Dodge City times., 1889-02-28
COLLEGE COLUMN.
PROFEssOR B. F. POwELsON, Sup't.
DODGE CITY. KAN, Feb. 20.

The anniversary OF WashingtOns birth
day was observed in the College. the rhe
tOrical exercises being specially arranged
for the occasion. Appropriate motto
were crayoned on the black boards Sc
lections were rendered by all the mem
bers of the class on duty for the day
, that were present, pOrtraying the charsc
ter and works of the great defender o.
j, Liberty and illustrious father of ou
country.
President Wright led in free conver
satiOn on Washington in which tht
prominent traits of his character vert
brought out, and as the characteristic.
were mentioned and illustrated, they
were written on the board. presenting q
most beautiful array
The weather being extremely rough
and the bus being off, the attendance
was not full, but all present were deeply
interested in the celebration of the even,
and were delighted with the exercises.
1t will be the plan of the faculty, as the
work progresses. to give attention of this
and other anniversary days, in honor OF
our great men, and in the stimulating all
hearts to a strong and ardent love of our
country.
The college was hindered from making
q new enrolment last week by the with
drawal of the bus from our service.
So long as the bus was in hand, it
seems to us, it should have kept on the
line. 1t has been quite damaging to our
cause, to have it drawn off At no other
time could such thing have more him
dered us. Nothing has been gained
The President had done all in his power
to meet obligations, and we are unable to
relieve ourselves.
We most heartily commend the students
who have been So faithful in attendance
against odds. Miss Matte Evans de-
serves special mention. This week, find
ing that no other way would be provided,
she has each day walked to and from the
college grounds. A score or two of stu
dents with such energy and zeal would
be a prize to any institution and de-
light to the instructors
We are sorry to lose Claude McCarty
and Lutte Welch for while They have
gone with the Cow Bow Band to take in
the wonders of Harrisons inaugural.
In addition to the explanation of affairs
last week let this be said this week. 1t
is certainly not the object to censure
anyone, but unquestiOnably there ought
to be some one who is responsible for all
this delay. There are five parties in this
college arrangement: /, the executive,
and citizen committees who have charge
of the whole affair; 9, the contractor, Mr..
VIM. Lawson 3, the bOndsmen, Messrs.
Mcintyre. Crawford and Snyder; 4, Mr..
A. T. SOule; ). the Pres bytery of Larn.
ed, by its appointed board of college
trustees of which Rev. J. W. Thompson
of Great Bend is President.
To the Presbytery of Larned, through
the above named board of trustees, act
ing for the Presbytery, the citizens COM
mittee haYe solemnly pledged and guar
anteed the college building with certain
privileges, for the definite purpose of
running first grade college" The
time when that obligation was due, was
August 10th, 1885, Now more than
seven months ago.
IAN interested Citizen of week be-
fore last, very properly asks for enlight
that the proper pressure may
be brought to bear at the proper place"
1t would appear from the above that there
are only about five points upon which
there has been any pressure SO far, and
al least one of these is not responsible
for the nOncompletiOn of the buildings
30 that it figures down to four, and it
seems that one or all of these four are
We have no censure to offer,
but do let US have something done imme-
diately.
We under stand that some one has pro-
posed plan for raising one thousand
dollars, even in these hard times, to start
The work again, and it is believed that
this will finish everything.
Let fifty men guarantee twenty dollars
apiece upon these conditions: 1, the cash
Dr. payable paper shall be given into the
hands of a receiver" some responsible
party appointed for the purpose. who
shall deposit the same in bank. 2.
When tn whole amount is raised the
money shall be used upon the college work
u fast as needed, but in case of failure
70 make up the amount each ones sub
,cription, reverts to him again. Seventy
1ollars of that amount is already pledg
ID. Who now will keep the ball rolling?
Next. l.
You can buy stove at one fourth its
original cost, at P. H. Sughrue's second
hand store If
Teachers Meeting
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