Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-06-06
Location Of the II. E. Seminary.

| As the time for the meeting Of the com
! mittee to locate the above named Senina-
! ~ Is now so near at hand, it seems sea
sonabIe and proper that every lawful
means should be employed 10 awaken an
/ interest in the matter III this community.
Several efforts have been made to arouse
! the attention Of our citizens, generally
! but, as yet, they have not manifested that
| interest which its Importance demands-
And one reason for this may be because
the facts in the case are imperfectly un-
derS,ood. The impression seems to pre-
vail that the 81. E Church In Mineral
Point wish for Seminary, and If so, they
O lght to build one themselves, and not
{ make public, or citizens matter Of il,
etc. Here our citizens make 4 mistake.
The case is simply this: At the last SEES
sion Of the West Wisconsin Conference
the committee on education deeply felt
the Importance Of establishing first claes
Seminary to meet the wants of the church
in tho southwestern part OF the Confer
encc, and upon this suggestion, n commit.
tee of ten persons was appointed to select
| u site for such an Institution.
| It was intended that the funds for the
| erection OF buildings, and placing the
| school on safe and permanent basis,
| would be raised By the Church within the
! bounds Of tho Conference. And no one,
who is aware of the extent Of territory or
number of persons connected with the NJ.
| F. Church and grcgations embraced by
the Conference, can doubt their ability TO
establish and sustain such an Institution
of learning Ns ia proposed
1t was not expected, however, that there
would be go much competition amongst
the various towns in this Presiding + =.
der d ;strict--to secure its location IN their
midst. But when the Committee were as
sembled ut their FIRST meeting, IS was as
ccrtained that the citizens Of certain
town, nppreciating the value of education,
and ,rif. a5ruks" on all subjects that
would add to the Importance and prosper
itv of their town, had raised a SUM OF mo
ney and appointed committee to present
il us Il bonus that the school might be To-
Gated with them. This was the first inti-
nation received that any pecuniary in
ducement would be offered By any COM
munity.
Tho Committee, consisting OF persons
representing tho principal towns IN this
part Of the State, Of course each entered
his plea for the community be represents
z II {
journed meeting, so that The yaFiou, towns
represented might have an opportunity Of
securing the seminary If they desired to
90 SO 1t Will be seen therefore thar the
matter of bonus originated outside Of the
Conference or Committee. with persoLs
who are well aware of the great adranta.
ges TO be derived by any community hav>
ing such an Institution.
And when these advantages arc aulv
considered. it can hardly be wondered nj
that strenuous efforts should he made to
secure + aud liberal pecunjary PROPOSE
tons offered As circumstances, now ar.
It has oeeoaie a strSts Of communities. IN
dcpendeH; Of tie II Z Church lis true
that there are other considerations which
should govern the action Of the Commit
tee beside the offer OF recuniary aid but
still, money vii doubtless exert much in
dreRee IN the matter. For If Mineral
Pom: should only offer one-tLird the sum
other towns present, 1t l. to be expected
this would have aueh weight. especially
a. the short distance of eight, ten or twon-
y miles viii make little OF ne difference
as to the patronage the school viii receive
from ahroad. Ii Mineral Point is fully
a.''e 10 hec own interests, she viii Danish
4 '"s contracted a25 selfish .sea that lie