The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-13

grip containing the great deed in trust
and all papers relative thereto on the
desk, and in an impressive speech OF
twenty minutes. spoke of the qualification
| it gave him and his wife to turn over
! the university properties free Of all en-
/ cumbrances and that the Friends church
had thus more than met their part OF
! the contract not only financially but in
/ sustaining and building up an institution
that is taking front rank among the
| colleges and universities of the south
! west He forcibly set forth his ideas Of
I what a Christian university should be;
that the foundation principles should be
! thoroughly Christian as set forth by the
I early teachings of George Fox and other
founders Of the Quaker church; that the
course of study should embrace collegiate
work in liberal arts; that also there should
be provisions made to teach the profess
sions of law, medicine and mechanical
engineering. under the direction of a
Christian faculty. He expressed his ut
most confidence in what had been and
what would be done by the body of
Friends scattered throughout Kansas,
southern Nebraska, Oklahoma. Indian
territory and western Missouri, and that
their hopes that on this foundation would
soon stand the greatest most powerful
collegiate institution and only strictly
Friends university in the world.
His wife, in a few well chosen words.
expressed her pleasure at thus having
an opportunity of doing something for the
educational development of the young
people of the Kansas Yearly meeting
The meeting arose en- masse as an ex-
preston Of thankfulness to Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis for their magnificent gift to.the
Yearly meeting.
Yesterday morning President Stanley,
with a smile that spoke volumes, read
a telegram from the Quakers' friend,
Joshua L. Bailey, of Philadelphia. an
nouncing that he subscribed $500 to the
endowment The meeting. although en-
gagged in other business, again received
the good news with applause and the
clerk was instructed to telegraph the
thanks and appreciation of the meeting
for the gift.
Several thousand dollars more on the
next $4,000 are in sight. The fact is re-
markabIe in that no money has been So
licited outside of the Kansas Yearly
meeting. nor among other people than
the Friends. It was for them to show
their interest first, and now the people
of Wichita and the great southwest can
show their appreciation by helping to
raise the next $4,000 of endowment.
Many people of Wichita think is is too
good thing not to have a part in the
great work of endowing heavily an in
stitution of which all are so justly proud
The missionary meeting held last night
was very interesting one. Moreover
several important matters were taken up
at this meeting and disposed of.
The first speaker of the evening was
Barnabas Hobbs of the Clifford college
of North Carolina. He introduced the
subject of a memorial fund for Harriet
Greene. an English Friend. who died at
Clifford college. and before her death did
much good work for the institution. Mr..
Hobbs met with a ready response from
the assembly, who subscribed sl5lN for
the establishment of chair for Bible
study in the Clifford school in memory
of Harriet Gfeene.
Miss Edith Dillon followed Mr. Hobbs
Miss Dillon has been a missionary for
seven years, in Japan and the oriental
countries She spoke of her work there
and issued a call for teacher
The next speakers were Mr.. and Mrs.
Rouddree, missionaries of Jerusalem
The talk of their work and the great
results accomplished contributed largely
to the pleasures of the evening.
Willis Hotchkiss. who, for eight years,
has been a missionary in central AFRICA
where the Friends have an industrial
mission. was the last speaker of the even
ing. He told of his work through all
that country, and many morals were
drawn by him and his audience from his
experiences and excellent way of telling
of them.
The meeting closed with a song by the
Alaskan girl whom the Friends are Civ
ing a school in this city. Miss Anna
Newton sang in her native tongue and
was highly commended by those VINO
heard her. Before closing S401.62 was
raised by those present for foreign mis-
sions and work in these fields.
The visiting ministers present at the
Yearly meeting follow:
L. /. Hobbs. Guilford, n. c.; Marian A.
Johnson, Earlham. Iowa; George g. Hob
son, Marion. Ind; Anna NJ. Ray, China
Me: BENJAMIN Hutchings, Walnut Ridge,
Ind; Warren Elder. Oskaloosa Iowa;
William r. Guyer. West Union. Ind; VIII
liam 4 Lopez. Bloomfield, Iowa; Mar
tella Cox. Coloma, Ind; George j. banks,
Salem. Ore; David H. Harold. Indian
apolis Ind. Leanna Hobson, Wetheid,
Ind; Willard NJ Peckham Marshalltown,
Iowa: William j. Thornburg, Amboy,
Ind; Griffith Wright. Mooresville, lpd.;
B. ]. Tomlinson. Michigan; Amos Cook,
Iowa: Marion Rossinger. Albion. Iowa;
Warren Elder Emporia. Kan; Nathan d
Frame and Esther Frame, Ohio; Nixon
and Louisa Rush, Paramount, Ind; Stella
Hammond. Indiana; Willis r. Hotchkiss,
Africa; Edna Hill, Indiana.