and
the interest which was manifest on
all sides, and it spells success for the
undertaking, and more even than
that, it means encouragement to the
men who have been laboring .and
sacrificing at these institutions all
the years with very poor pay and lit
Tie encouragement. They can feel
and know that the friends of the two
colleges are behind them and sympa-
thizing with them and willing to help
them, and they will be able to do
more and better work than they
could otherwise do.
It means that the Lutherans OF
South Carolina are waking up, and
that they are discovering their col:
leges. That is the present great
need. When the friends of the col
leges really discover the colleges then
their interest in them will be mani
fest.
The members of the Church of the
Redeemer and the friends of New
berry college in Newberry who are
not members of the Lutheran church
will raise at least $4,000, and with
that amount from the home town
there will be no great trouble to get
more than the 100000 set out to
raise.
There never was time in the his
tory of the world when the people
gave so largely and so readily and
so cheerfully as this time in which
we live. The war has caused the
people to think in big figures and
while we hear much of the high cost
of living yet the people have respond
ed promptly ard literally to every
call that has come in which there was
merit. There never was so
ggreat need for the churc hschool
and the Christian college. And the
people of all denominations are re-
spending generously to the call of
these schools for better equipment
and more money with which to do
the work for which they are set.
There are dozen Lutherans in the
State who could easily give the total
Of the amount that is being called
fo- the two colleges, but it would not
! be good for them to do it. Every
call of these colleges is an opportun-
ity for every friend of them to do
something worth while, and to serve,
and thereby be benefited and
strengthened himself, and, therefore,
it would be misfortune for the
schools and the church for a few
persons to contribute the amount
needed. Let every one do something
and while helping in good cause
receive benefit to himself by the help
given.