The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-14
TEE coLLEar b EnIpoRrA.
Meeting OF the subscription Committee
and plans for Taking saBscrip-
tions Presented and


and plans for Taking saIserip-
ti0ns Presented and
Adopted
There. was a meetiDgS Saturday after
noon Of the committee on subscriptions
appointed at the public meeting held Al
the Presbyterian church last Tuesday
evening. the following gentlemen being
present: Senator Plumb, Col Whitley,
o. d. Swan, S. B. Riggs and Judge Kel-
logg. A plan for taking subscriptions
was presented and agreed upon. and the
following is the full text Of the same:
Whereas, The synod Of Kansas, a re-
ligious body in connection with the
Presbyterian church of the United states
of America, at its regular session at OF
taWa, Kansas, October. A. ID. 1882, Sc
lected the city OF Emporia, Lyon coan-
ty, Kansas, as the location tor college,
under the perpetual control of said
synod, for education in the higher
branches OF literature and science, and re-
solved to raise full and sufficient en-
dowment fund for said college, upon
condition that the citizens of Emporia
contribute the sum of $35, 600 toward
the establishment of said college and an
appropriate site of 40acres for college
building. And
Whereas, Said synodical college has
been duly incorporated by said synod
under the laws of Kansas as "The Col
lege of Emporia;" and,
Whereas, 1t is essential for the ade-
quate endowment of said institution
when the work Of education is CON-
menced that q sum of at least 500, GOO
4. kr,S 81. fwsa do % cd in
the United States al large, in order 10 in
sure the requisite income To meet the
current yearly expenses Of the college;
therefore.
Resolved, That the subscriptions
made in behalf of the funds to be raised
by the citizens of Emporia, shall be up
on the following conditions:
1. All subscriptions in aid of said
fund shall be payable in ten equal in
stallments, the first payment 10 be made
May 1, 1888, and the subsequent pay
ments every three months thereafter. un-
til said installments are paid.
.. Ali subscriptions OF cash donations
in aid of said object shall be paid to
Col. Ii. c. Whitley, chairman of the
special committee TO solicit suhserip-
tions. who Is hereby appointed treasuF-
er, and shall forthwith pay over sums
received by him as such treasurer,
whenever they shall in the aggregate
amount TO five hundred dollars, or a
multiple thereof, to a special committee
20 be entitled. trustees of citizens OF
Emporia."
8. Rev.. F. Hendy and Rev. r. Cord
ley, d. D., are hereby appointed such
trustees, TO whom said treasurer shall
pay over as above all sums received by
him, and whenever the trustees of said
college shall notify said trustees of the
citizens of Emporia that
they are in condition 10
apply such fund to the erection of a
suitable building or buildings on the
site to be purchased by said citizens of
Emporia, said trustees shall transfer
and deliver said trust funds to the per-
son authorized by the board OF trustees
of said college 10 receive and receipt for
The same, and shall convey the site Of
said college, if held by such trustees as
herein mentioned, to the said corpora
ton, THE College of EmporIa."
4. The said trustees of the citizens of
Emporia are hereby authorized to pur-
chase site for said college in accord
ance with the terms of the condition on
the part OF the citizens OF Emporia, to
be performed, at any time when said
committee shall deem it expedient TO do
so, and at as early date as possible, the
title to the land so purchased TO be
taken in the names of said trustees be-
fore named, in trust for the donors and
subscribers to the fund TO be raised by
the citizens of Emporia In aid of the
Synodical college, incorporated as "'fho
College of Emporia."
). In case the full sum of $50, coo and
a site herein agreed to be donated, or u
sufficient proportion thereof to the sat
islaction OF the board OF trustees of said
college, should not be raised; or in case
the said board of trustees, or the said
synod of Kansas, should fail TO give sat
isfactory evidence TO the trustees of the
citizens of Emporia of their ability to
comply with their part of the agreement
to sufficiently endow said College of
EmpOria; or in case the board of trus-
tees of SAID college should fail to COM
mence the erection of building or
buildings for the purpose of said college
on or before May 1, 1884, Then these
subscriptions shall be void and the
amount collected from each subscriber,
less the expense incurred in collecting
the same shall be reimbursed to such
subscribers by said trustees out of the
cash received from said subscribers, and
if purchased by them. But said trus-
tees shall not be liable for any deficiency
of funds resulting from depreciation
of the value of said site, and said trus-
tees shall also pay over to said subscrib-
ers, ratably, any interest yielded by the
funds so received by them.
The foregoing terms and specifica-
tions are such as to commend themselves
to every person at all interested in the
kind of an institution therein proposed,
and it is to be hoped that the public
will at once see the benefit of subscrIb-
ing literally TO the fund that the citi-
zens of Emporia are required to raise in
order to secure this institution. The
propositions are so specific and so fair,
that no enc need be afraid of losing
any appreciate amount, even if
the enterprise should not be carried sue
cessiully through, and the advantages to
be gained II it proves a success, which
is altogether probable, will more than
compensate for any OUTLAWS that may be
made. Property owners and all who ex.
pect to make Emporia their abiding
place Will be vastly benefited if the col
lege is located here. and it is to be hoped
that all, regardless of sect or individual
preference, will respond handsomely
when called upon to subscribe.