The Mena star., 1898-04-27

from other states to derive special advantages held out to them. Sin. dents. from the north. who need change of atmosphere, can enjoy tba balmv breezes and mild climate. ana at the same time, be assured of as of. 6cient instruction as that to be gained in educational centers of known re. mite. The girls from the south could secure an altitude above the lower ma. larial districts of their own lands and De sure of fine health while accom-. fishing 6 special line of work. A thor. ough curriculum will be established articulat;ng with any of the standard colleges and universities, besides which the arts, music. elocution, painting etc. will be taught; such instruction in each and all of these branches to be rendered by teachers of thoroughly ac. knowledged merit in the special de. partment.
 In other places where colleges have been founded successfully the towns have been of many years growth and have been able to lend material finan- eial aid. by donations of land and money and in the sale of scholarships Mena is new town and it's citizens comprise people from many states north, south, east and west They are in most instances well cultured and come from towns pressing educational facilities which they much deplore hay. ing to leave, n order to pioneer in strange land, and they submit resign. edly to existing conditions, while awaiting sufficient growth to bring i'm provements their way Now the ma iority of these families expect to make Mena their home. Some few come to invest, make money and take it away to be spent In other places. Such peo- pie as the latter can have no genuine concern in this enterprise. except as it enhances their investments. But to those who have come to stay, I will say, that if you desire to have the school--and l trust to make lt a thor oughly good one-you will help to raise some funds additional for the under taking. that all will be done to bring 1t in your midst You can each help in small way by small sums and an aggregate will be reached that will perhaps surprise you. Approaching the fact that many of the citizens are burdened with payments upon land, and involved in expenses necessary to the furtherance of a new business feel that it would be too great q tax to any person to ask for an amount commensurate with the need or the future good to be gained, so plan oc- CUTS to me that will make it possible for ALL to help and none will feel the burden.
 To begin with, the M.. K X T. Trust company has offered five acres of land in Mena for the purpose. We have se- cured some subscriptions in money for use at Nit. Mena, but feel assured that should the people of Mena meet the plan half way. there would be no ob- jection to applying this money to the benefit of Mena instead. We have about secured ten scholarships at sl00 each. with possibility of few more, Now for those who would like to help on scholarships and can only do so in a very limited way. we will issue tick cts of instruction for s1 co each. These tickets are good for face value, and should five or more tickets be purchas- ed it will entitle the holder to the amount paid plus one-half. For in. stance, ten tickets will be redeemed by fifteen dollars worth of instruction, ele
 This instruction will comprise the regular college work, and any of the collateral branches taught, viz: Art, music, elocution, bookkeeping, type writing, stenography, etc, The tickets will be withdrawn after June lst. The intention in THIS is to swell the bank account of the college AT ONCE, as 50 much Of the money on hand would nave to go for building purposes, etc By purchasing these tickets NOW you VIII get your moneys worth IN FULL ana half as much again. than if you walt to buy tuition at regular rates. This offer is only for Mena people and not for othare ct.1a .tz.. ts.,,, echoi-