The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-28
THE NEW PRINCETON.
West Seattle Wants the Uni
versity of the Northwest.
KNOWN AS SUMNER COLLEGE.
Committee Appointed to Obtain 600
Acres OF Land-The School
House to Be sold.

West Seattle is reaching out Cor Whit
worth college, the Presbyterian !nsiltu-
ton now located az Sumner, and IL seems
highly probable that the school wiu be
removed TO that place. SATURDAY evening
6 well attended meeting az West Seattle
declared by a unanimous vote in favor %
selling the new school house In order 20
obtain the college. and a committee was
appointed 70 secure a subsidy % 90 acres
OF land or OF values equal to that amount
THE University Of the Northwest" will
be the name OF the new institution when
settled In its new location. and by the
move Il Is expected that the attendance
viii be increased rapidly. The discussion
OF the evening showed that notwithstana-
eng an offer by Tacoma OF 5eo-acre SUB
sidy, the directors preferred West Seattle
An officer OF the faculty OF the college
stated these facts. and all interested visit
ors and residents united in the opinion
that the proposed location was particular
~ suitable.
]. n Wrestling presided at the meet
ing, and Or. Alison introduced President
Stewart, Of Whitworth college who spoke
az length or the school and fits benefits
He would have been content to remain
with a small institution, but would like
to see 1t grow as Ctncago's Presbyterian
college had done with 3oe-acre subsidy.
He could assure the West Seattle people
that fifty students at lease would be en-
rolled az the beginning, and with the West
Seattle school house as the college build
ing the attendance would increase al a
rapid rate.
DR.. whitworth was sure the enrolment
would be doubled and trebled in a short
time, but was OF the opinion after all that
the growth would De gradual. He stated
that good offers had been made by what
com, Fairhaven and Tacoma, but the de-
sire Of the faculty was to locate at West
Sattle, AMI II the citizens would secure the
a0-acre subsidy, large institution would
be built up.
Or. Alison prophesied that the school
would yet be Seattle's Princeton college,
and a. some future time would have 1000
students
Mr. Wrestling asked the following ques-
tions;
What is the least number of acres re-
quired for buildings, ETC.?
What is the smallest amount of acreage
and lots required?
What will be the length OF time before
the school comes TO West Seattle?
How much money Will be spent the first
year?
How much will be spent before the deeds
are taken out OF escrow?
DR.. Stewart replied that a citizen of
West Seattle two years ago had told him
he would give 200 acres of land. snd he
did not think the directors would locate
for less than that amount or its equiva-
lent. AS soon as the deeds were placed in
escrow the directors would commence
work. and would have the buildings COM
pleted some time the coming month.
Among the speakers were w. r. Ballard.
r. II. whitworth, A. J.. Kasson, w. r.
Eaton, ". II. Hainsworth. Capt Stretch
and Hon. Ellis Morrison.
J. r. Eshelman, J. II. Wrestling and an
other TO be selected will comprise the
committee TO secure the subsidy.