Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-21

WAsHINGToN. Feb 2l.--In reply to
an inquiry ITO the present status and
prospects OF the National university en-
terprise Ex-Governor John Wesley
Hoyt chairman Of the national commit
tee, says good progress seems to be max
ing IN all quarters, unless it be IN the
senate.
The opposition has occurred Of ecclesi-
asticai origin in the senate. and this, in
connection with the other circumstances,
has simply delayed action Neverthe-
less tie friends oi the measure are con.
fldent ot early and favorable results.
Meanwhile the work OF the national
committee, says Mr. Hoyt, has been
vigorous and fruitful Of good to the
cause Ia many ways; i'll the addition Of
many distinguished names to its already
forn!d bic lis Of members including
these Of enlin 1T statesmen, and Of some
go Uilege and university presidents,
besh. the great number already en-
lis; among them the heads of the
University OF Virginia and Of a dozen
OF NOR institutions Of the religious de
nomination or time supposed to be
against the national movement.
The most notable OF the many aids
actually rendered to the national uni
versl,y committee, in the recent past,
are these:
tirst-The voluntary gift of 1,500
by MIS-. PhOebe.A. Hearst of California
ana District IF Columbia, for the salary
OF Ike hail mans secretary during the
yeal ia Pa ised.
ceeo1a he support accorded by the
Geer~c washington Memorial associa-
tioH, 6u5ter the lead of Mrs. ellen A.
Richardson, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Mrs
ex-senator Brlce of Ohio and other dis
tinguished women of the country-an
association which has among its officers
the presidents of the National Council
Of Women. rhe World S w. c. T. o.,
the General Federation of Women s
clubs, the national university commit
tee Of the daughters OF the American
Revolution, the Columbian Daughters of
America, the General Society OF United
States Daughters of 1776-1812, the
DANES of the Revolution, the Ladies of
q. a. r., the Kings Daughters and
perhaps yet other national organizations.
Preslaent Charles 4. Bell Of the Ameri-
can Security and Trust company, Wash
ington, acting as treasurer.
The immediate object of this c. w.
M association is the raising of $780, 900
for the first National university build
ing, TO be erected on the site selected by
Washington himself, and reserved for
university purposes in the pending bill
To this end and for the further support
of the National university cause it has
formed state and congressional district
committees of influential women in
No M totn oil 80
which are preparing for special contri-
button III small amounts on Washing
tons birthday and until the whole
amount is raised 1t is believed by Mr..
Hoyt that they will succeed, and that
ere the final date, December, 80, con-
gress will have done it's part also.
Third-The offer Just now made by
General j. y. Henderson, LII. d.. late
United States senator from Missouri
and now Of this city, to be of 100 to pay
into the treasury of the university
81 ,000 each when congress shall have
done as much. His object is to encour-
age the creation of a special fund of
500, 600 for some important chair in the
university, and there is no objection ON
his part to the taking of any number Of
such shares by any one contributor,
While preferrlng, III the interest of the
cause Of the university, that the distri-
button should be as wide as the country
itself The national committee assumes
that his example of General Henderson
will be promptly followed by other lib
eral friends OF the enterprise.
Persons wishing further information
are II tered to Ex-Governor John Yves
ley ..oyt, chairman of the National mi
versity committee, Washington.
Alnrr OM LANA