Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-26
THE METHODIST UNIVERSITY
The Project Heartily Endorsed at Last
Nights Meeting.

wAsHINGToN's ADVANTAGES As A UNIVERSITY SITE
ADDRESSES BY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
BISHOP HURST OUTLINES THE PLAZA sESER-
oUs SUBSCRIPTION
Apparently very much interested was the
large crowd Of people that filed Metropolitan
ME- church last night The subject in which
their interest manifest one in
which Washington is beginning to wake up on
the proposed Methodist national university.
Although the plan is Nethodistic and the work
is controlled by Methodists. great many of
those present either believed in other creeds or
else were not possessed of any particular mode
Of faith They all agreed on one point and
that that there was necessity for great
university and that this city was the place in
which to locate it.
In the rear of the pulpit sat Bishop John F.
Hurst, the promoter of the university, and on
either hand were Rev. DIR. Corey, Mr.. Matthew
G. Emery, Rev. DIR. Bartlett. Representative
Z. A Morse. Senator Hawley, Bishop Newman
(who arrived after the proceedings COM
menced), and Col Wright, prominent Meth
odist of Philadelphia.
OFFICERS OF THE MEETING.
The devotional exercises were conducted by
Rev. DIR. Corey, and then he announced the fol-
lowing as officers of the meeting:
President-BishopJ John F. Hurst d. D. LID.
Vice presidents-Bishop John 7. Newman ID.
d., LID; Senators Leland Stanford, Caifor-
MIA; Philetus Sawyer. Michigan; III. NJ. Teller,
Colorado; A II. Colquitt, Georgia; J. ID. Cam
erOn, Pennsylvania; W. G. Squire. Washington
and III. W. Blair. New Hampshire; ex-Gov
Robert Pattison, Pennsylvania; Secretary VIM
Window; Glenn Studebaker, Indiana Hiram
Price, Washington. ID. C.; Representative VIM
Mckinley. Ohio; Representative Il. Il. HIT
Illinois; Jacob Tome. Maryland; NJ. G. Emery,
w. j. Sibley, Benjamin Charlton. A. ID. Lynch,
A. B. Duvall, {. j. Baker, Maryland; John E.
Andrews, New York; Mark Hoyt, New York;
John A. Wright, Pennsylvania; stephen Green.
Pennsylvania; Assistant Secretary Cyrus Bus
sey, Samuel Norment, b. H. Warner, William
b. Smell. G.. C. Glover. J. W. Thompson, s. W.
Bone, New York; John ID. Slaybeck, New York;
Frank Hatton Col. NJ. VI. Parker. II. B. Cham
berlain, Representative J. ID. Taylor, Ohio;
Representative W. NJ Springer, Illinois; Com
missioner of Education W. L. Harris, T. w.
Moves, Gen G.. 5. Batcheller, New York.
Secretaries-G. ". +. SWartzell, W. r. Wood
ward and Fred A. Tasker
Rev. DIR. Corey read letters Of regret from
Representative A. A. Taylor Senator Colquitt
and ex-Gov. Patterson of Pennsylvania Dr.
Corey sal he expected to read a letter from
Senator Stanford. but the Senator had been
called away from tie city and had probably
forgotten to send 1t. He was authorized to
cay, however, that the Senator was intensely
interested IN the university project.
BISHOP HURsT's ADDRESS.
Bishop Hurst then stepped to the front and
made the introductory address: I'VE have
made the beginning" he said; "a tract of 20
acres has been bought on the Northwestern
Heights. three and a quarter miles from the
White House. On this the first payment of
$4,000 has been made. The remaining
$4,000 are to be paid i'll four annual INSTALL
ments OF 10000 each But while We have the
liberty TO make the payment of these INSTALL
ments annually, also have the liberty to
pay them ali at once. / sincerely hope that,
including the payment already made We may
before we leave this place reach the mag
nlhcent result OF paying at least half OF the
whole sum.
The situation is magnificent From the upper
rooms OF the buildings, when completed, / am
informed, our whole city can be seen Already.
however. standing on the ground one can see
two-thlrds of the Washington monument
Then, on the northwest, the view is from fifty
to seventy miles distant. One sees not only
the Catoctin hills, but the Blue Ridge and
Harper's Ferry. The land lies in a direct line
with Massachusetts, avenue. and will be touched
by 1t when that avenue Is extended. Ii lies 400
feet above the streets of the city. Its shape is
precisely that of a keystone. and NAV we not
hope that when the buildings shall stand upon
1t, the institution, in this very center of our
national life may help to hold together the
whole structure of our social, political and
Protestant civilization.
Our purpose is not combative. We have no
contention with any forces except those of
will be best employed in building up the in
telllgence of the people and in distributing it to
every part OF the world. We shall need a large
sum of money in order to make the institution
answer the object OF its establishment With
less than two millions of dollars We should not
begin to build That will come, however as
We believe, and larger sums than that. Al
ready the gifts of the poor have come in from
many parts OF the country and with them the
prayers OF the many. Ministers of the gospel
hat heir fts neb
small, lie In banks awaiting our order But 1t
seemed proper that in Washington where the
university Is to be located, We should make our
hrst appeal The friends of a good cause ought
at least to be its nearest neighbors. Gentlemen
and ladies OF various denominations have been
pleased to contribute their share toward the
first payment and / doubt not they will mani
fest an equally generous interest in the later
ones.
THE NEED OF METHODIST UNIVERSITY
80 far as our own church is concerned"
said the speaker, with US it is an absolute
necessity that We take measures to found an in
sttution Of the highest grade. in precisely this
latitude We have none in New York city,
none In Philadelphia, and. except the Women's
college, not one IN Baltimore. What. with our
membership OF two and a quarter millions and
constituency OF about lZ.OO0,O00, We have no
institution OF the highest grade in the very
midst OF this. our densest population Colleges
We have IN great number and Of excellent
qudnty- lhey are worthy OF ali honor, and a
university IN Washington should be helpful to
them by encouraging the thirst for education
and so multiplying the number of students who
shall seek instruction in them. But We must
confess that. after the diploma at the college
We do little for the student We Americans are
too eager TO drop our student on commence
ment day. He needs a special course of study
for bis career, a special professional training
10 give him that minute aSd concrete prepare
ton Tor the highest intellectual productiveness
This Is what the National university is to do:
10 Mt the student for that particular field for
which nature has designed him. university
IN these later days must be all institution whose
doors are wide open to both young men and
young women alike.
WASHINGTON A SEAT OF LEARNING
"But why should Washington be selected as
the site Of our new university" We answer:
There Is not city in the land which COM
pares with this IN Its far-reaching power but
especially IN Its facilities for students A
university In Washington does not need to
establish a general library, for the national
library, with the special libraries and the
various COLLECTIONS, numbers a million of
volumes, and every day this number is in
creaslng. Then there are the following socie-
Ties and collections are informed by DIR
Wellng, the honored president of the Column
bian university: The Smithsonian Institution
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