Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1928 - Rparchives.org

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 81
coaching of Dr. Clark, Geneva has won forty out of forty-nine
debates, in contests with the keenest minds of the eastern colleges.
This is a record which has not been equalled, we believe,
by any similar institution in the United States.
We note with satisfaction the large number of students
attending Geneva this past year. This we take as an evidence
of the increasing confidence which parents have in Geneva as
a safe place in which to educate their children. "A good name
is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather
than silver and gold." Twenty-one of the graduating class,
we note, are members of the Covenanter Church, and this leads
us to commend every effort to gather in our Covenanter boys
and girls from all over the Church, to receive their college
training in Geneva. And money spent in this direction is
money well spent.
The financial reports of the college for the year present
to us a brighter side than heretofore. The reduction of the indebtedness
of the college, even if only by $10,000 brings encouragement
to our hearts. But the insistent need for an increase
in the teaching force of the college, will of a certainty tax the
financial resources still further, to rightly and adequately take
care of our present student body. And this is made the more
mandatory, because the college and University Associations
are laying down laws for themselves, demanding of their own
institutions this increase of teaching force per capita of students,
and these same institutions will refuse to admit Geneva
graduates as students or teachers, if our college fails to provide
a teaching force more adequate to the requirements for
our student body. We heartily commend the proposed campaign—in
connection with the 50th anniversary in 1930, of the
coming of the College to Beaver Falls, in which an appeal will
be made to the people of the valley to lift the indebtedness of
the college which at present is a little more than $153,000.
The College Athletic Department has had a most successful
year, not only paying all its own expenses, but also closing
its year with a small balance. And in this connection we note
that through the efforts of Dr. Clark, the entire indebtedness
on Reeves Field has been paid off, with a small margin to add
to the new gymnasium fund. This Synod should commend the
Athletic and Physical Education Department of Geneva College
for its continued persistent stand for Athletics that are
clean, high grade, unprofessional and helpful.
We hereby express the deep appreciation of this Synod—
for the careful, painstaking, and arduous work being done for
our College by all those charged with its management and
teaching, especially mentioning President Pearce, Dr. James S.
Martin and Vice-President Robert Clarke, together with our efficient,
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