Washington telegraph., 1849-12-19
DIR, COLLEGE.

the right way, and their recent proceed
| ings leave us no room to doubt that we
are now to have fourishing College at
| this place. This is matter IN which
every man, woman and child Is deeply
interested-indeed the whole State has
an interest in the establishment OF lnstl-
tutions Of learning. For one, we hail
the prospect of College with becoming
gladness and Joy. Can it now fail! The
trustees are determined to set all OF us
good example of liberality and public
spirit. They have gone in literally and
are determined, with the help of the COM
munity, to build College, and secure the
best professors that can be had We
surely think that no one will now falter or
be unwilling to aid in so good a work
O. qcork that aciW be the making of our
qviet, moral and pleasant village. The
trustees are no more interested, good
reader, than you or ourselves; they have
no more interest in building up college
here than we have. nor will they be
otherwise benefited than as all of us will
be. They are merely body through
and by which the community can act;
they are in truth our agents in this great
and noble enterprise. They are willing
to bear all the trouble without pay, and
what they propose to do is to rebound to
the benefit of all. All who live in this
place, or within fifty miles of it, are inter-
ested No one man is more interested
in school or college than another This
is certainly spot highly favored By nature
and geographical position for a college.
The claims, or rather the eligibility. of this
point for a college, has been warmly cam
vassed heretofore. 1t had strong and OBJ
stinate rivals in other towns and sections
of our State, but the Legislature. as well
as the Conference, through the zeal and
industry of those who had the interest
and prosperity of this town at heart, de-
cided that here was the place for col
lege. The Legislature passed an act of
incorporation, giving the power to the
trustees to convert the male department
into a college whenever practicable
The trustees say that if the community
will look to its present and future welfare
and will lend helping hand the work
will 90 on. Shall we have college, or
shall we let the chance slip forever!-
For our part, we are almost ashamed of
our own apathy and Indifference on the
cares nothing about permanent school,
when al. are interested, from tho merchant
down to the humblest laborer. There is
no interest of society that will not re-
ceive a more needful and better impulse;
and experience has established the fact,
that all judicious and liberal expenditures
of money in the erection Of colleges will
be more than returned in the increasing
thrift, intelligence and virtue of the COM
munity. There is. no way to permanent
prosperity so sure or so natural as that
which begins in education-in the proper
cultivation of the mind-the waking up
of its creative energy. Far-very far
better will it be for us to build up our
college than to suffer all the evils and
inconvenience of having none at all.
We wish to direct the public mind to
this great object. for every man is inter
ested. The father of children is inter
ested-the philanthropist, though he have
grey headed sire of a dozen boys. The
property holder is interested, because il
the college is built it will enhance the
value of his property thousand per cent
The farmers round about here are inter
creasing demand for all they have to sell
and also in the additional value that such
an institution would certainly give to
! their farms.
! What is the cause of such display
of lumber and materials for building il
various parts of our town? 1t is nothing
but the prospect of the establishment O.
our college. Why do we hear of sc
much buying and selling of town lots
and also of farms in the vicinity? Surely
this must be attributed to the fact thai
we intend having a college. Why is il
that so many persons are now anxious tc
buy property in our town and locate here
| Nothing but the prospect OF getting theil