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July 16, 1913 J
The E
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It gives uie pleasure to use this in
some knowledge of the present eond
ing heads:
I. THE
Tlie Synod of Texas owns and controls
six educational institutions, and
also has oversight of two other institutions.
one of which is a church and
the other an academy belonging to the
Presbytery of Panhandle. These institutions
arc Austin College, located
at Sherman, Texas, the oldest educaItntliil
InsfHntinn nl' f/illrvnr. n-rnrln In
the State of Texas; the Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, located
at Austin, Texas, re-founded in
1902; the Texas Presbyterian College
for Girls at Milford, opened in 1002;
Daniel Baker College at Brownwood,
Texas, which tame under the control
of Synod in 1902; the Southwestern
Home and School for Orphans, located
at Files Valley; and the Texas-iMexirjiTi
Tnriiifitrinl TntiHtiitn which Iijiq
just closed its first session, located at
Kingsville, Texas. These six institutions
are owned and controlled absolutely
by the Synod of Texas, their
l?oards of trustees being appointed by
the Synod.
In addition to these, the Synod has
an interest in the Floydada Presbyterian
Academy in the Panhandle, and in
Highland?the Uninversity PresbyII.
HOW THI
WOR
Immediately after the meeting of the
Synod in 19W the Executive Committee
undertook to make a canvass of the
Synod to secure subscriptions for not
ics8 than two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars to meet the needs of the
in^HtllRnna OC tV?Oir onnoorn/l of fkof
time. This subscription was completed
on the first of June, 1911, and since
that time the efforts of the Committee
have been largely directed to collecting
those subscriptions, whichiwere made
payable, so much J>or year, for a period
of five years. Since the first of June,
Your Money Will
THE PRESBYTERIi
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lerian church, in Austin, which ministers
to something like four hundred
Presbyterian students in the University
of Texas. All of these institutions
have claims upon the iSynod of Texas
lor financial support and because of
the fact that there are so many institutions,
each, with its own financial
agent, the interests of these various
schools being in apparent conflict, the
Synod at its meeting in San Angelo in
l!>09, adopted the following plan for
carrying on its educational work:
An executive committee of schools
and colleges was appointed, consisting
of nine members, eight of whom
are business men with large interests
in Texas. The nower of this oom/mO.
tee is limited to the matter of raising
funds to be distributed among the eight
institutions named above, and no other
agency in the Synod is permitted to
canvass for funds for educational purposes
except this committee. Each
board of trustees controls completely
the affairs of its own institution, making
an annual report to he Synod of
Texas and making also a financial report
of receipts and disbursements to
the Executive Committee. No institution
in the Synod is permitted to contract
for any indebtedness beyond its
visible income excent imnn thn
thorization of the Exeoutive Committee.
i PLAN HAS
XED
J911, the Chairman of Synod's Com)n.<??AA
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...h.?.ct7 una cuiit-cu.'p. anu aisoursed 10
the various schools of the state the
splendid sum of $132,512.35. All this
money has pone in to the hands of our
schools and colleges with the exception
of about seven thousand dollars, which
has covered the expenses of this branch
of the Synod's work in full since its
inauguration in November, 1909. The
Commi'lee is therefore, at this date
nhnn f tlurtr-ftvA liAueon J j?1U? - 1 *
?w..,, **?.* uiwu^mi uuiiitia^anean
n making the collections, which anticipated
raising fifty thousand dollars
per year.
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ttee of Schools and Colleges. The wo
III. THE PRESF.I
The Committee now lias nn lianH anv>
scriptions duo and payable within the
next three years amounting to something
over one hundred thousand dollars.
We face a total indebtedness of
about one hundred and four thousand
dollars all told. But glance for a moment
at the splendid array of assets
which the Synod now holds in these
various institutions:
Austin College, endowment
and property $ 450,000.00
Austin Theological Seminary,
endowment and
property 275,000.00
Texas Presbyterian College
for nfrlo nr/>rvoeftr fflpA AAA AA
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Daniel Hakor Colloge, property
105,000.00
Southwestern Home and
School for Orphans 75,000.00
Texas-Mexican Industrial
Institute, property 75,000.00
Floydada Preshyterian
Academy 35,000.00
Grand Total * $1,265,000.00
And '"n addition to this $100,000 of
subscriptions on hand, making total assets
of all our work of $1,365,000. The
amazing fact should he taken into conSldAmtlnn
nroof</??ll? A
u.v.? |/i ?? i.ivnii(v every cent
of this preat sum. with the exception
of *200,000, <|tho estimated value of
Austin <"01103:0 at that time, has come
into bho hands of our Synod since the
IV. FINANC
It is the purpose and desire of the
Executive Obmmittee to secure, if possible
from every church in the Synod
of Texas an annual collection for
schools and colleges. This plan has
been endorsed bv Synod, and If It
should be carried out in the churches
of the Synod, will very materially help
iin? u?|i?rumeai. in anoition to tills
tlio chairman of the committee will solicit
help from individuals who may he
able to give large or small sums to the
various institutions under our control.
The needs are great. The accomplisho
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Work
AS
rman
lie Presbyterians of Texas, especially,
rk will be set forth under the followNT
CONDITION
year 1900; an average gift of about
one hundred thousand dollars per year
l'rom our people.
There can be no doubt that the
present condition of this work is the
most encouraging of an>? time within
iUa *
kio mm len years. There is more harmony
among the institutions, more
hearty co-operation upon the part of
all our ministers, and more widespread
interest upon the part of our
people than there has ever been before.
We face now some critical questions,
particularly with reference to Austin
College and Daniel Baker College.
The fire which this last winter destroyed
the administration building at
Austin College has made it imperative
that the Executive Committee shall do
something immediately to relieve the
situation there Synod has determined
that not less than two hundred thousand
dollars will be needed to give Austin
College the equipment which this work
deserves, and which it must have. An
effort is being made to secure this
money, and as soon as the plans can
be formulated full announcement will
he made. Daniel Baker College is entirely
without endowment, and its
Board of Trustees, with over two hundred
students in attendance on the institution
is finding it almost impossible.
with inadequate buildings and
otherwise limited resources, to keen the
institution open and running on tlie
grade which has been approved and
ordered by the Synod.
:IAL PLAN
rnents in the past ten years are amazing.
The results of the next five years'
work should, and can, be made great.
Will not the Presbyterians of Texas
rally to the support of this Committee
in this very difficult work? Subscriptions
will be gladly received, and should
'be made payable to the undersigned.
Our nlan J
?.?. ...vc umtv ana co-oporntion;
It brings all our Institutions together
in one cause, one aim. Presbyterian
education for Texas; it insures
the wisest distribution of all money
given, for the Committee can, and does
study the needs of all the schools; it
prevents debt; it is economical.
Austin, Texas