Monday, Dec. 15, 1924
Union
Union Seminary, largest theological workshop in the U. S., famed for recondite scholarship and "heretics," has been seeking an endowment of four millions. Lately, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, noted Unionite, returned from a swing around the country bearing with him a goodly portion of the sum, including the munificence of Benjamin Thaw of Pittsburgh. A fortnight ago, Mrs. Louise Carnegie, widow of historic Andrew, added $100,000 to the total.
Ecclesiastically free, situated in one of the world's most densely populated centres of study (Upper Manhattan), sworn to a liberal policy and proud of a liberal tradition, Union has directed its appeal to "thoughtful and liberal-minded people ... at the moment when theological education is receiving the most severe criticism within our memory."