Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-17
BEREA STARTS
DRIVE FOR MILLION
Great Institution Needs Imme.
date Fund To Help 1t Keep
Up Work
icy Associated Prcssj

Bcrca. Ky, Dec. lz-Increase
IN the maximum salary OF 5000
I, = year paid to full professors and
III shc pay oi assistant professors
iand teachers. and the meeting of
immediate needs of the institu-
tion and pupils. are the aims OF
q campaign now under way to
iraise Sl,OCOC COZ for Berca College
an institution founded solely for
the education OF american High
lanIcrs" from the Southern
States. The iund known a. Be
rca Colleg,- Necessity Fund j.
Icing raised under the direction
iof official, and alumni OF the in
stitution with the advice OF an
advisory board consisting OF no
table men AID women from all
parts OF the United States.
Bcrea WA, founded in 1855 for
the purpose OF providing educa-
ton for mountaineer> OF Ken
tucky. Tennessee. Virginia. West
\irgiuia Georgia. Alabama and
North and South Carolina. IL
has never charged students any
tuition ami even in The present
days OF high prices board i pro-
yidcd for students al S2T5 week.
and IL l. >aid that students can
i've at thv college nine months
/ for $50 .ui which /; l. possible
/ ior him To earn $50 by working
ten hours "a week uu the college
farm. Twenty per cen5 81 tho
students earn ali 81 their eNpenS-
:, and another p per cent use
summer earnings Tor school pur
poses. l'ifyN-sevcn per cent OF
the remainder are partly self
sustaining. There were 2.5S4 stu
dents IN BcI,a College ias, Year.
Bcrea provides training nj all
! kinds. The mountain boy or girl
,an come To- ihc school anil learn
ilrming. nursing. woodworking
md IN iaci. ANYTHING that i ol
use III normal life. The college
department, trains teachers who
expect 10 work III mountain
schools
.Nccordin. tu Marshall T.
\ aughn. secretary oi the college.
Bcrca has been financed during
the past twcnty-cight wears en-
irciv hs jhc personal solicitation
IT funds hy former President
II illiam Go"dcll Frost ami one
u two a>.uciatC~. During that
;imc iurtv-hvc new buildings
,avc been ;.G.lcd and the student
i.udy Increased from S54 tu 2.6I5.
and the number ui worker, and
teachers from > To- l4S. The
cost ui educating each student -
Sll450 year more than he pays
and this year more than 500 stu
dents were turned away. Several
! old stores are used To house dit
icrcut departments and the NO
men, gymnasium formerly Was
! Il barn. Dormitory space l. also
needed.
The caupagu has been cnlors-
led by President Harding. The
Advisory Committee consists of
the following men and women:
Gov. Henry J. Alien, of Kan
sas; lame, NJ. Beck. New York ;
Albert ]. Bcvcridge. Indiana: the
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton. Brook
llNn: Miss Belle H. Bennett. Rich
Inund. Ky; William Jennings
Bryan. Lincoln. Ncb.; John W.
Davis. Oarksburg. W. Va: DR.
lCharles W Elliott. Cambridgc,
! Mass: the Rev. George \. Cor
I, don. Boston. Mass: Miss Caro-
] line Hazard. Peacedale. X. l.:
Luke Lea. Nashville. Tenn: Nc
dill Mccormick. Chicago; Gov.
/ Edwin L. Morrow. Frankfort ::
the IN. Rev. William I. Manning
. New York: Lieut.. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. " Na>aington Oscar y.
I StrauS. New York; Chief Justice
William Howard TAFT. Washing
ton: the RI Rev. Charles ID. Viii
liams. Detroit. Mich: the Rev
Cornelius Woelfkin. New York.
and Daniel Il. Wentz. Philadel-
,phia-
| William HIutchins Is presi-
dent of Berea College.