The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-13
THE BAPTIST FEMALE Uni
VEItSfTY.
A Statement from the Commit
tee Showing the Condition OF
the s;ntpPDPise,

tee Showing the Condition of
the Enterprise.
| Messrs. n. B. Brought0n, @.
Durham, w. n. Jones, j. G.
ScarbOro and w. G.. Upchurch,
constituting the local commit
tee in charge of the matter of
the Baptist Female University,
have issued through the finan-
cial secretary, Mr., j. B. Boone,
Il statement to the contribution,
to the proposed institution,
showing the progress and con-
dition Of the enterprise, In this
statement the committee says:
| The citizens Of Raleigh offer
ed to the trustees Of the Univer-
sity 32j, 900 and a site to secure
the location in this city. The
trustees canvaSsed all the propo-
sitions, and decided to locate
the institution in Raleigh; and
after looking ut all the available
suburban Sites, selected the
| present location, including the
Pullen, the Grissom and the
Adams lots. TLey agreed that
if the citizens of Raleigh would
pay for the above-namsd prop
erty they would locate the in
stitution thereon.
The members Of the board who
were citizens Of Raleigh, after
consultati n among themselves
aud with many Of our citizens,
agreed to accept the PROPOSE
tiOn. After q thorough can
Tass to secure the funds to pay
for the site, the necessary "a
lln0unt was not obtained. This
result was reported 10 Ii meeting
Of the board Of trustees at Colds
| b0ro. n. c., in November last.
At that meeting the whole sub
ject of the University was fully
| discussed and the trustees un-
lauimously agreed to stand by
their decision to locate the Uni
yersity in Raleigh. They also
eXprcssei their preference for
| the site already chosen; but ap.
pointed a committee OF five of
| their number, residents
Of Raleigh, to whom they en-
trused the matter of changing
the site if necessary, and to
| whom they gave instructions to
lcollect and Use the funds already
subscribed, and to solicit other
funds in and outside of Raleigh
and romake such purchases as
lmight be necessary, and press
the work committed to them as
rapidly as possible. The Com
mittee met Il few days after
their appointment, and after
ascertaining that they could OBJ
tain the vacant lot Of the Len.
Il. Adams property, adjoining
the Pullen lot, unanimously
agreed on that plan; and have
1 purchased said lot at Il cost of
81 .uU0, paid the money for it
and obtained a deed therefor.
> The Grissom lot has been pur-
chased aud paid for at a cost of
! 100. and the Pullen lot has
lbecn contracted for at a cost Of
, $4,000. Of which $1,000 has been
, paid-leaying u balance due Of
: 5000. The late purchase of
: the Admas lot gives a key to the
situation. so that we have the
very site ON which the building
would be erected, even though
we owned the whole square.
: We now have two acres OF
ground.
- Collections are now being
y male a. rapidly as possible 10
; hnish paying for the Pullen
! lot. There are good subscrip'
- tions. sufficient when paid IN
g the hands Of the financial secre'
' tary, to finish paying for thi;
n lot.
n The committee are greatly en-
- couragrd with the progress ot
=, the work already attained, and
=, aervJy desire 10 ask all those
- who lave subscribed to this en-
Il tcrpTlsc to pay their subscrip-
- ti0ns as soon as possible. to thu
- end that the Pullen property
=. may be paid Tor at the earlies
y possible moment and a deed OBJ
:, tanned therefor. When this i
- lone work will be commenced
~ upon the building. .-NCws-Ob
a server.
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