Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-30

over f26f.0o0 each year, sum that woul.
provide for many professorships, lecture
ships, scholarships, and fellowships, a.
well as for the current expenes OF seve
raj seminaries or colleges Private gift
would, in time, be added I'm large
amounts, and Congress would, OF course
erect such buildings as from time to time
were found necessary.
Naturally. the first question asked BY
every one when he first learns of this be.
| quest Is. What has become of the
money! and Why have we not heard OF
| this boforeT / can only answer that II
| Is because we have read history not care
fully enough. That the fact remains Is
beyond questioning. Ex-Governor John
w. Hoyt, chairman OF the Committee of
One Hundred. asks in his Senate docu-
ment. No. 222 Of the Fifty-second Con-
gress:
Would II not be a very proper thing
Tor the Congress of the United States
as the custodian OF so sacred trust, to
institute without further delay an in
quiry into the whole subject of what has
become OF the property interest commit
ted to its keeping by George Washing
ton, and In case II should be found i'm
practicable TO recover what has thus been
lost through neglect. could the govern
ment justly do less than TO make II good
both the principal and the compound in
terest enjoined. by according such ag-
gregate sum as part OF what will be
required as a foundation for the univer-
s'ty so wisely planned by Washington? :"
GROUND FOR THE PURPOSE
In writing on this subject to Major
George II. Harries, of Washington, Mrs.
Ellen A. Richardson. OF Boston, the chief
organizer of the movement for the erec-
~ he
States, says:
1.-THE wish and bequest Of George Wash
ington, the sure love of devoted men, the
nights and dews of oblivion, have all full
filled the conditions of nature so far as
they could, and stand ready for the magi-
cal influence Of wOmans cooperation to
help the realization Of this ideal power
into practical life. And so the George
Washington Memorial Committee is or
ganizing throughout the land. with def
mite aims. indefinite time and l may
add. with definite assurance of success.
GROUND HELD FOR THE PURPOSE.
There are nineteen acres OF ground
near Lafayette Square, Washington. now
owned by our government and held for
the purpose of the university of the
United States. The patriotic ladies' of
America are to build the administration
building, and they propose to make the
22d of February. 1898. the nations first
onering-day for this purpose, asking no
large contributions, begging nothing.
Americas 100000 people must build this |
great monument If the 100000 chill |
dren In the public schools in America |
would give an Offering of a penny each |
on Washington's Birthday, they would |
raise q sum sufficient to erect the buifd-
ing and endow it. Let US, then, join |
hands and have an American university. /
American sciences, and American ideas
for American citizens"
Mrs. Richardson further stated that
she has arranged with the proper autho-
rity that the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing shall produce certificates
which will be given to those who con-
tribute to the movement. These certif-
Gates will contain Washington's vignette
and such establishment as shall make
the certificate artistic and worthy to be
held as a souvenir.
1t is the purpose of the women promi-
nent in the movement TO awaken general
interest in II throughout the country and
cave no stone unturned until the uni
'ersity shall have become an accom-
,lished fact