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bill of the College Bursar, upon the requisition of the faculty committee
of arrangements, of $60.

THE COLLEGE CHAPLAIN.-After ten years of faithful service in varied
capacities and of the highest quality, Dr. James W. Lynch severed his
connection with the Wake Forest Church and virtually resigned as Col-
lege Chaplain, February 7, 1909. In the fear of the loss of Dr. Lynch
in the month of June preceding the Executive Committee of the Trustees
voted an increase of his salary by $200, passing at the same time
resolutions of appreciation of his important service to the College. What
was averted then fell upon us later. It is a matter of congratulation
to the College that we do not lose him entirely from its service. It is
understood that the pastor who may be elected by the church will be
the College Chaplain. The prospect is that a pastor will be elected be-
fore the opening of the coming session.

The importance of this position can not be overstated. The re-
ligious conceptions and, what is perhaps even more vital, the religious
attitude of men who will in large measure mould opinion and establish
standards in our State, will be caught more from the Wake Forest
pulpit than from any other quarter. The man for such a responsibility
must have deep spirituality and unusual intellectual endowments, with
the gift of inspirational power and leadership. It is the presence of
the students of the College which imposes upon the local church the
demand for so strong a preacher. And here emerges, it may be sug-
gested, the obligation of the College Trustees to bear a generous part
in making provision for him. Compromise here would be costly.

THE NEW ENDOWMENT FUND.-Mr. Earnshaw, the Bursar, with the
assistance of Professor Carlyle, continues to collect the subscriptions
on the $150,000 Endowment Fund. On the 20th of March, 1909, the
Treasurer and the President of the College made certificate to the
General Education Board that, since the last report of February 13,
1908, there had been collected on this fund £13,732.85. On April 1st
the check of the treasurer of the General Education Board for $4,577.62
was received, that amount being the Board's pro rata contribution on
its pledge to the Endowment Fund. These amounts taken with the
corresponding receipts, March 4th of the previous year, aggregate
$40,142.91, total amount of collections from all sources on the New
Endowment Fund. It is to be remembered that the bulk of the sub-
scriptions fall due in 1910, the last year for the payment of sub-
scriptions on this fund.

In connection with this effort to increase the financial resources of
the College by a somewhat general appeal, I venture to suggest the
question whether it would not be wise and proper to take more fully
into our confidence present and prospective financial patrons, by giving
them unrestricted access to all our printed reports.

10 WAKE FOREST COLLEGE.

THE EDUCATIONAL SECRETARY.-The Secondary School Commission
appointed by the last Baptist State Convention, in session at the Col-
lege February 12th, elected Principal G. E. Lineberry, of the Winter-
ville High School, Educational Secretary for the State. It is under-
stood that he will devote a portion of his time to the service of this
College, and the Commission instructed me to lay before you the sug-
gestion that you provide for on-third of his salary, the Baptist
University for Women and the several secondary schools participating
in the arrangement providing the other two-thirds.

A BLUE MONT PROPOSITION.-In letters of February 12th and 23d,
handed you with this report, Dr. B. W. Spilman, General Secretary
of the Southern Baptist Assembly, reported with comments the action
of the directors of that Assembly wherin they offered to present to the
Trustees of this College free of cost a lot valued at $100, provided they
would erect upon it a building costing not less than $500. After a con-
ference with Dr. Spilman on the subject and his suggestion of the
means to secure the needed money for the building without any demand
on the College treasury, and his promise to assist in raising it, the
Faculty on March 22d resolved to receive the proposition with thanks
and recommend it to the Board of Trustees.

ATHLETICS.-Your action in allowing the intercollegiate football was
warmly appreciated by the student body. It will probably require
several years to train a winning team. An incidental advantage has
been referred to above in the practical suppression of hazing in the
College. The cost of the game is a heavy tax upon the resources of
the Athletic Association, and it remains to be seen whether the problem
of financing it can be solved. The Faculty are resolved to reduce as
far as possible the evil of professionalism in the sports of the students.
The current catalogue shows distinct advance in this direction in the
regulations controlling membership in any athletic team. Another
year may show still further advance. It is hoped to build up the
sentiment in favor of genuinely amateur sports to such a point that
the Faculty will be justified in leaving with the students questions of
eligibility and management, while it restricts its own action to the
maintenance of its standards of scholarship.

ELECTRIC LIGHTS.-Light on the light problem is at last breaking
through the long dark. The town of Wake Forest has voted to issue
bonds to the amount of $15,000 to be used, so much as may be neces-
sary, in the installation of an electric light plant. In accordance with
instructions of your Executive Committee, the town authorities have
been notified that the College would patronize the town system, pro-
vided the lights were satisfactory and the rates reasonable. The specifi-
cations of an engineer have been accepted by the town commissioners,