Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-08-24
From the N. G. Christian Advocste.l
To the Friends of Education in North
Carolina

lCIOm lie ~. VI. IuIIpsl1n AUso0@SSl
To the Friends of Education in North
Carolina
Fellow CITIZENS The calamitous dis
aster by which Greensboro Female Col
lege hes IN ashes, is known to you. The
press has borne the sad intelligence to
almost every quarter of the State. The
high character and long standing OF the
College, its great efficiency in the noble
cause of female education, and its in
creasing catalogue of students in the
present exigencies of the country, rem
der its destruction at the present time
a public calamity. I therefore do not
confne my appeal to the members
and friends of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in this State alone, but to the
friends of education generally.
The public voice demands, that the
College be rebuilt as soon as possible
The people of Greensboro irrespective
OF UNCONVENTIONAL association, demand it,
and but n opinion has come to me
from all parts of the State, and that
opinion is-"Let the building go up at
once" There are several strong reasons
why the College should be rebuilt
First, the educational wants. OF the
C~onfederacy require it. Our boys are in
war, and the male schools are thin, but
al, the female schools in operation are
full to oyerhowing. The country can
not, afford. to lose one efficient female
school from the number.
Secondly, pres ed as we are by the
public enemy, many of our girls are re-
fugees, and being driven away from the
schoOlssin the enemy's lines, we must
afford a home and a school for them.
Thirdly, we had an insurance of $16,-
900 on the College, not one-tenth the
present cost of the buildings. Most Of
the College furniture, pianos and libra
ries,. besides most of the doors, windows
and lights were saved. These will. with
the brick saved, greatly assist in the
completion of the College. To defer
building would result in the loss Of much
that was saved.
Feurthly, the expense of hnildin!
now is very heavy. 1t must cost four O
tive times what it would before the war
but money was never SO abundant, an,
thank God, North Carolinians were neve
mere liberal than now. With what W
have saved, added to the liberalitY of on
friends, itcan be done now better than q
any other period.
With these facts before US, I confident
ly appeal to the generous liberality o
the friends of education in North Caro-
lima, for the funds to rebuild the Colleg
at once. We shall therefore address
ourselves to the work of collecting fund
for that purpose Immediately.
The matter admits of TO delay.
have not time now to visit every portion
of the State. Yet will endeavor to ca
on every \ who intimates an snIsntio
tlenen and aalss in all parts aIEshs s gsl
inclined to help us, win address ne b
letter to this city, to the care of Re,
VIM. E. Pei, Editor of the North Caro-
lima Christian Advocate, stating til
amount they will give for rebuilding I'll
College, and ohen they will pay th
amount. Cash contributions or nott
: payable in three, six, eight and lively
months, will be thankfully received. W
beg our friends not to send US Gny cas
oy mat. Send us checks or promissor
notes, or state what you will give, and
will either visit the parties or make arang,
ments for collecting.
Are there not one hundred persons i
the State who will give me $1,000 eac
for that object Several have proffere
to be one of a hundred to give that sun
One gentleman proposes to give m
$4,000. [ hear of several who will civ
$4,000, and surely there are 100 who wi
give $1,000. Are there not SO who W.
give me $500 f-many who will give m
400, 800, 200, and 300 each ? A mu
titude I trust there are, who will give m
500 or less. Any sum will be CRATE
fully received and duly acknowledged.
Let me hear from you, fellow citizens
at once. Let US have such indication c
public favor Immediately, as will iustif
the Trustees of the College in proceedin'
at once to rebuild. And may your read
contributions be such as will secure til
favor and blessing of that God who love
!, a cheerful giver.
WIN. Gloss, Agent
of Greensboro Female College.
Raleigh, N. c., Aug. Il, 1863.
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