Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-07-03
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1866.
COLLEGE OF ST. PAUL.

HAAOhA, JONE 70, AOOOs
COLLEGE OF ST. PAUL.
The cause Of Educstion il one which should
be espoused BY every lover Of his country. It was
Education which aroused the common mind to .
sense of the wrongs heaped upon those who event.
ually threw of the yoke Of tyranny, and gave
Us the blessed boon of civil and religious free
dom. Upon the Schools and Colleges Of this
country the Temple of Liberty was erected, and
when the basis of this Temple is not cared for,
the Temple itself will crumbled to dust. In the
West particularly, should We foster the cause Of
Education--upon the progress of the intelligence
Of the People depends our success, and just in
like proportion will we become great and pow
erful. It is with pleasure, therefore, that We
announce that the Committee chosen to locate
the site of the College of St.. Paul, have agreed
to accept the proposition of Messrs. Dayton,
Warren and Hoyt, and that the enterprise will
hereafter be pushed forward with vigor and We
trust with success. In addition to this, Mr..
John r. Irvine has donated site in the upper
part of the city for Preparatory School Ed
iicc, which will contain . Hall adapted for
Lectures, and for other purposes of purely
intellectual nature. To aid the enterprise it is
proposed that the citizens living above Cedar
street should contribute towards the erection of
the latter building, and the citizens living below
Cedar street to the erection of the College edi6ce
The Importance of these institutions and the in
Auence they must have on the prosperity of our
city, must be apparent to every one, and it is to
be hoped that such liberal spirit will be exhib-
tied By our citizens as will forever put to blush
those who pirate so much about our illiberality
and sel6shncss.
No one has done more or worked more earnest.
" or more zealousy for the success of the Schools
and Colleges in our city, than Rev. E. d. Neill,
and yet that gentleman, poor in this WORLDS goods
has buckled on his armor and enters once more
vigorously into the field. He is not working for
the present generation but for the future-not for
himself alone, or his children, but for you and me
and all, and our children, and if such man leads
the van, who will refuse to follow? We ask Of
our citizens their cordial cooperation in the es-
tablshment and success of these institutions. We
ask it because we consider it duty they owe to
themselves and to those who may come after them.
AcRIcuLruRAL FA1R.-The Express states
that the Circular sent by Mr.. Furber, Chairman
of the Agricultural Committee, for the purpose
of soliciting subscriptions for Fair, have never
been received up that way, and thinks that Mr..
Furber has taken very unwise course to for.
ward the enterprise. 1t thinks that if the Fair
had been commenced and an admission fee ol
rs cents charged, and $500 for those who ex-
hibited stock, that this would have been suffi-
cient to have betrayed the expenses. We diff.
fer with the Express. The object Of Mr.. Fur
Der in issuing his Circular, as we understand it,
was to give every town in lie Territory chance
to contribute to the movement, so that the place
which contributed the most money should be
entitled to the Fair. If he had pursued any
other course, he would have been severely CEN
sured. He could not have pursued any other
without incurring the ill-will of the citizens Of
the Territory. And then again, who was to
decide where the Fair should be helds Not
Mr.. Furber. Who then? The citizens. How!
BY the amount they contributed. But there is
another objection to the plan proposed by the
Express. If the Committee had announced
the Fair, they would have been obliged to have
assumed the responsibility, and to have incurred
the necessary expense. Now, our own expe.
rience, and we think that Of our friend of the
Express, will attest, that this assuming a re.
sponsibility, on a contingency, dontpay. $1,000
do not grow on every bush, and we take it that
good Fair cannot be gotten up for any thing
less than this amount. 1t is all well enough to
suggest how these things should be done, but it
is another thing to do them. In our opinion
Mr.. Furber has pursued the only and proper
course, and if he is backed up by the citizens ol
the Territory, we shall have Fair which will
be credit to the whole North West.