The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-10-07
wooster University.

Mr.. EpIroR Through the col
umns of the excellent papers of Ash
land County, I desire to Introduce to
its citizens, Mr.. NJ. j. Lyon. He will
visit them to solicit subscriptions for
the endowment of the University,
located in this immediate vicinity,
and he is earnestly recommended to
their confidence and liberality. The
State Of Ohio ~partaking of that in
creased interest in education which in
the East has secured for Amherst
College $50, 600, Tufts College $780,
900; Harvard College $4,000 and
CARMEL University $4,000 dollars has
determined to establish a University,
which in the elegance of its buildings,
the munificence of its endowment and
the ability and thoroughness of its
instructors shall be equal to anything
in this country. The people of Wayne
County by guaranteeing 100000 dol
lars have secured the location of the
Institution in this section of the State.
To the credit of Wayne County, be
it said that they have not only raised
the 500, coo originallypl dyed which
was to include the building site but
| they propose to raise 100000 dollars
in money besides the 20 acres of land
for its location and en- that basis. The
whole matter of building fund is
therefore amply, provided for without
going out of that one county. 1t is
now proposed to call on the adjacent
counties and the State at large to
contribute the endowment fund which
has been fixed by the trustees at half
a million. No less sum than that can
possibly give us an income sufficient
to pay such salaries as will secure the
services of the very best scholars in
the land as professors. The philoso-
ply of colleges is this, that the insti-
tuition paying the best salaries will
get the best professors, and the best
professors will secure the best and
most students, and the institution
with the most money, the best profes-
sors and the most students, will be
the first institution of the country
1t is to the disgrace OF our goodly
State that there is not to-day within
her bounds a college that is so recog-
nized or can even make q respectable
claim to such a position. We appeal
to our citizens whether they are long
er willing to be compelled to send
their sons either east of the noun
tains or up to the cold State of Mich
igan to get for them q thorough edu-
cation. This State is abundantly able
to do this noble task. The little
State of Massachusetts where the
farmers have to pick off the stones
every year, has within the last five
years given by private donations p
1900 dollars to educational purpo-
New York in the same time has
given 50, S29, 1000 for like purposes,
while Ohio in the salGe time has Civ
en- only 1858, 900 or more than two
million dollars less than Massachu-
sets or New York. In these United
State. within the past five years 3D.
PIP, 800 have been given for educa-
tional endowments, not including any
thing appropriated by Congress or
any State Legislature. The present
day is in nothing more pre-eminent
than in its determination to perfect its
educational advantages, unless there
fore, we are prepared rs. a State to
fall far in the rear of, and lie meanly
dependent uPon5 ~oer-s;s.er States-itis
indispensable that we should take hold
of this work with the most unstiDted
bounty. Let every one give, not IN
Iy what they can easily spare. but all
they can possibly spare. There will
be some mean, grovelling souls that
will absolutely do nothing. 1t seems
hard that the generous Should have to
do their share as well as their own,
but it is so i'll everything, and the
greater the honor in those WHO do give.
Our agent for Ashland County, Mr..
will in person more fully ex-
plain the general scheme OF the en-
terprise, and ~bespeaking for him the
and cooperation OF every
of education and civilization
and the prayers OF every christian, we
confidently anticipate his success.
GEO. P. HAYS,
Gen. Fiscal Sec'y,