Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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the body of the generous subscription list. When late in the campaign it was announced that Dayton had subscribed forty-five thousand dollars, it immedi- ately brought the campaign within sight of victory. This sum was subsequently brought up to about eighty thousand, the largest offering as far as ascertained being that of Mr. Edward Canby, of S25,000, which brings his gifts to Denison nearly up to 332,000. The honored Thresher and Barney names, with those of Beaver, Chamberlin, McIntyre and Colby appear in generous gifts on the list. The gift of Deacon G. O. Griswold, of Wa1're1i, of 35,000 for scholarships, and an available legacy of 35,000 from the estate Mrs. jane M. Harpster, of Harp- ster, are deserving of mention. ' This magnificent addition to the resources ot the University brings the equipment of the institution in property and endowment proper well beyond the million mark. It means the placing 'of the University beyond the fear of retro- gression, and well along in a movement of positive advance. It means the pro- vision of certain important material equipments, such as the observatory and fine telescope, the gymnasium and Y. M. C. A. building and the like, it means the strengthening of existing departments and the supply of needed additional instruction, and increased opportunities for students themselves in the additional scholarship funds provided. Not all of these benehts will perhaps be imme- diately available, as the many of the largest subscriptions are not fully due for live years, but it means an immediate cumulative addition to the efficiency of an already effective institution. At this writing, moreover, less than a year from the completion of the subscriptions fully one-half of the entire amount has been paid in, and visible results will soon appear. A. S. C. fe i f ' ..- F 1 -1 -T34 1 ,. ,- - El A sqfmx ? Ta, T ,E i - ' l X 'J'QI5!Yiii- f - IW' m e s v , 1 - I f I , ii' H BH.. 5? mba. .. F . r' - iii, -1 .-1' 1 2 ' L 1? 1,-ee: 22

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ville, of which thousandsof copies were distributed, and four pamphlets Bap- tists and Education in Ghiof, by Dr. G. XV. Lasher, Our Granville Schools: Wfhat we have and VVhat we need, by D'r. Purintong VVhy the Denominational College, by Rev. A. S. Carman, and 0ur Educational Opportunity, by Rev. E. VV. Hunt. These pamphlets, after a preliminary publication in the journal and Messenger, were circulated to the number of about twenty thousand copies each. Mr. Huntis conduct of this campaign has earned him the lasting gratitude of Denison and all Ohio Baptists. The result of the campaign has been as was hoped, the awakening of Ghio Baptists to a knowledge of Granville and an interest in her schools surpassing anything which had previously existed. Then the contributions to the fund have been received from a wide instead of narrow constituency and the institution rests upon the basis of a broader constituency than ever before. Granville itself, although richer in almost everything else than in money, gave most nobly, from the contribution of the poor washer woman who gave five dollars out of her slender living, and the generous gift of twenty-five dollars from Ransom the barber, up to the gifts of hundreds from pastors, professors, merchants and citizens of all classes and beliefs. Granville contributed some 354,000 or more to the fund. lAnd other towns and churches of no great means contributed sums not large in themselves yet aggregating about 313,000 altogether. Zanes- ville, Cambridge, Middletown, Springfield, Canton, Seville, Xenia, Norwalk, Elyria and other towns had a part in this result as did many smaller towns and churches. The Valley church in the country near Marietta contributed about 3800.00 Cf the cities, Cincinnati responded generously in all of her churches, although the total can not be given. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Peters contributed S6,000, and one of the last of Deacon R. A. Holden's generous gifts was his 355,000 check for the endowment. Toledo has done most generously, some hfteen thousand dollars cvincing her interest in Granville. Mr. John T. Newt0n's 35,000 for library endowment and Mr. C. T. Lewis, 35,000 were the largest individual gifts from Toledo. Cleveland, though not fulfilling the hope of the Campaign Committee, has made at least two generous subscriptions, that of Mr. Swasey of a five thousand dollar telescope, which will give us perhaps the best ins-trument of the kind in the state, and Mr. Sherwin's 5'p5,000, besides a number of smaller subscriptions. But it is, as always, Dayton, which has formed 21

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