The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
THE COLLEGE,.
An Informal Meeting of Citizens Last
Night at the Coolidge.

An Informal Meeting of Citizens Last
Night at the Coolidge.
There was an important informal
meeting of some twenty OF our citizens
last night at the Coolidge, to discuss the
status oGthe college proposition. TWAS
held al the request of the soliciting
committee, u decide whether the attempt
to raise the $50. 900 should be abandoned
or whether it should be pushed forward
with a determination to secure !. it,
no difference what the obstacles
in The way Senator Plumb presided and
brief aud terse talks were made al first
by Mr. S~ai. J uGge Ko lIngg, Rev. Hendy,
Senator Pluasb, Col II G Gross, VIM.
Addis and Others. and aiierwsFtls each
| one present WAS called nI,bu by the chair
10 gave his views as tu the feeling OF the
public about the matter, and as To the
probabilities Of the success Of the al
tempt 10 raise the fund. The truth
is, and It might as we'll be
told, the committee had become rather
dissatisfied with the meagre responses
they had met with, but apprehend they
feel differently about the matter to-day,
as The meeting resulted in good. Ii vas
emphatically anu unanimously agreed
that it would not 90 for Emporia to take
any backward step in this matter; that
having secured the location Of the col
lege conditiOnally, it would not only be
very humiliating to the town but ruin
Gus policy TO allow II to go elsewhere.
aud vigorous effort to raise the money.
II must be dnne within the next month
if done at all As the synod Of the state
meets here soon, when the question
of the location will be finally
decided 1t IS evident that
the importance of this enterprise to the
city is not fully appreciated, and that
many of those to be the most benefited
by it are not awake to the effort it will
require to raise this money.
1t was stated last night by some Of
the best business men in the city that
the simple announcement that the col |
lege had been located ia this city would |
add 10 per cent 70 the valae az every
piece of property in the town, and that |
the aggregate of this increased valua- |
ton would not be less then $4,000. |
The Presbyterian people, represented b. |
their national COMMITTEES. are fnlly con-
mitted TO this college, and Il viii Be the /
only one in the state Of that denomlna.
tion, and both Mr. Hendy and Hr |
Swan gave It as their deliberate
Judgment that at the end of FIVE years |
the endowment fund would reach $500.
000 to $250.O00 La the meantime from |
5000 to $4,000 per year would |
be raised and spent here for the running |
expenses of the school. There is anoth- |
er reason shy this subscription must be |
raised quickly It is proposed. If the |
$4,000 is ruiscd. TO omen the school this
tall, and teachers must be secured. |
By thus meeting new life was infused |
into the effolt to raise the money. and /
several gentlemen have doubled- up on
their subscriptions There was a feel
ing amonp ali present, that though it
would require the best effort of our
menied men. il must be accomplished and
that iheother towns which stand ready 10
offer the money if the question OF the
location is eyer opened up again, must
not have An opportunity TO do 50.
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