The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-04
A CHICAGO pHrLANrnRop.sT.
Ut. ID. y. Pearsons Tells Of M >fe,,ou,
"A AioiEg Institutions Of I.-ar,tus~

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i1 < institutions OF Learning.
Shicazo Record.
a HaaIy OF ne congregAtisaal q ,s--t,e
- as CITY AMI elsewhere xervi - gers
-, ssstsFaay IL CONNIE mora t3o.. ~ Ma
:" Altman, the missionary .xr,r.rar
- Ea'ea large portion Of he ~orsn-
:, territory. nOE the coast territory
United States. Sermons were
,nt-.1-- on the history OF Els Hfe-hls
z..-sssoLs4fy la1ors and his ride from tn4
northwest TO Washington CRY ara ba~k
- hss settling that region wIth COLO
go 1o1leeiaons were taken 20 raise The
e-~'s@p1 necessary 70 secure Or u y
re4tsors szsft Of EaaDo toward 4 $40 -
S =. Ninent for Whitman college a. V-sIla
a.Aa' WASH In these services the name
" TIE patriotic preacher In wa,sa honor
me college was founded vas lfnkaa v-Irb
ne name OF the phllanthropfst vaos4
s4As makes possible q large endowment
Tor the institution.
Al MS home fl Hins6aIe he vas asked
yesterday why the college IL washington
was one o. the institutions 10 receive CT
nis naHnsncsnee. He said:
'ror several reasons a colfs-a s~.ah.
hshsd 70 perpetaate The memory 81 ,ybit-
mar me brave missionary. should APPEAL
20 our help simply on the score u pa
irlot4Sm. A large educational snstItu-
tion - a scarcely sufficient monument Tor
me saluabls services which he rendered
70 our country. Again. patriotism should
DC our aim OF sdueation. and the college
az Walla Walls. founded In the way Il
has been. Is certainly a good place to
teach It.
Ny experience is this: I am solicited by
nearly all educational institutions for
heip, but give it only 20 certain ones In
the first place, / try 20 assist the poor
instead OF the -ich colleges. fhe latter
can take care OF themselves. Anyhow.
the weak instit 1tions have the Iirst claim.
IN my estimation, for aid. In the next
place. Go not contribute 10 those which
are too urgent ia their requests. II they
are too persistent lf really amounts 10
debating how ] shall administer my es-
tate, and | want 70 be my own executor.
Before giving 70 any institution ] thor
oughly Investigate II. I inquire into the
need OF IL IN its locality and into its past
history. ] look into the way II is man
aged-not so much as 70 its manner of
teaching IL how the finances are con-
Quoted. ] Ike body or trustees that APP
preeiate the endowment idea The true
way 20 carry on such a perpe tual thing
as a college il BY the enaowma NJ plan.
When It's income Is otherwise, It's con-
tinuation is uucert ain. and ~ trustees
want their charge TO survive they must
consume the interest. rather taan the
principal OF their funds.
That institution especially should be
aided that shows disposition 20 aid It.
self When a contribution Is made N
the condition that others are made a col
iege is stifnulaf a 10 do the best IL can
for itself. A contributor In that way
makes his dollar count two. My expert
ence along this line has been very salts
factory. OF the twelve institutions that
| have helped not one has failed 10 meet
my proposition.
''Rerea Is the most interesting spot in
the world for n college. | saw the people
who attended the commencement. There
were between 400 and 5000 from the
mountain whites. They are or Scotch
Irish descent. aid they and their ances-
tors have lived there a century or more.
They have an individuality Of their own.
They are intensely American and loyal
20 the flag. They turned the tide OF bat
tie in war | saw the old soldiers that
climbed Lookout mountain and planted
the flag there They are extremely anx-
ious that their children should he edu-
Gated and will sacrifice anything to &C
compish that end Many think that the
peopIs. down among the Kentucky and
Tennessee mountains do not care much
for education. but that Is big mistake.
When I proposed 70 give them $4,000 IL
they would raise an additional $4,000
many old men wept. the hand played
patriotic airs and the people sang My
old Kentucky Home" i never sax any
enthusiasm Ike IL.
~ think that ali the perplexing prob
lens will be solved all right Il The masses
are educated There are too many col
ioges in the country large number OF
them should be called academies. AZ tnis
time I can see need Of only two colleges,
one in Montana and one in oklahoma.
and ia due time they VIII come. | sm
going 10 Svait two years. until all the
colleges that / have assisted raise every
dollar that has been promised. In the
meantime I viii look for some hing new
and carefully watch the effect OF my
former gifts upon the colleges to which
they have gone
Within five years Or. Pcarsons has
contributed more than Si.ooo.0oo 70 schools,
colleges and semlnarles. Among his re
cent gifts we're the following.
ysaiott ,olIare Observation-Disclosures. 500. coo
Lake Forest university......-.-.-. loo0 o
Knox college ----s tfs-tf+ $500
Chicago Theological seminary..---. 5otoo
PRESBYTERIAN seminary ......-.-.-.-.- 0'Wo
Yankton college. ..---,-...-..-..-' $3.50
Rerea college. $500. --.'.- 49,