The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03

Of the town. speak now D1no1y - buGi-
ness point Of VIEWS eAsap -, = tAai
manufactures can b sstahltshs1 a esapst.
in basls with like establishnent1 elsewhere.
So that railroad company or jsint stock Con-
pany In mining enterprise which can furnish
us . very cheap fuel win be the greatest ben
efactor at this juncture. But now, and for
all time to come, college, founded upon .
broad, liberal basis, win be the greatest boon
with which our town can be endowed, next
after church facilities. Colleges do NOT
always make large cities. but successful
college makes successful town. A college
attracts wealth it attracts culture itdraws
the very cream Of society in morals and in
tellectual elements. Real estate, in the form
Of dwellings and in business houses, up to .
| healthy relation, is quoted at or above par in
any town, the seat Of an eminent school.
You never hear Of such towns collapsing.
would not say college is all that our town
needs. In fact, am far from thinking 20.
But do undertake to say that with our
present facilities for managing business,
eollege-and wnen 1 say college mean .
college-to US would be worth . half dozen
banks. And further say that It would en-
nance real estate more than the same num-
Der OF banks. There are gentlemen who
to-day have little sons and daughters they
are daudling upon their knees-wii in
twelve or fourteen years, il they remain in
Wichita so long-say that l have not calcu-
lated in vain. This article is not intended
to come in collision with the free schools of
the city. take citizens pride in the ex-
hibit which we can make in that direction.
And ask for any town Of the same age with
Wichita to show like monuments Of gener-
osity and intelligence. But having these,
we want more. We want college that will
draw from abroad.
II we had an institution that would bring
two hundred young men and young women
from abroad, it would throw annually Geo.
900 into circulation. 1t would give stability
to our town. 1t would enhance the value Of
real estate. 1t would be . large, popular
advertisement. 1t would attract capital. 1t
would invite cultivated society 1t would
hold the culture we have. And it would
save shousands Of dollars from going abroad.
Shall We encourage an enterprise like this:
We have in our midst gentleman toiling
over few pupils in an unpretending build
ing, oyershadowed in architectural proper
lions by one Of our three public school build
ings. These young men and ladies are thirst
in for liberal education. Their teacher Is
graduate Of one or more departments Of
the finest universities Of Europe, and would
be an ornament to the oriental chair Of our
best institutions. He is willing to give his
large requirements to Wichita. He is will
ling to constitute his present enterprise the
nucleus Of the future college. Shall We en-
courage him? Shall we sustain him: Shall
we show our appreciation Of q graduate of
the universities Of Utrecht and Leyden! Or
shall we starve such attainments, and COM
init intellectual, and perhaps, as well, COM
mercial suicide! DR.. DeLew is willing to
labor for the erection Of college, but we
ought not to immediate him on its altar before
its erection. We should not want our in
stitution, Phoenix like, to spring from his
ashes, but rather, to spring from his living
energies. These thoughts are the result Of
a recent visit to the doctors school. l have
already protracted to such extent as forbids
be to give the impressions made by the ex-
animation Of classes in History, Latin, Ger
man and Rhetoric. Let us encourage the
enterprise morally, Intellectually and finan- |
cially. II. WINsLOw ALBEIT.