The evening times., 1897-11-10

The Committee of leading women of the
country that has been formed to aid In tie
work for the great National University, Is
TO meet in this CITY on December l 4. l5, and
l6. The Ireeting has been called, and al
ready stnh great interest has been shown
10y woDien all over the country that its
success rs d business meeting is assured.
Tie meeting is a preliminary one in its
natrre for Tie disc,lssion of plans for The
winter work of the committees and the
tior.. This auxiliars work of the women
of America in nie eieat building is national
in its Importance, as the names of the
women connected with 1t shows.
Tie central committee consists II Mrs.
Ellen A Richardson, Of Boston, chair.
an; vice chairEnen, Mrs. Phoebe a
Hearst, California; Mrs. c. 5 Brice. Ohio,
Mrs wm. I. Carter. Pennsylvania: Mrs
II IL. Adams, Connecticut; Mrs. John +.
Goodloe, Kentucky; Mrs. W. A. Roetlins'
New Jersey; Mrs Clara X. Anthony. Mas
Charles ]. Bell, Washington, treasurer
Mrs George Lothrop Bradley, Washing
tui,, audittT: Mrs SUSANNA Phelps Gage, Oi
Ithaca, secretary. In addition To these.
"A repres, ntative woman from each State
ana Territory has been invited to jCin the
committee These women will app,.int as
sis.ant> in each count yof their States ana
IL presidents OF national organizations viii
be also ask ed to join the good work.
The ladies have ia view the erection
apd endcwmcuJOf the adiuinistT at ION build
inc of the university. They believe that
with proper and concerted work during
the winter, they VIII be able to collect
:he funds frouI the membership OF the
schools. colleges, clubs and patriotic so
cietics before February % next. Wash
in.ton'> Birthday nss been selected a.
"offering BAY" when all the results of the
Iabors Of the women during the winter viii
show themselves in the amounts sub
s.ribed.
The work of the women will be to i'll.
fo'm all these organizations, the schools
par.culaTIy. OF the work, its objects,
aims aud ends, and OF the practical way
in which they gan share in its esta hli>h
Ihent No large offerings are asked: in
deed, IL IS estimated that ir all the millions
of children in tie s1iools, the woIneu iii
the Wumen's Federation. he W. =. I. L.
ard t,ic patriotic associations give A
peEny from each member the sum Will be
sufficient to erect and endow the adn.inis
tr; tion huilding. when collected ;he funG
is o. he stored in the. American security
and Trust CoInpany, whose president, MT.
{. J. Rell, is the tr,a surer OF the eomnittee.
II il hoped that the cornerstone of tnC
building vii! be laid in January, 1899.
II is believed That tins interest of the
mothers aud wives of the nation Will act
a. II spur to TIE great Swoyis In hand. This
wurK has Jagged Somewhat Z rr since the
last revival oferhe-p.an for the university
a few years go. II has Jagged even mure
thdn the Washington Monument did since
II was first projected.
Ii may not be known generally that Gen.
WasHir -tpu wished 10 found at Washing
tor the greatest university In thr world.
AID not only talked and wrote about this
Plat frequcntI-, hHt worked for il in other
very substantial ways.
at tie cuns.ituti iOnal convention, even.
Washington, TilnInas jefferson, Madison,
visited To ems,rdy in the Constitution the
founding of national university, hut the
Clause was abandoned7-not because II any
opposition TO il, hut since it seemed to all
that the Lew government must act In this
respect from the prime motive Df public
neec without Special legislation.
From the year preceding the Decla "a ton
of Independence till the final treaty OF
peace between England and the United
States, The press had contained fIon time
tD time references to the Proposed national
Uni~ersIty. so it was not altogct her Il new
idea 10 the people a. large when Washing
ton alluded To the subject in lis addresses
To Congress and his annual message. II
was. III fact, project near TO his heart,
anG lie never forgot it.
II his Farewell Address, in 1896, he
set apart nineteen acres of land in the
District. known a. University square, as
tie site of the future university, and dedI-
Gated 30 its building 500 shares, worth
$500 each, in the Potomac Canal Compapy.
witch shares he Rad rtteiv ed for the public
services he rendered III the cause of isIand
This suni ought now [ q a mUJiit
to over 81. .ooo.o"0.
From that time To the present day the
prot ct has been revided i'm the minds of
thoughtful men. Several years ago memo.
rial on the matter was presented to Con
greS> by exGov. john w. Hoyt, in which
he set firth thu steps which had been TAX ell,
aud wnat was desirable to b. done. A
Committee appointed TO consider the subject
br. Ught in a report recommending the pas
saSc of bill establishing national uni
vcrsity of postgraduate rank, with IA
ciiities for scientific and literary research
i'm the District of Columbia.
A national coinmitte ee Of one hundred was
formed for the purpose of pushing this
bill, and an executive council selected
from it's members consisting CT Hon. Mel
Vile W Fuller, Chief Justice Of the United
states: ex-lTHite ed States Senator George
+. Eumunds of Vermont; eX-Prcsident