Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-11-06
THE AeR1cuLrunA1 COLLEGE.

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Leader, that some one signing himself
'STax payer" writes as follows:
'eThe failure to appoint and have
confirmed by the Senate the Boerd of
Regents for the State Agricultural
College, provided for by the last Ltgis
lature, has prevented anything being
done toward the erection of the build
ings provided for in said act, as one of
the fret things to be settled was to
have legal body to receive the title,
for the State, to the land upon which
the building is to be erected; and now
that we are to have an extra session it
behooyes the people of Corvallis to take
immediate steps toward having the
matter properly brought before the
Legislature by Gov Moody, to the end
that said Board may be appointed and
confirmed. We ought, in addition to
that, ask the Legislature for an exten-
sion Of time in which to raise the mon
ey and erect the buildings, as we have
lost one year on account of the Board
of Regents not being appointed at the
time required by the law. I have been
reliably Informed that the last South
ern Methodist Conference rascinded
their former resolution rendering the
school back to the state; if they have
there is not only bad faith in the act
but 1t indicates movement to get the
College away from Corvallis. It now
remains to be seen whether the people
of Corvallis will Gle supinely on their
backs" and let this valuable institution
with all its present advantages and
future possibilities, slip away from
their grasp; or rouse up, and by de
termined effort, raise the means either
by subscription or taxation to secure
the permanent location OF the College
at Corvallis. "
Now we have this to say, that the
failure on the part of the senate to con-
firm the Board Of Regents appointed by
Gov. Moody at the last session Of the
Legislature, was not perhaps the real
or only cause why the funds were not
raised to erect the buildings on the
farm promised by the peopleo.of Benton
County. The real cause is, a great
number of the citizens of Benton coun-
ty will not give anything, and want
the State to give the funds with which
to build, and then they will call meet
ing and pass a resolution OF thanks.
"Junius" in the same issue of the Lead
er, to our mind, suggests the most reas-
enable and consistent course, that of
''amending the Charter and taxing the
City" Taxpayer" is correct I am
sorry to say, that the last Conference
of the Southern Methodist did rescind
it's former action in rendering to the
State the College, to which we were
certainly opposed. 1t may be necessa-
ry sometime to give the true inward
ness of this extra-judicial proceeding,
but thetime has not yet arrived Now
we want to say once for all, that thisis
State Institution, all have right to
be heard;-.hat without inyidious dis
tinction of place, Or previous condition
Of opinion, we believe that Corvallis is
the place for the Agricultural College
to be located permanently, and that
there is no disposition upon the part OF
any one whom we know to take it else
where, that this is move upon the
part Of the Conference to remove it, is
great mistake of Taxpayer that it
is folly for any member of the church
to suppose it will ever be returned to
the church, or that it ought to be;-that
the church in order to It's prosperity
should not have, directly nor indirectly
the custody of any State funds s;-that
it is a positive damage to the success
of any church to have any alliance
whatever with any amount Of State
money all of the above we believe tc
be true. Let the Church stand on hel
own merits, and she viii succeed in bel
glorious calling, but twhen she is dictated
to by the State, she is shorn of her
power of free and religious liberty.
Let the State direct its education, let
the Church direct hers We believe
there are enterprlsing men enough in
and about Corvallis to secure the build
ings they think they need. We know
soma men who have subscribed liberal
lg, and viii dosoagain, but that all may
contribute to this enterprise we think
that taxation is the proper method
You will Mr.. Leader, please excuse the
intrusion of these rambling suggestions
Receive our best wishes for yonr
success.
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Solid !Sosth.