New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-25
THE NEU PRESB YTERI1N SEMINARY.
Az EXCELLENT REGINNING IN THE CENTRAL.
WEST DUE TO THE LIBERALITY
OF ONE MAN.


omaha. Ncb.. Jan. 23.-The new Presbyterian
Theological seminary. which was taken under the
care Of the General Assembly ut It's last meeting
has been established here. II was opened on Scpthi
Der l. with faculty Of five professors and a JUNIOR
class OF nine students. The faculty had applications
for admission TO the other Glasses but were not pre-
pared 10 start and began with junior class aoDe'
Next year they hope to organize other classes inc
work in the lecture has gone on very salts
factorIy ard the directors and faculty are endcivor
ing To get the institution thoroughly established. Their
greatest difficulty l. i'm supporting the students some
II whom are sOrcy in need OF help. The seminary
needs books the library, and several valuable gifts
have been made already; funds are needed also Tor
buildings and endowment The need Of the lnsutl-
ton as stated in the prospectus, was this
There wa, no theological seminary OF the Prcsby-
telian Church between Chicago and the Pacific Coast
until this WAS organized except the German Theological
seminary in Dubuque, which Is conducted cntlrciy III
the German Language. There Is said TO be al least
200 candidates for the ministry in the region of ter
ntory contiguous 10 Omaha. Many OF these ma Al
difficult to % to the scminarcs further of for their
theological course. IL Is difficult TO supply TINS great
field with ministers. students going TO other semlnares
arc ant TO be claimed by the churches near those
institutions II J. well that ministers for tho
West be educated in the amo, phcre OF their lie WORK
Mccormick seminary Is filed with students ION
id.rlIy larger number, would neccssltate enlarged
buildings and larger acult =. II was Thought even
by those having that Institution in charge that the
better policy would be 10 organize another seminary
- the westward at distance OF not less than ooo
miles rie opportunity before the Institution ID
promising. In the heart Of the Central West
with population Of 80 OOO and Council Bluffs, when
i, across the Missouri River, has $4,000 populhtloh
the two cities are connected by steam railways, electric
motor lines and by paved streets and bridges.
The seminary originated n follows: DR. George L'
Miller LA, lived e omaha from rs beginning. lie
has becn one ~ H. most entcrprsng cltzens, thor
oughly Identified with and prominent factor III us
phenomenal growth. lie owns seymour PARK, tract
Of 100 acres Of beautiful ground in the Immediate sun
NIB, NJ tle cts, which he has ornanentcd WIN MS
own home and with lawns. drveways deer PARK arl-
fetal lake aud large groves Of choice trees lie gen
crou.y offered twenty-five acres OF this park i'r "
PRESBYTERIAN theological seminary upon the one con
diton that the main seminary building 10 cost not less
than 10000 should be located thereon and that iiH
foundation, -Olld be laid within three years from the
,lu. ~ th. offer Almost the whole park was thrown
omen for the selection %! the twenty I'VE acre. h.P
,rustve PIc-bk tcrinns met and consulted WIN frr
eucc 10 This offer Letters were hl-O ret'iNen -"
many who could not be present. Inc mNl'f ~ 'lc
dlrnrt,f and professors, Of the McCormltk seminary
No.. nl., song, and Of them visited Omaha IN
thc nn,r ~ Dr. Miller wa accepted. q board or Ill
rncors elected and the Incorporation ~ the institution
obtained. and it., adoption by the "eheral Assembly,
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