President Bodine addressed the congregation of Christ Church and of St. Paul's Episcopal Church a day or two ago, on the pressing need of financial support for Kenyon College. He demonstrated by facts and figures that no college of any celebrity was self-sustaining. The list included Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth and many others that he named. He said that all of the institutions were practically under the control of some religious denomination-Harvard under the Unitarians, Yale the Congregationalists, Princeton under the Presbyterians, and so on to the end of the list. Colleges supported by state instead of church were not successful. He explained to his hearers why they and others should combine in assisting Kenyon, so as to enable it to extend its influence and develop into a central point to which would come students from all parts of the United States.
Read more in News
Fact and Rumor.
