, 1875-08-29

enlarged its library Increased. hnu 6lt otAeF
wants supplied to meet I'll the demands OF =
Uniyersity prepared to educate the SOUS OF thoRe
who would naturally send their cn1tofen 10
| properly-orgnmzed institution located "a Cnicaco
is, and declared to be the great commercial sua
business emporium OF the great west! But
could all this be accomplished BY tho Bapslsts,
| eveo thsn the University would fall short or
meeting tho hopes, expectations, and urpotes
| OF it's founders. Would men OF al minds and
grades Of intellect send their sons to be educated
BY purely denomnatioral teachers, WITH "noee
religious views they did not sympathtze, and
from whom theywidely differed Assuredly not.
| The time has not arrived when the lion and the
| ismo shall lie down together. The Baptists
| hsye bY their charter
I ALL THE R1oHrs THAT THEY OUGHT TO DESIRE.
This was secured by DR.. Burroughs instru-
mentality, aud they m,Y be assured that these
rights VIII never be surrendered or lost sight OF.
A Bapt!st President vii be sought and found
liberal anough to allow others to enjoy thelr
own religious opinions, and hrm ana enllgot-
ened enough to sustain and maintain his own,
and Dr.. Burroughs vi. BE- permitted to fnhH
the trnst con6ded to hin by Judge Douelas,-a
trust which even Trustees opposed to him could
not. al ! believe have alieDated from him, and
therefore he could not have been removed from
tho Cnanceorship without his own consent, al
DR.. Mess desired.
lr Is CONCEDED
by all who have given any Thought to the sub
3ect. that within the next decade, or at least
within the next twenty veafs, what ia denoml-
mated the ''Great Vest will become so denseiy
populated that in Its borders will be found that
controlling influence that once moved the des-
tinios Of this great An6 mighty nation. Then
Univetsity should be established within the
same section, 80 organized and perfected in its
educational advantages that every one compos-
ing the great mass OF our people should be as
sured that an education could be obtained
at the Chicago University a. stable
foundation upon which could be reared
secure superstEuctnre in all the
varied departments OF life in which the mind
should be disciplined and qualified to act Ell
c,ensg and usefllly. That euoh an insttltlon
could be founded and attain the desired resu ts,
If purely denominational ono, is. to my mind,
q pure inposslbtv. In the ra*t it has ad-
vauced almost without & parallel, because ita
founders ever acted upon the principle that sec-
tartan views would never be urged upon those
who were seeking instruction IN other than tho
ooSic2l pursuits.
The lato acfion OF the Board will satisfy the
public that its future coufse will be such as to
secure the best interests Of the Univsrsity and
place il in the position its true friends desire 1t
should occupy much sooner than 1t could pnBsi-
blY be done had Dr.. Moss been retained as Pres
ident Let the friends OF general education como
forward. Of whatever name or denomination,
remove the now comparatively tri1ing indebted
nsss, endoU professorshics for all the varied
departments, secure the aid OF the most cultured
scholars to fill the positions, enlarge tho faci'i-
ties for the reception Of and accommodation Of
Bohoars, and ut an earlv day the Chicago Uni
vers,ty will become the aims mater OF those who
as statesmen and scholars sball fill the historic
pages that will record the proSress OF this nation
in it's march to the high position which it appears
destined 70 occupy among the nations Of the
earth. SAMUEL HOARD.