Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-18
THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
PlaE for Securing subscriptions 10 Pay
OF the E,ebi GA she college.

II is now nearly three years since the
Christian Brothers came 20 the city OF Mem
phis Tor the purpOs3 Of establishing q literary
institution Of excellence and Dr. i- universe
ers and managers OF eduCa iOuai institutions
has been all thai the most slL-utue Of tleir
friends or the most rzartins OF their pa irons
could have desired. Ia charging themselves
with the college property on Adams street,
the Christian Brothers welc obliged 20 assume
very large oeut. me hlEn price PAID i1r
property anu the very limited time SLOWED
Tor the payment OF the assumed debtuss, We
learn, made 10 exceedingly difficult fo- the
Christian Brothers TO eZtricate tbemseives
from the financial embarrasas Ineul In which
they were thus placed. The obligations on
the property are maturing slcn rapid sue
cessIOn that, as we are advised no becomes o. De-
sOlutely necessary to devise some plan by
which the college may be relieved from its
present financial embarras- m-Et Brother
MaUreliaD, the president Of the college, has,
for some time past, been lu consultation vi ia
many Of the host OF friends which the college
has in the city, and by hem
It was determined 20 convene
a meeting OF the friends of education 40 the
pari0rs OF tina Peabody hotel, on Thursdar-
October 22d, at eight O'Clock I'm the evening.
to require as 70 explain TO them the advau-
tages and the importance OF ESTABLISHING ana
maintaining frst-cigss educational and liter
airy Institutions in their midst Every large
city IA the United States has its colleges and
literary institutions Of various grades, and 20
behOOves the people o. Memphis 70 secure the
permanent establis 11eut OF institutions OF
learning 20 which they may nerefti ter proudly
point as monuments OF their enlightenment
The Christian Brothers college IS the only lu-
stitUttOu for young men and boys IN the city
of Memphis IN which is found fun corps o.
professors TO give a thorough, classical, sclen-
tihc and commercial education. Our be. {
citizens have patrOnized u since lts opening.
and pronounced IL. 10 be tde very institution
so long needed for the education Of their
sons The various cities throughout the Z nit q
states have subscribed veiy literally to-
ward the location and establishment
of educate nal Institutions. We neeu not
90 beyond our own state for examples. NASH
Vile, with a population Of less tnan forty
thousand, subscribed, IN Land and money
about utty thous .ad dollars toward he unf-
versity now in the course OF erection in their
city. Jackson, with but seven thousand in
habitauts, subscribed forty thousand dollars
toward the university 10 ne located IN their
midst. Memphis. WITH its sixty thousand in
hs bitauts, ShOu certainly MAKE an effort
worthy OF it's enlightened people and thereby f.
place beyond the reach Of future financial .
the college which the Christian I.
Brothers have been 80 energetic and ultirius I
10 their Efforts TO esi ablisl. We venture Co f.
suggest that our leading citizens interest .
themselves in the cauSe OF education and en- .
ieavur to promote the success Of the college I
By securing scholarships, su nscri pti0ns. doua-
lions in land, money, etc. The college is one Z
II our "hOme Institutions and, being an adj .
vantage to our city in such variety OF ways s, .
e should challenge the utmost sOlicttude of all
Dur citizens 10 see it successfully emerge from F
lis financial trouble.