Dodge City times., 1889-05-30
COLLEGE COLUMN.
PROFESSOR B. F. PowELsoN, Sup't.

vet the interest IS glite good students
never worked better. Many OF the recita-
tons are excellent The work will 20
forward tili the last day. which will be
given 10 retrospect, or summing up OF
the work of The term. Thursday of next
week. June 8. will be our closing day.
The public exercises will be an address
by the Rev. \. Forbes Irwin. of Hutch
insoE, to the studeals and citizens in the
Presbyterian church or Wednesday even
ing at o'clock: and the closing exer-
cises by the students III the opera house
on Thursday evening at o'clnck. All
are most cordially inyited to all these ex-
ercises. Come out and assis: us in them.
President Wright writes from New
York city may %. that he will be back
in Dodge on time. nn preventing provi-
dence-that Is about the 4th of June. He
says the assembly is surely the 'Pisgah''
of vision, with representatives. from
Maine 10 California from Washington
territory to South Carolina and Texas:
from China. Japan and Persia. and hsv
ing in attendance some If the greatest
and grandcst men in the wcrid
To such as have ioiled and sacrificed
much towards sustaining the college en-
terprise, il is not ouly disheartening. but
somewhat acgravating TO hear from some
citizen every now and then IN doieful
prophecy oh. the college building will
never be Completed How much better
if such expressions were never made
We believe the building will be oomplet
ed according to the plans and specitica-
tons. Dodge CITY is not entirely desti-
tute of men of grit. and OF women too,
when they can he heard in this matter;
and in a second place Mr.. Soule is not q
man to go back on what he has contract
ed to do. He will be heard in this mat
ter at the proper time we believe. if the
citizens executive committee fail to car
r. forward the work. or So soon as the
enterprise is relieved ~ the inccbus of
an unfortunate failure in the contractor
and consequent entangling and annoying
complications. There is too much in this
enterprise in the end to all parties con-
cerned. to allow failure; so to us who
are within. the motto is Go on; don't
give up the ship" And let every one
lend a helping hand; speak encouraging
ly of the work undertaken. 1t is noble
enterprise; but in these times, and out
here, or elsewhere either, i. is foolish to
expect full-fledged college in year or
two. 1t must have its time to build up.
If storms of difficulties assail 1t. its roots
will only 30 down the deeper. and its
permanent influence for good be well es-
tablished. The season so far has been
favorable for better times. Let us clear
the decks and all go to work in earnest
to foster so good cause. Every man.
woman and child in Dodge City and sur
rounding country ought to contribute
something to the carrying forward of this
enterprise. One of the institutions in the
east, now strong and influential one.
was saved by just such aid. Every per-
son gave something, and the l,ttles thus
brought together were enough to tide
the work over the breakers. Who will
move first in this matter? 1t can be done
1t ought to be done 1t is not just that
a few should bear the burden. If each
| one will do something, the burden will
be light: it can be even removed.
The question was asked the other ey-
ening, Would it not have been better
not to have begun the college work un-
til the buildings were up?" We answer
1T might have been;" and yet who
knows, even in our critical Strengthened
circumstances, but admit it would have
| been better. 1t was commenced. and that
by the expressed wish and the unani
nous consent OF the citizens. @! course
| things have rot turned aut as expected.
| The buildings were 10 be completed in
August, 1887 But now the important
matter is for each to give hearty support
to say or do nothing to further hinder
embarass the work.
We most cheerfully call the atten-
ton of our young lady readers to the
following selection taken from one of
our best news journals:
A WORD TO THE GIRLS.
No girl with a muddy complexion
can clear it by an external application.