The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-09
DR. GAINES MAKES APPEAL FOR AGNES
 SCOTT COLLEGE
Needs of College Outlined By President At Morning Service of Independent
 Presbyterian Church

Dr. r. H. Gaines, president of Agnes Scott College for Women at Decatur. Ga, which is conducting a campaign throughout the country for a s5O0,0oO in crease in the endowment of the school made a stirring plea for the greater de- velopment of the Christian college be- fore large audience at the Independ- ent Presbyterian Church Sunday morn ing.
 The distinguished educator was intro duced to the congregation by Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, who said that pr. Gaines while intensely interested in the effort to increase the endowment of Agnes Scott, would not make simply plea for that school but for Christian education in general
 "I have known Dr. Gaines for many years.'' said Dr. Edmonds He has built up Agnes Scott from a small be- ginning to what it is today-the greatest womans college in the south ana on par with the greatest colleges of it's kind anywhere in the country. Agnes Scott is not sectional, but a national college
 In connection with the campaign for the Agnes Scott endowment, Dr. Ed monds stated that he had been named chairman of the campaign in Birmipg- ham and believed Birmingham would do us snare toward the greater develop ment of that school.
 ONE MONTH TO RUN
 The school has been promised S175.OOg from the Rockefeller foundation. pro- vided it raises by popular subscription among friends and aIumnae S325. .U0J bringing the total endowment to $500 00e. The campaign has one more month to run, and, Dr. Edmonds stated Sunday that practically all of the amount has -~1 1aa far All sum Dr. Edmonds wants Birmingham to give $25009 at least He hopes to raise this amount during the next two weeks.
 Dr. Gaines spoke on "The Christian College and the New Era and his ad dress was highly illuminative in it's gem eral theme, which was that the world is entering new era of it's existence and never before in i,s history has the need for Christian leadership fostered by the colleges of the country more bad ly needed than at the present time. The world war. he said, had destroyed mon archy and put democracy in it's place. but what that democracy may be is for the future to determine.
 What the new era shall be will be determined by it's leaders, said Dr. Gaines. This is a day of organization and leaders control the organizations The importance of choosing the rignt leaders and of having the right leaders to choose from is strikingly apparent.
 HISTORY WILL REPEAT
 What those leaders shall be is deter mined by our colleges because history shows that the great majority of lead CTS of the past have been college men or men of some college training. History will repeat itself The future leaders will come from the colleges and the power of their leadership will be determined by the efficiency of the colleges. Increased efficiency means better faculties, more co equipment and better leadership.
 And how shall the future leadership by Christian? It is true the leadership of the finest sort has come from all the colleges. but it is not enough to have leadership with a college education, but leadership with college education guid- ed by Christian teachers. The Christian college with it's positive influence for the Christian life can best be depended on to furnish Christian leadership.
 "The need of right leadership was never so important than it is today among the women of the country. The women are exerting a greater influence on life and it's affairs today than ever before in his tory. There are more than 90000 women in the colleges of the country and many institutions are turning away applicants because they have not got the facilities to care for a greater student body
 And now I want to leave the last thoughts with you, and they are: First the Christian college is the strategic power which will make the new era Christian, and, second, in order to make the Christian college efficient and able to meet it's responsibilities it must have additional endowments.'