Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-20
THE UNIVERSITY MEETING

Beside several local speakers who
will be in attendance at the meeting
at Thistle's opera house tonight, Rev
erends Mcmillan of New York, and
Laidlaw Of Troy, will be present. The
occasion will be one Of great interest
to Fairhaven, and will probably deter
mine whether or not Bellingham Bay
is to have a great university, the con-
structlon OF which will begin imme-
dlately, il the effort to obtain the land
donations is successful. 1t is not ne
cessary to dwell upon the great adyan-
tage to these cities, in numerous ways,
that the establishment OF this institu-
tion on Belingham Bay would be. The
structure itself would be crown of
superb beauty TO these hills, and would
be a splendid land mark that would
help to give to the glorious sheet of wa
ter before us some Of the artificial and
architectural grandeur that has made
famous the bay Of Naples, which,
naturally, is not so beautiful as Bell
ingham Bay; 1t would give these cities
fame as the seat OF the great univer-
sity OF the west. Such a fame as that
which clusters about the shades Of
oxford, Of Harvard and of Yale; 1t
would give to the people of Washing
ton a great school for the education Of
their sons and daughters, and preclude
the necessity for sending them TO dis
tant colleges and universities; it would
be a dissemination OF knowledge among
the rising generation, power that is
the mightiest lever in lifting and roll
ing away the vast weights of Ignorance
that bear down upon any land that
does not dispose OF it, and about which
rankle grOwths OF vice, superstition
and all the injustice and misery that
are evolved from them; 1t would at
tract hither great immigration Of
people OF means and taste, who desire
TO be near such Institutions, because
of the great good they do, and the
great advantages they afford.
These are some OF the higher rea-
sons for desiring that the proposed
Institution should be established
here. A powerful material reason
is that the building OF the structure
would employ hundreds OF men and
would consume vast quantities of the
material that is here produced-lum-
Der, stone, brick, lime, etc.-and,
moreover, the establishment OF such
building within the limits of these
cities, or adjacent to them, would
largely enhance the value Of every
mans property, and especially the
value of the lands In the city and
contiguous.
The owner of lands in the vicinity
who cannot see this, and who cannot
see that by such means, and sucf
means only, can his property ever en-
nance In value-that is TO say, by the
erection Of all sorts of important
buildings-must be blind indeed, anC
he who is willing and satisfied 10 lie
cupiutie W anu 1tt us III
all that is necessary to achieve suct
results, because they must help hin
IL they help themselves. is too utterly
small to be described. III all mer
were that way disposed there would
be no cities and no improvement OF
advancement anywhere, but every
thing would remain IN p,Td not,rdiibis
and America would simply be dupli
cation Of Darkest Africa.
Go to the meeting tonight and
listen to the propositions concerning
the matter in hand and their discus
sion, and then lend a helping hand, 81
far as Is reasonably possible, to hell
along this great and worthy scheme
Many OF the statements made con