Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-05-18
a WORTHY CAUSE

following a place in our columns.
II is self explanatory, and we be
lieve deserving of a wide circula-
tion:
''SloUN FALLS. january. 1905.
III beg leave to send to certain
selected persons an appeal in be-
half Of All Saints School. | bring
the matter ZIP just now, because
am sure of S37 900 from friends in
the east towards an endowment.
provided / can secure $4,000 from
people living in this state.
In view Of this appeal, several
pertinent questions arise:
|. Is an endowment needed!
Other educational institutions of
our state have found it necessary
to secure endowment. and colleges
located i'm the oldest and wealthicst
communities of the land colleges
like Wellesley. Smith, Harvard.
and Yale. require endowments
much more. of course, TN institu-
ton like All Saints School situa-
ted among the struggling people
of a naw part of our country.
| III. In trying to raise an en-
dowmcnt, why does the school look
to people generally and not continc
its expectations of aid to IL partic-
ular class.
Because the school deserves
place in the interest of the people
of South Dakota entirely indcpcn-
dent of its location and entirely
independent of its relation to the
Episcopal church. 1t has quite
outgrown it's merely local relations
relations, and has become what it
was always intended to be--an in
stitution of which the whole state
may be proud, and whose advan-
tages the whole state may enjoy.
AS evidence of it's general char
acter and it's right to appeal to the
people generally, consider that
Sioux Falls. the town in which the
school is located, has already given
largely towards its establishment
and development. The city gave
$40. 600 toward the erection of the
first building: 81, ,25O towards it's
enlargement in 1901, and 81, ,11O
towards the gymnasium in 1904.
Her people will take a material in
terest in the present movement to
secure an endowment.
| The school. while under the gen
eral direction of the Episcopal
church, has always been conducted
in generous spirit. Its catalog
has always contained in a promi-
nent place this statement of prin-
ciples: "The religious instruction
is according to the system of the
\ Protestant Episcopal church, the
chief stress being laid on the great
truths ON which all Christians
agree.
Ill. Are the property and fin
ancial condition of the school of
such character as to make it q
safe investment for the gifts of
generous and busincss-like people
Yes. The school is worth east
ly 100000. The title to it's land
and buildings is vested in an incor-
porated board of trustees Care
was taken in forming this corpo-
ration that there should not be
gathered together in the hands of
a few persons. residents in one
town, the powers which ought to
be distributed among many per
sons living in different parts OF the
state. Nine different towns arc
represented in this board of trust
ees. The property is at once snug
and manageable and suited to its
uses. II occupies six acre tract
shut off from nuisances and intru
sion ny streets slXtyslX feet wide
which surround it on every side
The whole property is entirely
| free from debt and from liability
to encumbrance of any description
o You will help.
Checks should be drawn to orde1
OF W. III. Hare. President. or q
W. Lewis. treasurer. and maileC
to either OF ;- ut Sioux Falls. o
to Rev. +. Ashley. Cheyenne Ag
ency. 5. y.
WILLIAM Ii. HARE,
Bishop, and President OF
Al Saints Schoo
! Cleared for Action.