The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-06
SHALL WE LOSE HIRAM COLLEGE
IN Address to the People of Portage County.
Evary intalIioent community foals n

| IN Address to the People of Portage County.
Every intelligent community feels a
| noble pride III its educational institu-
| tions. The people of Portage county
| llye just reason to prize and cherish
| heir public schools; and we are conf
tent that they arc near to your hearts.
| AMONG the forces silently operating
I through third of a century TO make
hem what they are to-day, r leading
place must be signed to the old Eclectic
institute, and her successor, Hiram Col
iege. For all you have given her, she has
returned ten-fOld to your families and
your schools. Hundreds of your citizens
nave been educated, in whole or i'll part,
ut Hiram. A large percentage of yoIi,
.hildren are taught by Hiram-traIned
teachers. Hiram is your only institution
If learning above the grade of your pub
iic school system. 1t is forever associated
m your memories with hOnOred names -
Hayd, II, Everest, Miss Booth, Hinsdale-
above all tho transcendent name of
GARFIELD.
AS your only collegiate institution, as
the representative nnd cOnservatOr of
cherished associations, as an invaluable
Inctor in your educational problems, you
AN ill afford to lose Hiram College.
Yet such is the dtngCri
The city of Warren is making a strenu-
ous effort to secure its removal TO that
,llcp. 1t is not at all strange that War
zen wants it.
she counts IL ao0rth the mOUing Do
jon c"nnt IL ao0rth the keeping? or shall
we let it slip from us forever? Ii the
'ily of Warren can afford to pay S5O,OOO
o get it what will the County of Portage
give to keep it? This is the precise qIIes-
ion We desire to test.
On Tuesday evening, July 14th,a public
meeting i'm the interests of the college
was held i'll the College Chapel. An ad-
off inn
iIirun and Adjacent towns, was elected
to set OIL foot the necessary measures to
retain and build up the College in its
present long established home. The Col
l.,ge needs an additional building for its
..IIlarging work. 1t also needs fuller ap-
.,aratus and more ample endowment.
The committee are confident that Hiram
has staunch friends throughout northern
Ohio, and even in TrumbuII county itself,
who would rather contribute for its ell
i:trgement in the pure air, charming
a., merry, safe moral influences, and amid
he sacred associations of Hiram Hill
than to transplant IL to the malaria of
The MahOiiing and the moral perlls of
city. But we desire first, to giYe you an
opportunity to express BDHr estimate of
the value of the school to your homes and
families; and then with that estimate us
/ basis, we can 20 confidently to other
portions of the country. We have there
lore, resolved to raise the sum of $4O,OO
for the val lOuS needs OF Cne COlloSe. by
order of the College Board. IL subscription
for new building was started some
months ago. About "a 900 was soon sub
.cribed. The removal agIIatiou stopped
the movement. OF the $4,000 we are TO
raise, we ask the people of Portage cOun-
ty to contribute the remaining $1,000
necessary to provide for the new build
ing, upon the express condition that the
Board reject the proposition for removal,
md proceed to build at Hiram. We are
confident you will cheerfully subscribe
the amount asked on the conditions
named.
In order TO bring the subject to your
notice Immediately, we have availed onr
selves of the courtesy of the county press.
You will thus be prepared TO act in full
view of all the circumstances when our
representatives shall call upon you. Let
every citizen in Portage county have
brick i'm the new building on the old Hill.
JAMES NORTON, C.. ID. lNGELL,
FRANK SQUIRE, +. A. DERTHICK,
o. G. ATwATER, Col. C.. III. RAY,
j. J. RYDER, A. Il. CRANE,
DIR. A. j. SQUIRE, f. G. SMITH,
ID. Fl. BEAMAN, O. s. FERRIS,
J. STREAToR, F, W. MANSON,
w. ii. G. NEwINGToN,
Committee.