Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-10-31
BOHEMIAN COLLEGE. -

BOHEMIAN C0LLEGE.
II. n. Mcguire kas In 10 wnon Tuesdaz
last. and he brings favofable reports tielis
ftherountry of the interesf Ielt 'inregard 20
the proposed College at tlIisplacc.s He has
obtained pretty liberal SUBSCRIPTIONS and
feels confident that he will be able to ol,fain
in hiscanyass naency a flicient 10 raasll
the required sum of twenty Thousand dollars.
We have lHo., l:ltlier surprised fren his re-
| port.not a Sc lls aassses u SONS &c ille
| wealllliest inen who live ii the immediate
neighborhood of Bozemaf, who stand higll
in the community and hold honorable posi-
tons bestowed by tie stffrages of the people.
Ne feel SURE that these friends of ours take
mistaken views OF tie importance of a Col
legem our midst. Hwill do much to- i'm
prove the, youth growing up around us With
out the advantages such an Institution viii
afford. Then such. a school swill1givc our
section character and consequence, and en-
lance thesvalues of MI the surrounding lands
pie of Gallatn County to make their county
scat the Athens OF Montana. There is just
fprilc in-llaviliY college OF high order in
any community San Jose donated one Inn
dred thousand dollars to theestablislanent of
fhe State Normal School at that pae The
State had made an appropriation for Nor.
mai Institute, and the Commissioners were
authorized toadvertisc proposals Which were
to the effect that tlle.city ortowr giving the
largest bonus should be entitled toflave the
school. Competition was sbrisk between
Sacramento, Stockton. San Jose, Oakland,
Santa Rosa and several other points. but San
Jose got away with the prize by giving 10
the Institution 800. GOO. All these places re-
garded the establishment of College in
their vicinity advantageous IN the highest
degree. and hence the anxiety&to secure ii in
their midst We feel assured BozeaBa., Col
lcge will redound largclyto the advantage Of
tie place and the peoplesot the entire Ter
ritory. Iii fact twill be credit and honor
to Montana, and be hailed abroad rs All evil
dencs OF the wonderful progress made i'll the
remote regions Of the Rocky Mountains
Then We insist that 10 is the bounden duty OF
every good citizen who can afford to do so,
TO subscribe literally and generously when
Cal,t. Mcguire calls upon him. We trust he
will boable 10 convince every one he meets
that the College mustbe built, xld sueceed
in getting a+good subscription. There are
only u few thousand dollars more to raise,
and as no portiun Of tho money or produce
subscribed will probably bercauirea tillnext
spring, and that too I'M moderate install
mtllts, there ought to- be no difficulty IN
taas contem plated subscription OF
OF view that the required sum
should he RAISED nj once, as tits the intention
to ask Congress at the approaching session,
which eorn naeE ces OH the LIST Monday in De-
cenlber, for M appropriation Ct public lands
for the endowment of the College. Three
hundred thousand acres of land was given
by congress to The Kentucky University
only 4 few years ago, and that College rea-
lied one hundred and sixty four thousand
dollars from the sale of the land script, with
was purchased, and they have now the best
Agricultural School in the United States, be-
sides the College proper, formerly .1ransyl-
vania University. Oregon has magnificent
ions of public adse,y Goh r. asspfo Iigh
there is bill now on the Speakers table at
W darlington. which proposes to give to each
of the States and Territories one million OF
acres Of the public lands for Colleges. The
provisions Of the bill. deduct from the million
Of acres the amount ofland heretofore received
By each State. and when first reported, did
not allow tile Territories to avail themselves
OF the land thus appropriated till they be-
came States, but the gentleman who reported
inc bill expressed willingness to modify
receive at once .IiftY per cent Of The land giY-
Eli. The remainder to he selected and held
IN trust. We feof sure, if we obtain the re-
lnired amount 10 insure the building OF the
College that the institution will get SPLEEN
lid endowment from Congress in public
lands. We arc confident that very little ar
gument or persuasion will be necessary to
complete the subscription with such encoura-
ging circumstances ahead Of us. Let us put
Dnr own shoulders to the wheel, and there
can be very little question that our exertions
will be crowned with the highest success.
Congress, when questions promotivs of the
interests of the Territories are properly pre-
sented, has always dealt with liberal hand,
md to so laudable an undertaking as Gel
ege on the extreme western border will re-
spond with a generosity characteristic of
American statesmen.
RAILROAD CONNECTION.