The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-06

is the only protestant boarding school
1 in Kansas for girls.
tWaShburn college has grown steadi-
y. Five years ago if had 32S students
and today $50. The faculty now num-
/ bers 10l. The new law library has over
5000 volumes. The number of students
entering the medical college this fall is
larger than ever, despite the doubling
OF the entrance requirements. The
music school has 200 students this year
The financial advance of Washburn
college is remarkab BILE. More than $780,
600 year has been added to the per-
manent value of the college in the last
three years, and this does not include
| the $4,000 annual budget of current ex-
penses of each of the last two years.
| Washburn is now spending far more an
nualy on its students Lkah any other
church-suppOrted school in Kansas. It's
equipment, even over and above the four
new buildings erected in the last three
years has been remarkable-Over 600
in the departments of physics and astrOn-
onay, over $4,000 in the departments of
biology ana mineralOgy; several thou
sand added to the general equipment, in
Guiding new books for the general and
department libraries. Washburn has be-
gun to come to its home recognition,
and is taking command Of the educa-
tional attention of the state and the
larger southwest"
Sample ON the state.
Fierce fiery warriors fought upon
the clouds,
In ranks and squadrons and right form
OF war
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol
Edward P. Sample brought the mes
sage from the rest of the state. His ad-
dress was one of the big features of the
evening. He said in part:
claim not q commission from the
entire state to speak with authority and
r,G
sentiment is the same as it is here. On
/ behalf of the great state we have with
US a most distinguished citizen OF
whom we are all proud who will to-
night thrill US with his eloquence. At
present his duties are many and quite
diverging. His masters not only de-
mand of him that he keep the lid nail
ed tight, but whenever called, to go
! forth to foreign states and territories
and proudly proclaim, there is nothing
the matter with Kansas.
ITO me it is a fact well. proven that
come to the most beautiful and by
| far the most important city IN Kansas
from the states faireSt that Topeka IS
/ the logical place for the exposition. My
! dear friends ponder If you viii for a
moment and you viii realize the great
| importance of the anticipated expOSl-
/ ton Born was Kansas amid the roar
of cannon and din Of musSetry. The
4 brief history of the state is a record OF
warfare and blOodshed, or drOughs and
hot winds, of crop failures and mort
/ gage foreclosures, intellectual ad-
1 Vancement and marvellous prosperity.
The story Of the early Kansas pioneers
whose lips were oft parched by the
/ winds of adversely is one that causes
] every chord of sympathy within US 10
vibrate with emotion. 1 doubt not but
many of those brave men and women
4 ia the darkest hours of their existence
/ wondered if the God who had cfeateu
/ them had not forSaken them. WIN
Z
! mounted difficulties on every hand and
/ on prairies desOlate builded homes ana
/ churches with a determination and zeal
/ that know no parallel in modern MS
/ tory. More, these brave home Dulldels
were fmbued with the spirit or INDUSTRY
and integrity which has been imbibed
| nv the later generation and IS today
responsible for our holding an enVlable
nosition in the galaxy of states and
+ daily contribute more than our snare
to the national civic prosperity. Dur
! ine The years of our existence and rela-
| tjo7, existing between the state and To-
pelxa has been sympathetic. Our rant
/ l1res and discourag enents have Deen
vour failures and dfscOuragements- Our
/ successes and prosperity likewise yours.
! while we were struggling for 1oothoi0
/ in the state you were fighting for com
| mercfal supremacy with the nelghoorlne
ss1Tbe temporary relation which will
/ exist between Topeka and the state
/ during ali the time we are preparing
/ for the exposition viii be that of mas
fer and servant. You viii be the ser
wants ana we will be the masters we
win expect you to do our bidding. AtLeI
Inc arrangements are all made and the
exoosition formally opened the relation
viii change to that of hostess to guest
| we win visit your prosperous city by
the thousands, we viii throng, your
1 +~aate end admire your beautiful ave-
mes lined on either side by majestic
frees. and illuminated at night by q
million lights. register at your excel
lent hotels and take possession OF YOU
| I,.s.,,es II the Central Branch still re-