The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-12

AT WORK.


| held in this city on the evening OF Sep
tember 9th, to solicit funds in aid o
the establishment atthis place of col
lege by the synod Of Kansas, entered
upon canvass of the city Wednesday
The gentlemen composing the commit
tee are. o. ID. Swan, Col. II. G. Whitley
and Judge E. B. Kellogg, and they are
each and all of them thoroughly alive
TO the great importance of the success
full issue of the work before them.
The following were the terms of sub.
scripiion adopted at the meeting:
The undersigned, in the event of the
selection of the city of Emporia, Lyon
county, IN the state of Kansas, by the
synod of Kansas, as the location of a
university 10 be organized by said
synod, hereby promise to pay the sum
set down by them, respectively oppo-
site TO their respective signatures, at
such time and in such installlnents as
such Subscribers seveFally may appoint
to the board OF trustees of such unlver-
city, 70 be applied TO the erection of
suitable buildings for such Institution,
upon the following conditions:
i. That the building of said institu-
ton be- located within the present cor
porate limits of the city of Emporia, or
not more than one-half of mile be-
yOnd said limits. 80
2. That said Synod of Kansas obli-
gate itself by appropriate action, enter
ed upon its minutes, to maintain such
an institution in perpetuitv in said loca-
tion, and prosecute the necessary meas
ures to ensure its endowment with funds
ample to place 1t upon financial basis
adequate to sustain tirst-claSs colleg-
late institution
3. That said Synod of Kansas shall
further obligate itself in like manner to
raise within its own limits, and pay ov-
er 10 the board of trustees OF said insti-
tuition as soon after the organization
thereof as may be, the sum of at least
fifty thousand dollars, to be applied to
the general, or one or more OF the spe-
cific purposes OF said institution, as said
Synod may designate.
Theiamount to be raised in money is
$35, 900, and while this may seem like a
large sum TO pay out, it is in reality a
small investment in comparison with
the splendid returns which it must in
evitably bring to Emporia and the sur
rounding country There is no ques
tion bat that the synod of Kansas and
the Presbyterian church at large are
fully determined TO make the educa-
tional outpost of that denomination one
that shall be second TO no institution of
learning in the west, and when we con-
template the establishment of n college
at thisipOint which shall be as much of
an honor to the state as the university
at Lawrence, and as great a benefaction
to the place as that institution has been
to the town which it has saved, $35, 900
does not seem an excessive price for the
inestimable advantages which can be Sc
cured by its payment.
The necessity of some early stimulus
to the continued prosperity and growth
OF the town is thoroughly appreciated
by our business men, who realize that
EmpOria has kept steadily in advance
of the country around it and
that. its present rate of development
continue unless new forces are
in augmenting the popula
ton of the town and fostering our COM
mercia1 interests. All efforts to accom-
plish this end by means of manufac-
tories have failed and now
our citizens have the opportunity
of making a certainty of conditions
which cannot fail in a very few years to
add 25 per cent. to the number of peo-
pie here and that too of class possess.
ing means which shall be expended in
stimulating trade and building up the
town.
This is simply taking a business view
of the matter. as it is that phase of the
question which men mostly regard when
it comes tn paying out money. In this
case, the prospect of speedy and am
pie return of the amount requiredto be
invested seems so certain in the way of
an inevitable advance in real estate and
the promotion of all the material
interests of the town, that II
would appear that no man OF business
could fail to see it. Emporia
has been faithful to her opportunities in
the past and we have enough faith in the
progressive spirit of our beautiful little
city TO believe that she will not tail to
reach out and take in the golden prize
which the synod of Kansas has placed
within her reach.