The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-13
], M, DAVIS DEEDS
The UNIVERSITY
Turns Over Friends School to
the Trustees.
ENDOWMENT is $4,000
Work of the Friends Yearly
Meeting

James NJ. Davis and Anna T. Davis his
wife, Of the city OF St. Louis, No. of the
first part, and the Kansas Yearly Meeting
Of the Society of Friends, corporation,
of the second part
In consideration of love and affection
for the cause Of education, and further
consideration of the performance by the
said party Of the second part, of all con-
ditions precedent to the taking effect Of
a certain agreement made and entered
into on the seventh day of February,
eighteen hundred and lightweight. be-
tween the said parties hereto, including
the creation Of an endowment fund
amounting to the sum Of fifty thousand
dollars, the performance Of which said
condition is hereby acknowledged, do by
these presents grant bargain, sell and
convey in trust unto the said second part
and it's successors for school purposes,
the following described property situated
in the city of Wichita, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, to-wit.
The above is the commencement Of one
of the most important deeds filed in this
county in q long time. 1t was filed in
the register Of deeds Office yesterday
and conveys the Friends University,
campus and dormitories to the Friends
Yearly meeting, and in addition, $50 city
lots The total value of the property is
about a quarter of a million dollars.
James NJ Davis is a very rich man and
off r.
and the Friends church viii make his
name honored and revered in the years to
come This means that the Friends Uni
versity has come to stay. Mr.. Davis
bought the valuable property and he Of
fered it to the Friends Yearly meeting
on certain conditions. intending to insure
the permanency of the great institution
OF learning. all of which have been ful-
filled and hence the deed.
1t was the turning of this deed over to
the Yearly meeting Of the Friends in this
city yesterday morning that capped the
climax of the enthusiasm which COM
mence gathering strength Saturday after
noon when the money necessary to meet
Mr. Davis requirements was secured.
Saturdays meeting was most extra
ordinary one. for the enthusiasm and good
feeling ran so high that few would rec
ognize those of the assembly as staid
Quakers.
The great han was packed with peo-
pie and standing room was at premium.
Everybody good naturally stood waiting
with bated breath. waiting for something,
they scarcely knew what, but the trus-
tees knew Two years ago the ball was
started rolling TO raise the $4,000 en-
uowment necessary TO meet the require
rnents Of Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Davis before
presenting the great university properties
to the Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends
Nearly $4,000 was raised at that time and
subsequent subscriptions by members OF
the church had raised the amount to near
" $4,000. leaving nearly $4,000 to raise
in the face Of the meeting. Several in
attendance had already subscribed $1,000
TO 5000 a goodly number from $500 to
$50 and many who had taken stock in
the enterprise to the amount of from
SIS To 500
President Stanley, the presiding clerk
of the Yearly meeting. came forth in his
suave and pleasant manner with a deter
animation written on his brow bespeaking
the fact that the Quakers of the great
southwest were now ready to redeem their
pledge a year ahead Of time and get the
deed of trust to property worth more
than quarter of million dollars.
All knew that the genial president Vas
going to stay by the stuff and fight
it out on that line if it took all the after
noon and night Mr Calvin Kessinger
and wife of Leavenworth. who had al
ready subscribed heavily started the ball
by agreeing 20 put up the last $1,000 should
the remainder of the necessary amount
be subscribed.
Most of the big subscribers had prev
iously loaded themselves down and the
subscription amounts dropped to $500, four
of which were taken by Wichita mem
bers of the church. Then followed smaller
subscriptions till the amount nearly
reached $780, when David L. Davis read
the happy news that Margaret Davis. an
aged aunt of the donor and one Of the
staunch pillars of the church, deeds land
ed property TO the university endowment
TO the amount of Sl0.90 This announce
ment was received with great applause.
rs that made the endowment nearly
s5S.oco
Then came most happy occasion.
James n. Davis and his wife. Anna Davis.
the donors. were invited to the platform
Mr. Davis. in his practical business
like manner. stepped forth placed his
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