The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-13

will address the citizens of Cairo tonight
and tomorrow night again in the Metho-
dist church.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORMAL.
The following passage occurs in an ad-
dress ITO the citizens of southern Illinois,
by Prof. Allyn, of the SO. ILL.,, Normal
school.
Sand let me suggest, that as you have,
within the past few years, been accustomed
to aid those who have suffered by fire, tor
nad0, or flood, can you not assist the peo-
pie of Carbonate to erect temporary
building for the use of the Rotations, till
the State can take intelligent action about
rebuilding' May not appeal to the cities,
the villages, the towns of Southern Illinois
for material aid in such lsudable enter
prlsel A hundred places contributing a
few dollars-say hundred or two hundred
each-would give US before the beginning
of the New Year house for all our work,
as good as has been common for the pur-
pose of teaching. Without consulting
tuCmy as JCt, L huI CClluiu bhot oui
teachers will sacrifice much-will pledge
all Trey have-for this purpose. The peo.
pie Of Carbondale are already moving. A
few words from other communities, accom-.
panied with pecuniary support, will estab-
lish the Normal school in the hearts of men
as it has never yet been established"
The people of Csrbondals have already
done all within their power to aid the man
agement in it's efforts to procure temporary
quarters for the school. At last accounts
they had raised among themselves alone
upwards of 81, 900 and the board of trustees
had taken steps to begin the work of erect
ing onestory frame building in the form
of cross, the recitation room in the centre
and school rooms. in each of the four wings
the total number of rooms to be fourteen.
Such building was estimated to cost about
$4,000, and for short time it would serve
the purpose we'll enough. But, even if
special session of the legislature is called
for the purpose Of appTopriating money for
the immediate re-erection of the building,
the school will have to be conducted in
temporary quarters for at least one year,
and if no special session be held, it will be
over two years before the building can be
replaced Hence it is desirable that the
temporary quarters shall be as spacious and
as convenient as may be necessary for the
continuance of the school without any seri-
Gus reduction in attendance, and to this end
other cities IN southern Illinois should aid
the people of Carbondae in providing the
necessary conveniences. There are upwards
of four hundred scholars to be provided
for together with large staff of teachers
and as the institution is one in which the
whole people, more especially those of
southern Illinois, are interested, the burden
of maintaing it through this period Of its
trouble should not be permitted to rest
soey upon the shoulders and purses of the
good people Of Carbonate. SO lend a
hand, everybody.
Mr.. Fairbrother, of the board of trus-
tees, in his petition to the governor for a
special session to appropriate money for
Immediately rebuilding the house, argues
that the walls are worth 100000. If
permitted to stand as they are until the
thrty-fourth legislature meets (Which will,
with the delays incident thereto, delay the
beginning of work for over year, the walls
will lose value at the rate of about $685..
900 per year. Besides this, the school will
lose in popularity aud prosperity. He est.
mates the cost of a special session Of
the Thirty-thlrd Legislature provided, OF
course, it convenes, promptly makes this
appropriation and then as promptly ad-
journs) at $4,000, which would be from
ten to fifteen thousand dollars less than the
loss in actual cash as above
given. If these estimates are
correct there can be little or nothing
said against an extra session. But it is
notorious fact that the Thirty-third Illinois
general assembly was the LATEST, long
windedest, good-for- nothingest, doittle' es
legislative body that ever imposed itself
upon the long-suffering people of any com
monwealth in the union, and this fact will
cause general doubt in the minds OF TIT
people that special session will fall any
thing short of twice the above estim ate
But be this as it may, the southern 1llinoi
Normal school must he maintained at al
hazards aud if, in order to maintain IT.
or even to prevent its being seriously Grip
died, a special session is necessary, ther
q special session should be called, thougl
it costs fifty thousand dollars of the PEG
pies good money and the people woul'
consider the money nobly spent. Blu
does such an emergency EXIST Will no
the temporary quarters that will have t
serve the school for over one year, ever
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