The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

der the auspices of the board of trade ut
their rooms but owing to the temperature
of that place ii was not held there.
| Ex-NayOr Georgs w. Clement was
| chosen chairman and called the meeting
to order.
| Ex-President Tunnel of the institute
| was the first speaker. He was very en-
thusiastic for The success of the institute
either as an academy or u college and
| spoke very hopefully of its future as an
| educational institute. lie showed what
the college had already cost and the debt
that was still hanging over it amounting
| TO something like SIP coo. The majority of
the debt was held by Mr.. Wessou, one Of
the manufacturers OF the Smith & Yves
| sen reyOivers. Notwithstanding his bust
ness aud the effect it has in making
widows and orphans, Mr.. Wesson is
| very benevolent gentleman and con
/ tributes good deal of his profits
| towards higher Christian education. He
! maintains an insti luton towards equip
ping young ministers for the missionary
| field In the French Catholic settlements of
| Mass 'chuSstts aud other states in New
Englaud. Mr.. WessOn has already prom
| lsed 10 rebate the seml-aanual interest
on his claim on the Paramount
| COlieSe anu mas lutlfnAJed Cuhb he VIII, IN
| time, donate the entire amount Of the in-
stitute after seeing what is done for it by
| the local friends. Mr.. Tunnel also said that
the COngregatloLalIsts of the entire SOUTH
| west VIII be asked To support it and that,
| III fact, they have already promised t. put
their shoulders to The wheel. This will be
done by churches. Each church congre-
cation will do 50 much towards the sup
port of the institute something like they
now do towards supporting and maintain
ing missionaries IN the field. Mr.. Tunnel
referred to the advantages of the institute
when properly developed, according to the
plans. as a seat of learning. from a business
standpoint. lie estimated the number of
people it would bring permanently TO the
city aud their superior intellectual and
Christian character He promised to labor
for the institute in the field, both IN the
line of soliciting finances and students.
The next speaker was Mr.. j. NJ. Knapp.
He said among other things, "If / did
nos know that there Is every reason
to believe that Fairmount college can
command support from the American
Education society, from year TO year,
until it is self supporting by endowment
aud otherwise could not support 1t or
work for II.
One gentleman said to me today, on
account of local prize If for nothing else,
we should try and save at least one
college. Now what does a first Glass
college mean i'll Wichita. First aud
foremost, it means that after your boys
aud girls have gone through the high
school, or the Lewis academy, they can
take IA college course at less than half the
expense it would cost to go away, aud a.
the same time every dollar of the cost OF
their education would be paid oat In
Wichita, and would assist in building up
our city. After two more years OF hard
work we Will have at least three hundred
4
a year.
That is an expenditure every year of $50,
600 paid out IN our city. and for ten years
amounts TO $600O00. 1t il not necessary
for me TO tell yoa " at advantage that
won d be as a factor In building up the
commercial Interests Of Wichita. AUothe
very important matter III this connection
Is a great many men have said Ia the past,
aud they will Say the same thing In the
future: Yes, am delighted with your
city, and like the enterprise of Your peo-
pie and would like to live in your fair city,
but l have quite 4 family Of boys and girls
growing up aud | want To educate them
without sending them away TO school, 10
Topeka or Denver, or IN some city where
the schools are far better ami of higher
CRATE than yours. | shall locate where
they have u good college.
Then there Is another important reason
why Wichita should have d college. Your
=
will be taken care OF. Two or three points
want 20 mention in regard TO what bust
ness men have done at other places. i
prominent gentleman of Chicago gave the
Chicago seminary $4,000 If Chicago
would raise 100000 total S5jO0Oo.
They raised it. He gavse, Drury col
lege of Springfield, No, 100000
if Springfield would raise S200,000; they
have it all raised but SIS 90, aud viii
raise it. Mrs. Field, of Muuson, Mass.
gave POMONA college. Of CaiitOrnla, 500,
coo, II Pomona would raise $4,000 Taey
have raised 1t. Colorado cnll-Ge, of Colo
RADIO Springs, has raised so 600; S50,CG0
came from the east. Dean college. OF
Crete. Neb., has raised $4,000 in the past
year for new buildings. II promised
Nankton college, OF Dakota. So. oO0 il the
+ lends oi YsnkJou would r Use &50OJ0
They raised IL Now, my business friends
cf Wichita, If we will support Fairmouut
college 10 he best of our ability, the
American + ucaJionai society will stand
by the institution until tbs college IS SELF
suppuTtlng.'
Rev. Don s Colt, of the First Methodist
church, responded To call m tde on him
to say some hing for the good OF the cause.
He said thar 10 may seem strange that a
Methodist minis' er would be clad To speak
in favor OF a Congregational enterprise,
but that il was not. Il am - citizen of
Wichita" SAID he, land / take pride
in her Institutions aud interests aud
every enterprise IN and about II Jhat i
good. / know this IL q good thing. he
said Several very good families nave
Joined his CHURCH during ais pasLorAte aud
DE superior school advantages we're what
brought them here. lie paid high tri5-
ute 10 the punlc schools OF the city and
the higher institutions OF learning. h
said Iuat the intellectual atmosphere that
surrounded cities with high educational
W. I y nHugpnaanr y n-nnfea n
locate here. He thought that IN the future
his own denomination would locate sGcH
college in Wichita Mr.. Colt fa3lY'under-
stood the ideas and plans OF the trustees
OF Paramount aud thought that whea the
citizens Of Wichita understood them thst
they, also. would take hand IN accom-
plIshing t0em.
Rev Frank Ferguson. secretary OF the
educations! society Of New Eagland was
introduced He demonstrated that be
knew more about colleges than was even
exDeet-d o. him. His address was = very
Intelligent and interesting one aud was
replate with the history OF the rise aud IS
of western colleges, lie said the eCuca-
tioual society did not initiate the building
| of Paramount institute. That was against
its policy. Il simply helped such iustitu-
lions when taey We're shown = be needed
ia communities b ,cked by &C sup3orI
and sentiment. The society WIS establish
ed about fifty years ago wheu OHIO and
! o, her youug states we're struggling Win
their fret institutions OF higu ieacning.
Since thar time tbsv have aided many COLI
| lsg~s and We're never appealed 20 n VAN
lien it was shown that tue local friends
Of such institutions had put forth tneiT
! BEST efforts. He IracSd the histories II
/ Harvard aud Yale from small anu
| insignificant beginning 10 their present
| proportions. he said that 10 college i
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