The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
PLANS At JOHNS HOPKINS
Offer Of a New University Site
APOUSeS Great Interest.
Harry IaHders Identified With the In
Stftution Determined TO Raise the
Required SI,O0O.OOO Endowment,
Regarded as Public Enter
Pri>e-President GiIman's Address.

| are enthusiastic in the determination to
raise the 81 ,0G0 600 in cash necessary to
make available the offer by William Wy
| man. William KeyseF, F N. Jencks, and
an anonymous donor of land in the north
ern suburbs for a new site Tor the uni
! versity-
Major Richard N. VenabIe, one OF the
| trustees, said last night;
! y consider the building OF the universe
/ ~ Oh The newly offered site a great pub
/ lie enterprise and am sure that it will be
! 50 regarded by the leading men OF means
! in the city. We cannot say definitely at
/ this time how long 1t VIII take to raise
| the money. but / may say that the trus-
! tees have subscriptions which they will
( be able to collect, but which it would not
/ be opporCune 10 publish for the present.
! am thoroughly acquainted with the
nejghborhoOd Of the Wyman estate. as
( Camped along the line of the railroad one
! whole summer while engaged in some
| work il connection with the condemna ton
| OF land The property offered will be
! placed in the hands of architects and
| landscape gardeners, who viii decide how
| to get the most beauty and practical util-
| ity out OF the acreage. Until these experts
/ have looked over the ground not much at
! ientIon can be paid 10 the numerous sug-
gesJous which viii be made about how
/ the land should be cut up for roads, build
| inS5, etc II that broad roadway which
has been mentioned IS built to the site
from Clifton Park The appearance of the
neIgnborhccd and the value of the sur
rounding property will both be enhanced
70 :. great degree"
James l. McLane, President OF the
board OF Trustees Of the johns Hopkins
University, was enthusiastic yesterday
about the prospects for raising the 81
I VJU-Uvb necessary. He said
I have heard a number Of gentlemen
| express opinions upon the subject ard
! they all agree that we should have no
trouble in getting the money Some of
! these men we're personally interested in
| the welfare Of the university but others
! were simply pUblc-spirited citizens Who
consider The institution q credit TO the
city and State and are anxious TO sec il
placed IN a position where IL viii have
enlarged opportunities for rejecting honor
upon the community. They realize that
4 the Hopkins Is one OF the greatest schools
OF the kind in the world. and that if il
can get the new location It VIII become
even more well known.
The way IN which the situation has
been impressed upon our people IS well
llIUstra ted by the case Of William Keyser
who has offered S200, GC0 in cash or Sky
acres additional ground He looked into
the matter. came 10 the conclusion that
= VAS splendid opportunity fer the uni
yerSlty. and then made his offer He did
not say that he would give One-ffth pro-
yided four other men did the same. but
gave Il without condition. The result Cf
his action is 20 be seen in the cases of
the other gentlemen who have said they
would give land l. should be understood
that the sixty acres OF land VIII cost Mr.
keyscr $Z25,G0e but he gave the trustees
the choice. because he thought that The
increased acreage would be necessary fer
proper development OF course. the
question Of raising the money has jest
been placed before The public and we have
nothing definite yet about where IT VIII
come from. bat I am positive that il will
not only come, but come quickly
No better site Tor the school could be
selected than The Wyman plot With he
land low offered, some I50 acres. there
viii be plenty Of room, Just about as
much as that occupied BY The highIy sue
gessfUl Washington University. at ST.
Louis. No Charles Street Is now, and. I
think always VIII be. the course Of he
best Development Of the city. and ne
ground given Is RICH. IN the Inc of The
march Of progress The ground i.seIf Is
Wei suited 10 the purpose Of laying out
series Of large buildings
The proposal TO donate a site for he
university was the occasion OF mass
meeting OF students and professors Of he
university i'll Mccoy Hall yes erday II err
noon 10 hear the news officially from he
E.s If President Gilman n Incidentally 70
was an occasion for much en- husi SIN nd
satisfaction ia the prospect that the Uni
Egrz-fv Ulrht Ea-u-a real home
follows
This unusual assembly and unusual APP
Iiause must De in expectation OF good
E-"s- You ALL 10 doubt know what the
good news refers to from the accounts
Of the daily press. but there are certain
aspects vet 10 b. mentioned which were
rot IN the newspaper accounts What VIII
the effects be Of the generous gift which
has been made 70 u.s. ! may mention this
as q question OF great interest. FOR there
are many things 20 be said in answering
it before referring 10 other things Of more
local OF general character
1T IS a great privilege 10 any young man
TO belong 70 q great university TO aid IN
the diffusion Of knowledge and TO feel that
BE belongs 10 50 grca' q factor OF progress
and civilization It = stIu a greater priv
Iez= 10 belong 80 al active. moving univer-
sity. Universities do not often die, and K
- rare indeed when such thing occurs
versity's life is like that of the oak. ard
thus orr Young university VIII live on
though disaster in the past has made some
people fhiuk i would cease - be. The
sun has IN last risen for Us.
'-JohHs Hopkins died in 1879 and instruc-
sion began here IN 1876 He left a site for
the univ rzitIas and certain securities for
its support and L was our expectation 10
establish n Clifton However. we had TO
make beginning and so II was suggested
to the trustees 10 begin with "a dwelling
In lle city. because We ala NOT know what
sort Df university it would be or how
many students We wCuld have. Il seemed
so US that what We most needed in this
country WIS a university for the pursuit
Of graduate wOrk-uniVeTsiJy enlarge
urenr' I like to call it-wh-~a the student
could pursue nor professional studies bur
enlarge the regular undergraduate work Of
the ordinary college So We secured UrS.
Sylvester G}GersIeeve Remsen. Roland.
Adams. and others and started our uaiver-
sly. After while We decided not to go
% Clifton The most potent influence being
the stipulation in Johns Hopkins viii that
none q the capital was 70 be used for
building those we have built arising sole
Is from the income.
7 often notice that persons from other
cities are much disappointed when thev
see our buildings from the outside. but
few 90 away dissatisfied when they see our
spirit OF academic quiet aud learning
which reigns mere But We did not intend
two years ago that there were those who