Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-11-25
ONEIDA TO RECEIVE
$4,000 OF BIG FUND.
Baptist rs million Campaign
Plans To Take Care Of Noun
tain School Doing A
Great Work

cPNioSo ANOF' w w
Dec. 7 includes all the missionary
educational and benevolent inter
ests fostered by the Southern
Baptist Convention. The rs mil
lion dollars will be distributed as
follows: Foreign Missions, $20,-
100000; Home Missions, $l2,O00,-
600; Christian Education, $l2,-
100000; State Missions $11 ,0O0,-
OOO; Hospitals, $2,125,000; MAJ
tional Memorial, $l75,OOO.
In Kentucky $l,4OO,CO0 will be
devoted to educational purposes.
Among institutions to be bene-
fitted by the IS Million Dollar
Campaign is Oneida Institute.
Many people in Richmond as well
as throughout the state and ma
ton are interested in this splen-
did little mountain school. The
friends of the. school will be glad
to know that the school is again
properly related to the Educa-
cional Society of the state SO as
to come in tor her share of the
proceeds of this campaign. Onei-
ia Institute for a time lost her
standing with the Educational
Society because of an oversight
the institution failed to nominate
trustees and send in their names
to be ratified at the annual meet
ing of the Educational Society.
Then during the war so many OIL
the young men were taken away
that the school was not able to
maintain a high school. Now
these defects have all been rene
died and the matter finally ad-
justed.
Rev. o. Olin Green, pastor of
the First Baptist church i'll this
city, is chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Oneida Institute. He
and Mr.. Joseph LeCompte, Of
Lexington, who is also a trustee,
made a trip to Oneida to- inves-
tigate conditions and to get
Oneida lined up with the Ken
lucky Educational Society. They
also made a trip to Louisville for
a conference with the Society
the last of October. The matter
was finally decided at recent
of the General Associa-
ton at Georgetown at which
meeting il was decided that
Oneida should receive $4,000
IRON the rs Million Dolla Cam
paign.
The institution was founded by
Rev. ]. A. Burns, 20 years ago
and has had a remarkable
growth. Mr.. Burns has done
great work and is greatly lovet.
by the people of the mountain
Mr.. Burns is now lecturing in the
west but still remains presidenl.
He has made many friends for
the school in various parts Of the
Mr.. T. l.. Adams is
the Associate President and acts
as the executive head of the
school in Mr.. Burns absence. He
is a fine business man and runs
the school on a good business
basis. The school is full and is
doing a most excellent work.
However, there are not suffi-
,ient funds to keep up the school.
Many of the boys and girls are
poor and can pay little or moth
ing for their schooling. 1t has
always been Mr.. Burns desire
to make a place for every girl or
BOY who wanted an education.
But many have to be turned
away because there is not room
for them. The First Baptist
church has always been greatly
in the school. The
aides of the church are sending
4 box. Of clothing there this week.
The school needs a large en-
iowmcnt SO that it may be able
TO keep up expenses without
falling behind. At present the
are about $l,500 per
month while the income from all
sources is less than $1,000 per
month. This works a hardship
On the institution and prevents its
proper development and useful
less. The school greatly needs
/ new dormitory for the boys as
he boys dormitory was burned
| few years ago. The $50,0O0
which Oneida expects to receive
rom the rs Million Dollar Cam
'aign will greatly help this
little mountain school
,ut it is not "a drop in the buck
t" when compared with the real