The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-10-14
WOOSTER mfxersfty,
Mr. EeirsR :kpksOpgh shs ssl

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Mn EDireR :REhsoughf ths col
umhs of the excellent papers OF Ash.
land County, 1 desire to introduce tc
its citizens, MfL.MoJ1Lyon. He will
visit them to solicit subscriptions fol-
the <endowment OF the Uniyersitx
Located in t is immediate vicinity,
and he is ea1 lestly 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,
00O5 Harvard College 4S3,000 and
! CARMEL University $4,000 dollarshas
determined to establish a University,
which in the elegance OF its buildings,
the munifcence 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
Institutfsn in this section OF the State.
To the credit of Wayne County; he
it said that they have not only raised
the <I00,DOO org n:,lly pl dyed which
was to include the building site but
they propose to raise 100000 dollars
in money besides the q acres of land
for its location and on that basis, The
whole matter of building fund Is
therefore amply, provided for without
gong out of hat one county. 1t Ii
now proposed to call on the adjacent
counties aud the State at large-itc
contribute III Endowment fund which
las been fixed by the trustees at hall
a million NoTess sum than tlat c;in.
possibly give ussan income sufficient
TO pay such salaries as will secure the
services of the very best scholars III
The land as professors. The philoso-
phv- OF colleges is this, that the insti
tuition paying the best salaries viii
get the best professors, and the hes
professors wi ! secure the lest and
most students, and the institution
with the most money, the best profess
sorS and the most students, will be
he first institution of the country
1t is to the disgrace OF our goodly
State that there is not to-day. within
aert bounds a college : 1at is so recog-
: lied ercan even make n respectable
c.aim to such q p sition. We appeal
to u citizens whether they r long
r willing to be compelled to send
her sons either east of. the, noun
ans or up 10 the cold State of Mich.
a to get ier them a thorough edu-
cat on. This Stale is a~bundaptly able
% do this nolle task. The LITTLE
state of Massachusetts where the
a mers have to pick off the stones
very year, has within the last five
airs given by private donations 2,
%, 40 dollars to educational purro-
;es. New York in the same time la
v,n s2,S 60. o for Ii e, purposes,
VILE Ohio in the sane time has Civ
n only 1888 900 or more than two
n.llion dollars less than Massachu-
cts or New York. In these United
State within the past five years 49,
II, 500 have been given for educa
ional endowments, not including any
hing appropriated by Congress o.
my State Legislature. The presenf
lay is il nothing more pre-eminen,
han in its determination to perfect its
educational advantages, unless there
ore, we are prepared as q State t.
all far in the rear of, and lie mcanlS
upon. u sister States it j.
indispensable that we should take ho'd
# this work with the most unstinteC
county. Let every one give, not on
what-they can easity spara-hat-s
ley can possibly sp1re There WI
re some mean, grovelling souls tina
will absolutely do nothing. 1t SEEM
iard that the generous shout have t.
10 their share as well as Their own
nut it is so in everything, and the
the honor in those who do give
Our agent for Ashland County, Mr.
lyon, will in person more fully ex
,lain the general scheme of the en-
erprise, and ~bespeakind for him tho
ympathy and CO. peration of eve
riend of educat on and civilization
nd the prayers OF every christian, We
anticipate his success
GEO p. HAYS,
Gen. Fiscal Sec'v,
Wooster University.