The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-25
Bill to Carry Out the Wishes Of
Washington to BE Passed
This Session.
HAS DlsslPATE:.D|
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
Left in Wit Has All Gone.
Money Forthcoming.
Tho Times. Dispatch Bureau,
aE Colorado Building,
Eo,,~+aaoth opdfH Stre0ta, N. W.,

Hon. A. &. Hoyt, former Governor OF
Wyoming. and now one Of the oh'ef NOV
ers In the matter OF securing the estao-
lishment of national university here,
In accordance with the wish OF Wash
tngton. suid to-day that he felt encour.
aged to believe that the enterprise WIZ
DO iairly Iauncned Of this SESSION OF Con- Con-
gross. The bill Tor the purpose mas besh
Introduced by senator Eye. plesiuenl
pro TEN. or the Senate.
aE"ylrglnlA shuulu w nloref deeply inter-
ealeu III the movement tudn ANY ot'ie4
SAFE" ne sd4u. 'WAsilIAeluMl lett S1O'o'0
and a trac. Ol land here hno"n as y NJ
verslty square, Tor the ul'vsl s..S -. -.
auulliun to ,hat, the aDiest work eVel
zone III benAll OF the OH W any heiil,
Der OF the Con. ress was done oy GeheTdi
t,ppa hunlons WAlie ne was d IneIhIe4 "
the senate from Vars mia. re " one o
the co uncil named IN Inc pm 'WhlcL ssh
ator Frye has introduced Ut TINS session,
ana it is very proper that MS name si,ouIo
be associated WIN the enterprise. Tholn..s
Jeueison, James Madison AID JuA.es MIL
roe, wh.le they were IN the eAecutlye o.
nce all urged congressional aCtloll ~ ue
half q. the proposed university. fiha4iJ
the University Of Virginia mas elluotse
the enterprise more neHttlly, PERHAPS
tlun mas dizzy UltlSl. QH1f Sa StsS+ ~ S''~
try. All these reasons snouila inaNe ,tiie
protected national tunlvcrS.Gy an9&oD3ect
OF SPECIAL interest to the people OF Vlr-
glniA, 5gs ia
There is at present conflict between
the Navy Department and the p! olec.ors
Of the university as to the owhelsl!p o.
the square winch Washington beuueatheu.
AZ the government was not taking any
steps for the location OF uIlveis.ty on
the land. the Navy Department hau
naval observatory located thereon many
years ago. 1t was said at the time that
the observatory, would eventually pass
under the control OF the lhlVetsllS. ~, -
later years, when the scheme to establish
a great university at the seat o. govern
nlent had been pretty we'll forgo often, the
naval hysienic museum was located on the
square, and tits there to-day. In the ma.
val appropriation bill which was passed
by Congress at the last session there was
an item providing for the expenditure OF
sl2S,0OO for the erection of naval nos
pital on the grounds. This discovery was
not made by the projectors OF the uhlVer-
sity until few days ago, and then they
began urging the passage OF the penang
bill charterlng the institution, Surgeon
General Rixey. OF the navy, was seen and
agreed to hold up In the matter OF begin
ming work on the hospital until y should
be decided whether the government was
going to allow the land to continue under
the control OF the Navy Department. or
whether 1t would require u to pc turned
over to the council OF the university. TINS
/ matter has not yet been decided
LEGACY DIssIPATED.
The legacy OF $4,000 which Washington
left for tho purpose of establishing the
university seems to have entirely dsap-
peared. It was invested IN the bonds OF
the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal Company.
The old canal has practically been out Of
/ business for years, though rev oarges
are still running on Its bosom u is said
| by those who have investigated the mat
1 ter that neither the stock nor the bonds
!! are worth anything. Washington directed
| In his will that the interest on the legacy
should be compounded annually. Had this
bene done there would now have been
little matter Of ave millions awaiting the
/ pleasure Of the men who are seeking to to
| inaugurate the movement suggested BY
/ the Father of His Country. As IT Is,
! there is nothing. The government is not
! asked to make any appropriation at pres
| ent, though 1t may eventually be request
! ed TO give financial aid to the institution.
/ The bill introduced by Senator Frye SIM
| ply charters the university and turns
! over to the governing council tho right to
! take over the land which Washington
! wlled for the grounds Of tho institution.
| or, at least, left 1t to be sold and the
proceeds to go to the establishment OF a
great university. national IN Its charac-
ter. Governor Hoyt said to-day that he
grant the charter there would be very 1T
tie difficulty, comparatively, In securing
liberal donations from the men OF wealth.
of the country towards getting the uni
verslty started, and that after that he
beloved the money would come In rapidly
AN ERROR,
| A great obstacle In the way OF the es
Enlistment Of tho national university
Z has been the opposition OF tho older uni
versities Of the country, those which are
older than the government. Harvard and
Yale have always opposed 1t, and they arc
making fight against 1t to-day. They
fear that national institution OF tbs
character It Is proposed to make the ono
contemplated BY tho Frye bill would
compete with them.
There could be no greater error" sale
Governor Hoyt. 1T Is proposed to make
the national university one for graduates
of other institutions exclusively. 1t would
not compete with any other university
In the country. But It Is proposed tc
make 1t the greatest university IN the
world.
1 Mr., Andrew p, White. Tor years thu
ambassador Of the United States at Der,
lln Is greatly interest In the movement
tor the establishment Of the university
IN a letter to Governor Hoyt he expresses
MS INtcIest dUu i|'n CcN|'oGUSN l|ldt NlIt
government will finally take the mattel
lii hand and carry. out the wishes en-
pressed by Washington In his will.
In the letter referred to Mr., White say:
he Is more and more Impressed with thu
wisdom of WASHINGTON In wanting q uni
yerslty located here. He says that th'
North is going far ahead Of the South II
the matter Of the general diffusion O
knowledge-that is. the North Is dolnt
much more Tor the education OF the mass
es Of the people than the South IL doing
the gulf between the two sections Will b.
so great that they Will hate each other
He thinks the danger OF such q palamit,
would be greatly lessened II there wer,
at the national capital a great universit!
be educated. free from all sectional intu
cnces, II may be that the people Of tn
South will not generally agree with MI
White that the North Is doing so mucl
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