THE FREEDMEN.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE IN ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
BY REV. HORACE BUMSTEAD.
During a portion of the past school-year a plan of systematic beneficence has been in operation among the scholars and teachers of Atlanta University. It was undertaken largely as an experiment, and with many misgivings as to the results. Its success has been so gratifying as to suggest the possibility that other schools and churches in this missionary field might like to introduce it, if made acquainted with its practical workings.
The Plan.—This is set forth in the following recommendations, drawn up by a committee of teachers and scholars, and adopted by a unanimous vote of the school:—
“1. That we recognize more fully the duty and privilege of systematic giving.
“2. That during the remainder of the school-year we make twenty-five weekly offerings of money at the Friday afternoon meeting, to aid in paying the debt of the A. M. A.
“3. That all persons connected with the school be invited to hand in on slips of paper, to be provided, a statement of the amount which they will endeavor to give weekly.
“4. That all persons handing in these statements be provided with envelopes in which to deposit the weekly amount; and that envelopes be furnished also to any who may desire to give as they are able, without stating beforehand a definite amount.