Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-07-19
DIR. cGlothlin Remains With
Fur1nan.

commerce, eApid1us 1IselA. IL Will NC
read by the thousands who love Fur
man, and read with thanksgivings.
The Baptists throughout the State as
well as the citizens of G%reenville
should know the reasons and motives
which have led DR.. McGlothlin in
reaching his decision, and these can
be seen in the letter to Mr.. Russell.
1t follows:
Mr.. John A. Russell,
Chamber of Commerce,
Greenville, S. c.
My Dear Mr.. Russell:
Please accept my sincere thanks for
your letter of recent date in which
you urged me on behalf of yourself
and the Chamber of Commerce to
remain in Greenville as president OF
Furman University. Your kind words
have been deeply appreciated. Such
assurances of interest and support on
the part of the citizens of Greenville
have materially aided me in reaching
a decision as to what course l ought
to pursue. The presidency of William
Jewell college, with the high stand
ards and great potential resources
of the institution, made a strong APP
peal, but I have decided to remain
with Furman. The o important
reasons for this decision are the fol-
lowing:
l.. My affection for the college, the
town and the state. I have been a cit
izen of Greneville only three years,
but so warm was the reception ac-
corded me and my family and so gen.
erous has been my treatment during
these years that we have become
warmly attached to our new home.
Nothing but a compelling sense OF
duty or opportunity could tear US
away from it.
2. A feeling that I should remain
with Furman at least during the pres
ent program of growth and expan-
sion. While the length Of u tenure
of office was of course not stipulated
when 1 accepted the presidency OF
the institution, still our five-year pro-
gram is but little past the middle and
it might retard the growth of the in
stitution to change administrations
at this time.
3. The hope that the citizens Of
Greenville would unite with me in an
effort to build here a really great in
stitution which will. be a mighty as
set in the future growth and welfare
of Greenville and the state of South
Carolina. Furman is located in Green
vile. It has been here nearly three
quarters of a century. Most OF the
money which has been expended upon
its buildings and by its students and
faculty has come from outside
,Greenville. And yet during these
years it has been making a larger
contribution to Greenville than to
any other part of the state. 1t has
educated many of the sons of Green
vile. 1t has attracted able young men
from elsewhere to make their homes
in u city. It has spent much money
here. 1t has continuously advertised
Cfreenville far and wide. l think its
value to Greenville cannot be disput-
ed, and l cherish a great hope that
the men and women of means who
are benevolent and forward-looking
will support the institution in such a
way as to assure its future growth
and imortance.
Some two years ago the General
Education Board of New York offer
ed to give to the endowment OF the
institution the sum of S175,O00 if its
other friends would raise $325,OOO,
thus adding a total of half a million
dollars to the endowment. Up to the
present very little has been done to-
ward meeting this great offer. This
delay was caused by the serious fl
nancial depression through which
state with others, has been passing.
But the period in which our part OF
the half million is to be raised is rap
idly passing. Something like two
years remain in which to complete
the raising Of the funds necessary to
meet the great offer of the General
Education Board. Can this amount
be raised? Will the enlightened,
wealthy, forward-looking me n OF