The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-06
PARAMOUNT COLLEGE.

Chief Consul Kans Division L. A. W.
PARAMOUNT COLLEGE.
All Ffnan iaI Embayrassments Removed ans
the Institution viii OPEN IN September.
| A year ago the Paramount college prop
erty was badly involved in debt. A me
canics' lien for 81, 500 was in process OF fore
| closure, and Threatened TO take from the
| trustees the beautiful building which
| they had exhausted every means in their
power to save for the purpose for which il
was intended The situation was critical
and the trustees realized that the time had
come when decisive action must be taken.
A nesting was called TO consider an offer
from the Roman Catholics for the pur-
chase OF the property and it was determ-
ined to send the secretary OF the board,
Mr. II A. Clifford, east TO confer with the
holders Of the mortgage bonds in refer
ence TO transferring the property to the
Catholics. Without entering iuto the de-
tails of that matter, suffice il to say
that the transfer was not made. After
his conference with the bondholders Mr..
Clifford determined to remain in the east
and endeavor to raise money for the pay
ment of the mechanics lien and the
preservation of the property, in which he
was successful.
1t was bad time to ask for aid for a
Kansas school, and the prejudice of some
wealthy and benevolent people who are
aiding similar institutions in other states,
was SO strong that they would do nothing
for this. After remaining in the east "a
little more than six months, Mr.. Clifford
returned to Wichita to put into execution
the plans he had devised for saving the
property. On the l1th day of February,
1892, the building and campus were sold
under foreclosure of the mechanics lien,
90 Mr. H. w. Ewing, trustee for the bond
holders under the mortgage. On the Gath
day of the second month charter was
filed with the secretary of state incorpor-
ating the Paramount institute, in which
the following persons were named as trus-
tees for the first year:
Rev. John A. Hamilton, ID. D. Boston,
Mass, Rev, Frank A. Bissell, l., u. Lew
cling, E. d. Mum. ". j. Corner and II.
A. Clifford, all OF Wichita.
To this corporation the property was
afterward transferred. The mechanics
was reduced from so, 500 to $4,000, the
greater part of which is now held by a
wealthy gentleman whom Mr.. Clifford
found in the east, and who, as the gentle
man himself says has put his money into
this ''for the good of the school and for the
good of the country"
After the sale of the property and its
transfer to the new board OF trustees Mr.
Clifford returned to New England to raise
money for the completion of The building
and the opening of the schC oil in which he
has SO far succeeded that work upon the
interior of the building is to begin at once
with a view to opening the school on the
18th of September.
The Fairmount college was designed ex-
clusively for young ladies, but i'll its reor-
ganiZatlon, its scope has been broadened
so as to admit both sexes. The courses of
study will comprise English, classical,
scientific normal, art and music. To
these will be added instruction in 'Domes-
tic Economy" Scientific housekeepingl
and such other manual training as the
trustees and faculty may deem wise. The
institute will prepare pupils for the lead
ing colleges and universities of the United
States, and will tit for the duties of life
those pupils who cannot afford, or do not
wish, to go TO college.
1t is to be a first class boarding school,
and when completed, the building will
contain chapel, reading room and library,
parlor, class rooms. kitchen, dining room
and dormitories. Suitable accommoda-
lions for the board of pupils from out of
town will be secured by the faculty and
trustees, in the vicinity Of the institute,
until board and rooms can be provided in
the building.
Applicants for admission should be at
least Il years of age, but. in exceptional
cases, those less than II years of age may
be admitted, aud, with the approval of the
faculty. students may enter any of the or
gained classes
The Fairmount Institute is under the
auspices Of the Congres ational church, and
is 20 be maintained, in part. by the Amer
lean College and Education Society of Bos-
ton, of which Rev John A.
d. d., one of the trustees of
the school, is secretary. But the school
will Lot be in any sense sectarian. Pupils
will be received from any aud all denomi
nations upon terms OF perfect equality;
aud the financial aid from the American
College aud Education society will inure
to the benefit OF the students in the way
Of law tuition and the best possible facili- |
ties for instruction.
The trustees have just issued q prospec-
tus. announcing the opening OF She school |
IS, 1892, which will be sent to /