The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-05-25
THAT BIG FORSYTH SCHOOL
Beautiful l60 Acre Site Secured School
to Open January First, 1906.

to be established here by the Presby
terian board of missions, though inac
curate in some particulars and prema
ture in some statements, will interes
all Republican readers, as showing th,
view taken OF the institution by wide
awake people ON the outside, The
Springfield Republican of tho 18th in
slant says;
Forsyth, the county seat of Taney
county, is soon TO become one of the
greatest educational centers of Mis-
souri,, thus again verifying the old bu;
true adage that Everything comes tc
those who wait
For more than two years the Presby.
terian board OF missions have through
their various committees and repre-.
sentatives canvassed all of southwes,
Missouri for suitable location for an.
other one of their most popular Chris.
tian colleges of which they have estab.
lished quite number throughout the
United States. Several OF the repre-
sentatives of the beard Of missions have
visited Forsyth, as we'll as many other
of the towns and cities OF southwest
Missouri within the past two years
with view of selecting u suitable site
for this college, all of whom reported
to the Presbyterian synod, which con.
vened at Cape Girardeau, Mo-, in the
autumn of 1904
At that meeting of the synod Il vast
number of the southwest Missouri towns
pressed their claims for recognition
and for the establishment of the col
lege in their respective communities,
but when the matter was finally taken
up and submitted to the synod on the
question OF health and central location
all rival towns were compelled to yield
and acknowledge their inferior natural
advantages, and so Forsyth easily won
the college site with advantages TO
spare.
The board OF Missions has already
selected and purchased tract Of
land, consisting Of 100 acres, which is
just ono-half mile east of the Forsyth
town site on which this college will be
located and built
The site is most beautiful aud pic.
turesque one, on which 10 locate such
an educational institution. 1t occupies
an elevation some 400 feet above the
town of Forsyth, and overlooks the
beautiful Swan and White rivers,
along which is SO much beautiful
natural scenery.
Actual work of construction will COM
mence about June first and il is en-
pected that the corner stone of the col
lege will be laid on July 4.
The event is to be recognized and
honored by celebration and picnic on
the college grounds, and appropriate
ceremonies will be participated in by
the Presbyterian church, the college
board, the lodges of Free Masons, Odd
Fellows and Modern Woodmen. The
plans for construction have already
been drawn by the architect, and eleven
college buildings are to be erected,
with the chapel occupying position
in the center of the group, consisting
OF class room buildings, girls dormi-
tory boys dormitory, refectory, presi-
dents home, stables, power house, fac.
tories, shops and water tower.
The campus and grounds arc beau.
tifully laid Off, and will be most hand.
somely decorated. The college will
put in an electric plant, and generate
its own electricity with which the
grounds and buildings will be illumi.
mated. The college will also have its
own watcrworks and steam heat.
The material TO be used in the con.
struction OF all buildings will be ma.
tive stone, which will be taken from
quarries on the college lands near the
place Of construction. The buildings
alone now 10 be erected will cost SIOO..
900 and ii is expected that the same
will be completed so that the college
can be opened on January ], 1906
When completed this will be one of the
greatest educational institutions in the
state.
There will be nothing TO equal it be.
tween Springfield and Little Rock.
With the new Missouri Pacific railroad
across the country, the new steamboat
on the upper White river plying be-
tween Forsyth and the railroad at
Branson, it is believed that Forsyth and
Taney county will experience this year
one Of the greatest booms Of any sec
tion OF south west Missouri.
Ruth postoffice In Stone county will
hereafter be Reed Spring, TO cores.