The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-20
ASKED 10 GIVE
BIG FUND FOR EDUCATION

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have the privilege OF aiding the cause
of Christian education soon IN a man
ner that will mean more to the insti-
tutions OF the Methodist church,
South, tIan any, movement under
taken in the past half century. From
Sunday. May 29th. to Sunday June
9Th, they will be called upon to sub
scribe the minimum sum necessary to
enable the schools. colleges and uni
versities Of their church to send out
the constantly, increasing stream of
educated Christian leaders required to
carry forward the Christian work of
the world. =
6 The quota to be raised by the South
CAROLINE Conference. is S1,149,5O0.
The quota for the Upper South Caro-
lima Conference is $1,117,50O This
makes a total Of is2,267s0Oo for the
Methodists of the State of South
Carolina.
2 The Methodist Institutions of learn
ing in this State, with their approved
askings, are: Wofford College, Spar
tanburg, 100000; Columbia College,
Columbia, 100000; Carlisle School,
Bamberg, $4,000; Lander College,
Greenwood. 100000; Horny Insti-
tute, Aynor. $4,000; Textile Indus
trial Institute, Spartanburg, $4,000;
Wofford Fitting School, Spartanbure,
$4,000. ..-.
Director General !. H. Reynolds, of
the Christian Education Movement Of
the NJ. f. church. South. with head
quarters at Nashville, authorizes the
following statement:
"I have just returned from impor-
tant centers OF the church.. and in
every section T found both pastors
and laymen actively engaged in the
work Of the movement. or. course
in some localities I heard something
of financial depression, hard times
and tghtness Of money, but no where
did hear the flat statement that the
financial objective would not be at
tanned. ..s
"Thc financial directors in the sew
eral conferences are among the most
optimistic men met, and the con-
ference educs tional secretaries are
sending in encouraging reports con-
corning the interest of the people in
Christian education. 1t is very graft
flying to note the interest shown in
the movement by tho Epworth
Leagues nna sunday Schools"
DIR. Henry Nelson Snyder, president
Of Wofford College, is the assistant
Director General OF the Christian
Education Movement. DR.. Snyder has
Travelled all over the Southland and
made hundreds of addresses in be-
half Of the great undertaking. He has
talked with thousands OF people on
the subject, and reports that every
where he finds enthusiasm for the
movement. w..
Among the detectives OF the Chris
tian Education Movement of the
Southern Methodist Church is to raise
for it's schools. colleges and universi-
ties $33,GG0,000;, to lead at least o.
600 young men and women to pledge
themselves to devote their} lives to
the ministry, to missions Or to some
other form of Christian service, and
to Secure s1,GG0,O00 10 aid worthy
students who are looking for some
form of Christian service int ttheir eff
forts to obtain an education,
The campaign is launched in obe-
dicnce to the expressed will and COM
mand of the general conference of
1918. the supreme authority in the
church. The educational secretary
for the South Carolina Conference is:
Rev. G.. E. Edwards, OF Orapgeburg;
for the Upper South Carolina Confer
ence, Rev. J. c. Roper, of Chester.
The conference financial directors are
Leland Moore, Of Charleston for the
South Carolina Conference, and Judge
c. C. Featherstone, of Greenwood,
for the Upper South Carolina Con-
ference.
The financial directors for the Up
per South Carolina Conference in the
several districts are: Greenvile, r.
e. Holroyd: Anderson, O. NJ. Heard ;
Cokesbury, j. c. Smith, Waterloo, S.
c.; Spartanburg, A. Mason DuPre;
Columbia. p. A. Hodges; Rock Hill,
James II. Glenn, Chester. The district
financial directors in the South Caro-
lima Conference are: Charleston, ].
| A. Mccormick; Florence, J.!W. Ivey;
Kingstree, w. E. Nesmith Orange
A. Lewis; Sumter, r.. c.. Sprott of
Manning.
Those WIN s1lhscriha ta tho soo =