The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
HARD TO
RAISE
Feared That Denison
Will Lose Gift.
One Thousand Dollars Must
Still be Pledged by Denison
People for Library.

Those having charge OF the subscrip.
tion fund for the Denison library in
order to comply with the conditions of
the one thousand dollar gift, an ac-
count of which was published in our
last issue. IT was proposed by the COM
mittee to secure twenty-five one hum
dred dollar subscriptions and although
many have taken hold of the matter
with theutmost liberallty, one thous
and dollars must be raised in addition
to that already pledged if the matter
is to beas success and Denison is to se-
cure one of the best public libraries in
the state. The conditions of the gilt
are that $500 additional is to b. rails.
ed in Denison and the time limit is
May hrsts 1t was on account of the
time limitethat it was thoughtthat the
plan OF receiving and soliciting small
subscriptions could not avail. The
question now is, are there among all
the wealthy citizens and business men
OF Denison twenty-five who will re-
spond the call2 Are there not TWEEN.
ty.fye men who are willing to give one
hundred dollars each toward fund
which will do more for the moral and
intellectual growth of our city than
any onesother thing that Denison has
ever done save possibly the erection OF
Denison college? Some of the pledges
already made are we understand con-
tingent upon twenty-four others giving
like amount and thus the lack OF
generosity on the part of few may
cause the whole plan to fall through.
Denison cannot afford to lose this OF
portunity: it cannot afford the disgrace
Of having failed. 1t does not want to
be heralded throughout the state as a
city which could not rise to such al
emergency. We know that it is easy
enough to urge others to be generous:
we know that it will be d hardship To
some while it will be no Inconvenience
to Others and still we feel strongly
that this is an opportunity which must
not be allowed to slip The teachers
OF Denison out of their small earnings
have pledged a hundred dollars to the
fund. The action of these young wo.
men, whose wages are none too high,
should be lesson in generous giving
to all. There is always disposition
to urge that some should give larger
sums. The fact is that Denison has a
number of generous givers who are
meyer allowed to escape from any sub.
scription paper; they give something
to everything. Every church IN Deni-
son has been helped by them, every
public movement of any kind has re.
ceived their support aud while they
have shown themselves willing to re.
spond in this case would it not be as
well that some of those who are only
called upon on special occasions should
give an equal amount with them now
We cannot believe the subscription
will eventually fail, we have too much
faith in Denison and the public-spirit.
ednesss OF its people TO believe such a
thing possible, but the time is short.
some are still hanging back who should
respond and if any thing is done il
should done quickly. The question
is not how much has some one else
given or how much could they afford
to give, but how much can you give
Think the question over carefully and
if it is at all possible do your best for
the upbuilding and the intellectual
progress of the. men and women and
youth of Denison.
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