The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-23
THAT Y. NJ. c. a. BUILDING.
Plans for the Construction of Sheldon
Hall at Washburn.

The WaShburn Review of this week
prints the following concerning Shell
don Hall which friends of the noted
Topeka divine are planning to build
on Washburn campus. With the arti-
ticle is a picture of Mr.. Sheldon and
the proposed structure.
The movement which was started
early last year to plan for and raise
funds for the erection of a building on
the campus in honor of Mr.. Charles
NJ. Sheldon, who has been for years
intimately connected with Washburn,
is gaining Roadway, and with as much
activity during the remainder of the
year as there has been during the
short time that the project has been
under way it is quite certain that the
desired amount will be raised by next
June.
The Young Womens and Young
Mems Christian associations are hard
at work in their earnest attempt to
have this amount raised by the cele-
bration of the fortieth anniversary of
the college next spring. President
Plass Miss White and Mr.. Dadisman
have the matter actively in charge.
The building will meet every urgent
need there is now for a permanent
place for the college organizations.
and it is but fitting, in accordance
with a suggestion originating with Mr..
Sandison of the Christian Herald, that
the friends of the college and of Mr..
Sheldon should plan, even while he is
yet with us, to erect upon the campus
a monument that will fittingly express
their appreciation of the man and his
work.
Mr. Sheldon is a potent factor in the
student life of Washburn college. His
visits to the campus are of almost daily
occurrence; his constant thought is for
the good of the students; his stories are
first written for their edification; he
contributes much as college Pastor"
to their spiritual development; he is
greatly beloved by every one.
OF course, Mr.. Sheldon, with charac-
teristic modesty, should have objected
to this, but his interest in the highest
welfare of the students is so great that
he has graciously yielded, and is lend
ing his name and influence to a project
that he feels will confer lasting spirit
ual benefits upon generations of boys
and girls. He generously offers to con-
tribute to the enterprise the proceeds of
one of his books.
Washburn. with nearly 700 students.
and its rapidly widening influence, is
distinctive Christian college, and stands
greatly in need of building for the
students that shall be the home of their
religious and social life.
l.. 1t will contain parlorS, offices and
reading room for the Y. NJ. c. A. and
Y. w. c. A.
2. 1t will furnish kitchen and lunch
room, which are much needed in con-
nection with receptions. and for the ac-
commodation of day students coming
from a distance.
8. 1t will provide an auditorium for
religious and other student gatherings,
for open meetings of the literary socie-
ties, debates, etc.
A. 1t will contain halls for the regular
meetings of the student literary Socie-
ties. both of the young men and wo-
men.
3. 1t will yield quarters for the staff
of the, college paper, and for the board
of control of the Athletic association.
6. 1t will provide a trophy room for
the preservation and display of college
trophies.
7. The parlors and reading room,
connected by the rotunda, will afford
a bundant space for the accommodation
of all student receptions.
This building will cost, with furnish
ings, about SIS 900. The fund has been
begun by the students and faculty,
whose gifts will aggregate $4,000. The
appeal is now made to those friends of
the college and of Mr.. Sheldon who be-
lieve in exalting an earnest social and
religious life among college students,
and in making paramount, through this
material demonstration, the Christian
side of modern education. The Spirit
ual Life of Washburn. college will be
greatly fostered by the erection of Shell
don hall.
The canvass win be brought to a sue
cessful termination by June, 1905, if
possible, when the fortieth anniversary
of the college will be celebrated.