Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-12


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s1au. bsinE mtis ~ establish Installations
n lsafning. anl our own lmmellsls tloIn.
ny VIZ are plsns.d 10 zee, is ho' behind
mltr seclIonf Of the State IN this impor'
ibnt matter. Our own town, since the close
II The war, hns given evidence Of advance
nsnl In lli, particular which Is peculiarly
gratifying, aud still The work Is progressinr.
wh.ch, " our citizens will but uulylhcir
own interest, and that Of The rising genera
ton, will add greatly to this community.
We are informed that II Is the purpose OF
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church to
locate, AZ an early day University some
where near the center Of the State, aud
COMMITTEES have been appointed by the sy'
mods TO receive bids from the various To-
oalilies, and determine its location, We
deem il, therefore, Of great Importance to
the town of Dallas, as 1t will probably be
In nomination, TO avail themselves of the
benefits resulting from having first class
insiution OF learning In their midst, to be
awake upon the subject, aud offer such in.
ducements us viii secure its location here,
The success of that church in building up
aud sustaining institutions Of this charac-
ter, Is sufficient guarantee for success in
this enterprise. We learn that they have
procured, us an iniaiory step, most beau-
lirul and slightly plot of ground of thirteen
acres, on an eminencc in the Northern part
Of town, for school purposes, and that the
Rev, II, +. Bone, n gentleman Of scholar
ship, and experience as a teacher, has sue
cecGed Mr.. Coughanour, here, to prepare
and dcciplinc classes for'the contempt atetl
school, IL our citizens will offer sufficient
encouragement to these committees to Sc
cure this preference. 1t is their purpose
to amply endow the institution to secure
its permanency.
In pecuniary point of view. it would
certainly be to the interest of our citizens
to make vigorous efforts to secure its loca
ton here. Thousands of dallars yearly
have been sent out of this county to enrich
other localities, for the education of III
children, and yet the work is just begun.
Calculating reasonable success for this
school, there will be annually FIVE hundred
pupils. These we may estimate will spend
on an average three hundred and fifty d OIL
lars per annum, for board, tuition, books
and other things, which will amount, in
the aggregate, to one hundred and seventy
FIVE thousand dollars. And this is merely
the pecuniary advantage; the question
then is, shall we, for the want of propeI
exertions, permit this source of wealth Y
pass from us to moro fortunate or enter
prising locality2 This, of ITSELF is di
sideratum, to say nothing of the intellect
ual and social Improvement of the town.
The Cumberland Presby terians have nov
under contract, a handsome and commodi
Gus church edifce, and the lumber is nov
on the ground. When completed, il will b
an ornament to the town and credit t
the projectors
We throw out these hints for the consid
ertion of our people, Convinced. as we are
that nothing will add more in building W
town, and brighten its attractions, in tn
eyes of stranges, than the sustai ming o
good schools