The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-03-14
THE KANSAS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

This Institution is permanently located ut
Manhattan, and under the fostering care of the
State and National Legislatures cannot fail to
prove blessing to Kansas and the interior of
the American continent.
Under the provisions of the Act of Congress,
approved July I'd, 1862, it receives donation,
as an endowment Of 10000 acres Of land,
which, if carefully selected, may just as well
lie worth, within ten years, S4OO,OOO as $50, ,OOO,
The fund is intended to be q perpetual one
and the interest from time to time be applied
to aid in sustaining an institution of learning
which, while the scientific and classical objects
will be the leading idea still one department
will be developed in furtherance Of Agricul-
tural interests
The Nation at last is beginning to feel the
importance of Agricultural development as
source Of happiness and prosperity, and we
trust the State will continue to aid this good
beginning till valuable results flow from the
effort. The man who imagines that all the
valuable country in this continent is occupied
and developed needs to 60 to some such school
as the State and Nation have just breathed
into life Let the light Of science pour its rays
but for brief space on practical tests in a
Department Of Agriculture, and new fields Of
thought, and new sources of wealth and happi-
ness will be opened up. These hills and val
leys, these vast American plains, with the
mountains beyond, were not made in vain
They must be developed under the light of
science and practical agriculture And the
day is not distant when their value will be
discovered, and when they will become vast
source of wealth and happiness to the Nation.
The location is happy one. The scenery
around is well calculated to cultivate the intel
lectual eye and the Imagination while close
by can be found all the varieties Of soil and
moisture of the great interior belt Of the CONT
nent. The College edifce stands on beauti-
ful elevation, removed from impure air or
improper surroundings, while the water is
pure and good. The building, grounds library
and apparatus, are all good and constitute q
most valuable gift to the State, and form an
excellent beginning for an institution not
dreamed of nine months since. Surely this is
a fast age and we have reason to take courage
this Institution receive the earnest aid and
support Of Western Kansas, and the whole
State, and it will soon begin to scatter its
blessings far and wide We trust no narrow,
selfish policy will be adopted by the State, and
that no caviling opposition will be made to it.
The object is noble one and should receive
the hearty cooperation Of all. True, it is q
great undertaking to bnild on the edge of pres
cnt settlement a first class Institution But it
can be done. Once permanently well endowed
it can move on and give to your sons that nice
discipline of mind, which will enable him to
thread the dizzy heights, or marshall his entire
energies in the great conflict of human thought
and effort.
With the hearty support of friends, the fos-
tering care of the State, and the aid of the
Nation, Kansas may soon be able to not only
educate her own sons and daughters at home,
but to add vastly to the wealth, happiness, and
we'll being Of man.