The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-11-29
Austin College to be Removed from
Huntsville. Texas.


Huntsville. Texas.
To the Editor Of the Dallas Herald
At late meeting of the board of
trustees of Austin college, located at
Huntsville, Texas, it was determined
that the best interests of the college re-
quired its removal to some other place.
The Presbyterian synod of Texas,
which elects the trustees and which
has the college under its care, heartily
approved the action of the trustees,
and recognized them as the proper per-
sons to consumate the removal. The
synod also appointed a committee of
four to find out what places in the
state offered the greatest inducements
for the future location of the college,
and to lay the claims of the various
places before the trustees for final ne
ton.
In selecting location, several points
must be considered:
First--The location must be healthy
one.
Second-The community should be
under strong moral and religious in
iluences and as free as possible from
every form OF vice.
Thlrd--The place should he easy of
access from every part of the state.
Fourth-We must select place
where the people appreciate mental
and moral culture, and will do all they
can to locate and build upa splendid
institution OF learning among them.
The synod, the trustees and the pres
ident all intend that Austin college
shall be first-class institution. They
intend to erect buildings that will be
an ornament TO the state, and afford
every facility for educational purposes.
The central building, costing about
forty thousand dollars, we wish to have
completed by next September, 1875,
ready for the opening of the session.
The two wings, ut a cost ofthirty thous-
and dollars each, We expect to complete
IN two or three years.
We expect the community where we
locate to aid Us literally in carrying
out our plans. We pledge ourselves 70
spend every dollar given IN five miles
of the college sight unless otherwise
ordered by the donor, in erecting
beautiful buildings, and ornamenting
the college grounds, We will also add
to the building fund thus furnished.
We have several thousand acres of
valuable land, part of which belongs
to the endowment, and u part to the |
building fund.
Wehave already several chairs par |
TALLY endowed. Thousands have been
added to the endowment recently bv |
donation, and our endowment lands |
will greatly increase this fund. We |
intend to raise it to $5OO,OO0 as RAPIDLY
rs possible. We will be ready "a soon
as q location is fixed upon, and we ex-
pect this to be done by May or June
next, to elect full faculty and open
the college, completely manned and
next September.
TO communities wishing to secure
the location of the college we would
respectfully suggest two things:
First-Put your donations and sub.
scriptions In legal form. We mean
business and we must act on business
The trustees can take final
action on no proposition except those
In legal form.
Second-Get up as large q building
iund as you can. Let the cash sub
scription be as large as possible. Notes
OF hand, payable In one, two or three
years real estate or property of any
kind will also be received. Let every
one In the community do something
and Q liberal amount can be secured
We do not say that the place Offering
he Bnest money! will seenre tha loea- !