The morning times., 1895-10-17
American University Trustees
Will Choose One of Them.
LIKELY THE FLAGG DESIGN
Shall Be Masesed on One Command
Ing Spot on the GrOunds-Work
to Be Commenced Before the Close
of This Year.

| or Poindexter plans for the buildings wnicn
| will be commenced before the close or
the year.
Those present were the building and ex-
ecutive committees, consisting of Bishop
Hurst. the chancellor: DR.. Beiler. the VICE
chancellor: DR.. Baldwin, the secretary;
Rev. Albert Osborn, the registrar; Is. H.
| Warner, C. G. Glover, A. B. Duyall, A. B-
Browne, s. W. Woodward. b. L. Leighton,
John A. Herreli, Mrs. John A. Logan, ana
Mrs. Elizabeth J. SOmers, of Washington
Hon. John +. Andrews. DR.. A. j. falmer'
and Dr. G. II. Payne, of New York city;
Rev. DIR. c. W. Burg, Philadelphia; Rev. DR..
| b. II. Carroll, Baltimore; President W. II.
| Smith. OF Randolph College Macon; Hon.
Jacob Tome, Fort Deposit, Md; Rev
| Richard Wheatley, Irvington-on-the--Huds
DR.. C.. 3. Stenem. Fort Wayne, Ind; and
Rev. A. NJ. Griffin. of Trivol. N. Y.
! BISHOP HURST PRESIDED.
| Bishop Hurst called the meeting to
order, and Mr.. Bciler then read the ac-
count of the treasurer Hou- Matthew IT,
| Emery, who is now abseut from tue CITY
Since the last meeting of the board IN
May S3s. .000 has been added to Tue Eenerii
| fund. This amod ut does not include
the gift of Gen. de Peyster, bur consists
| of cash donations made directly - Tue
| bn Hiding aud executive committees.
| The board of trustees passed resolutions
of thanks to the Tencra bic Gen de PuySier'
whose gift OF real estate near Riverside
| Park has made il possible to begin another
great university building, in oonsort with
| the Hall of II istpry. Rev A VI. Griffin.
who represents Gen. de Puyster at this
meeting, was depatized TO convey these res
olutions. and also to accept i'll behalf or
thc board, the bronze statue which Cen
| =" Puyster whl place in campus before the
Hall OF Languages. This statue VIII be
20 heroic siz-. ami is beng made by 4 ceIe-
brated French sculptor IN Paris.
| DECISION REACHED.
There was no definite decision in re-
| gard to the plan for the tall OF history,
and the board, after short recess AZ noon.
| went into session again.
Mr.. A. b. Duvall. OF the building cum
niittec said last night that. although no
date has been fixed for the meeting OF the
| committee To make selection OF plans,
such meeting would be held very soon,
| asit was intended 70 go on with the erection
| OF buildings before the close OF this year
1t has practically been deteTmined to
make choice of either the Flagg or Poin-
1 dexter designs The committee and trus-
| tees are disposed TO regard with favor the
| Flagg plan. This is, that the buildings shah
| he niasstd on one eotnma nding spot on the
! grounds, with the administration build
| ing In the center. In the Typographical
map made by Mr.. Armstead several places
are indicated for buildings. and the plans
| of Mr.. Poindexter are for separate build
| ings.
The committee, however, has expressed
\ no discriminating opinion. The first ele-
| walton OF the proposed building by Mr..
| Poindexter is very beautiful, both in exc
| cution and design. the feature OF which is
an Ionic coionnade. This front provides
| for two pediments, the effect being ex-
4 ceedingly attractive.
INCEPTION OF THE IDEA.
While the American University will al
ways have Methodist cha ncellor and in
the divinity college will teach Methodist
| teDets. ii viii be for the rest simply a great
\ university, founded on purely Bon-secta-
rian lines of learning. 1t was for this rea
| son il is called American, not Methodist
On May rs, 1891, Bishop Hurst secured
| from the District OF Columbia a charter
| granting the university the authority to
| teach postgraduate courses OF study and
| to conduct colleges of original research
| There were fifty incorporators of this
| great plan, the Officers being Bishop Jno
+. Hurst, chancellor, Samuel l.. Bel
| Ter, vice chancellor; John E. Andrrs
| president of the board OF trustees: Matthew
| q. Emery, treasurer; Charles H. Baldwin.
| secretary, and Rev. Albert Osborn, regis
trar.
The first step toward purchasing a home
| Tor this great design came from the wife
| of Bishop Hurst. now dead. 1t was her
| faith and generosity which enabled the
| bishop to secure the present beautiful site
| and it was her money which was devoted
to the first payment OF the land.
The ninety acres on which the many ba lis
OF TINS university are to be reared are a.long
| the most picturesque lands around Washing
4 They bs.
| tomac toward the south, and the hurry
| and turmoil of its flood above the Little
Falls is SO plainly seen that ones ear in
| st1nctiyely strains for the music of its
waters.
SUPERB SITE SELECTED.
To the south Arlington, the fields of
Virginia and all the storied camps of the
contending armies of the late war are re-
| vealed. Westwardly and northerly rise
the Blue Ridge hills, with Sugar Loaf
Mountain in plain view. This ground. So
soon to became classic and devoted TO
| Cody study, has already been richly dover
| ed by natures God. and the poets and
| scholars who viii crowd the coming halls
| will have a lovely setting for their idyIlic
or more homeiy serious thoughts. The
| site is on the vantage point OF the often
described Inland View, the object of SO
| many driving parties from the city
| The buildings that are 20 be erected are,
| of course more important from a univer-
| sity standpoint than any scenic beauty;
| and the ones Immediately CONTEMPLATED
are the Hall of History and the j Watts
de Pvyster Hall of Languages. These
properly as well as by the munificence of
Gen. de Peystcr. shonld arise together
The authorities OF this Institution have
ordained that these studies should go hand
| in hand, and the first courses OF their
postgraduate studies will be devoted to
| them Methodists have a peculiar interest
| in history. Their evolution springs from
| historic causes.
MAY STUDY AT HOME.
The need of such courses is only too ap-
parent Last year 351 Americans were en-
rolled in the post graduate classes of the
German universities alone. A tincture of
foreign feeling and sympathy cannot fail
but creep into the minds SO trained
Oxford and Cambridge have done more,
century by century, to make England great
than the combined labor of all her ca binets.
Such, hereafter, it is to be hoped, will be
the fate of America.
Speaking Of the development of his uni
yersity plan, the chancellor says:
.'The need for higher education is clear
and the call loud. To meet the need there
must be the creation of methods and their
adaptation to new institutions. To supply
the facilities that shall be equal or superior
10 those found In Europe. in order to keep