Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-29
IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED

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The citizens of Bellingham bay and
residents of Whatcom county have
never been called upon to aid in the
establishment of more useful or inn
portant institution than the university
of Falrhaven. Its presence on the Bay,
with the educational advantages offered
by it, which will be uneXeelled by any
other institution in the state, will con-
stitute an inducement in the line OF
bringing desirable class of residents
both to the Bay cities and county.
Some of the larger property owners
resident in the county have already
made generous contributions, which go
far towards insuring the location of the
university at this point, but in order to
obtain the full endowment and secure
the complete success of the enterprise,
considerable more is needed, both In
land and money, and at once, to warrant
the originators of the university in TAX
ing immediate steps towards the cree
ton of buildings in order to have the
institution open for students at the be-
ginning of next September. The adj
vantages to be derived from the found
ing of an educational institution of this
character are both many and varied,
and should appeal with strong force to
every parent, as well as property owner,
in the county. In justice to the boys
and girls, who are graduating from our
high schools and normal institutes, and
whose demands for higher educational
facilities are each year growing more
imperative, there should be no hesita-
ton whatever in offering contributions
TO aid the university project.
The objection to aiding the enter
prise has been made by some few that
their contributions must of necessity
be so small as to appear unworthy and
Of little practical use in founding the
university. Let it he thoroughly un
derstood that whatever gift is rendered
will meet with a hearty appreciation
on the part of those interested in thl
important institution. A number o
small gifts will aggregate larg
amount, and beside creating sentimen
in favor of the university, thereof
winning friends for it and encouraging
others to give, will also assure MI
Laidlaw, its president, that he ha
wisely chosen in selecting the peopl
of Whatcom county for their peculia
fitness in carrying his valuable pror
osition to a successful issue. The eS
detrimental period in the history of tn
Bay cities is now thing of the past
There is no one living here who doe
not believe in the unrivaled industrial
and commercial supremacy of thi
matches region, and that the tide {
immigration will before long tend thi
way with increasing momentum; bu
before leaving their homes in the Eas
Astounding with every facility for th
intellectual advancement of their chill,
rem, among the first questions whic
parents will most naturally ask wi
relate to the existence of such facilitie
in this new country, and it only r.
mains for the residents of the cities
the Bay, and of the county at larg
to 50 answer these questions, by
generous support of the propositio
now on foot, as to convince the hom'
seekers of the Eastern and MIDI
states that in the line of ENCOURAGE
educational institutions and respectir
the Intellectual demands of the risir
generations, the citizens of this count
are as aggressive and enterprising
those of any other section of the Unto