Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1906-03-09
BLACK HILLS ACADEMY.
One Will BE Located in the Hills.-Hot
Springs Opportunity.

One Will BE Located in the Hills.-Hot
Springs Opportunity.
DR.. Nicholson, president Of the
Dakota Wesleyan University at Mitch.
ell, one of the leading and strong
educational inititutions of the west
will probably reach Hot Springs Sat
urday, accompanied by four members
of the executive committee of the
university. They go to Rapid City
Deadwood and other Hills towns first
and stop here en- route home. The
university has decided to establish an
academy, or branch, in the Black Hills
and several Hills towns are anxious
to have it located at their towu. The
committee will carefully consider the
inducements, including conditions,
opportunities and such other ques-
tions as enter into the location of such
an institution, and then present their
conclusions to the committee at Nit
chell
No town that has an established
educational institution would part
with it for goodsized fortune.
In fact money could not buy such a
thing from any town where they are
successfully established. Not less
than 100 students would be the starter
for this academy, and there would very
likely by even more at the beginning,
and it would rapidly grow until it
would be doubled within the second
year. Figure on this little and see
what it would mean to the town. With
the students would come many extra
families, so that from a probable en-
rollment of 100 at first there would be
% families locate here. Within two
years we firmly believe from 200 to BOO
students and people would be located
here during at least nine months of
the year-and some Of them would be-
come permanent fixtures here. And
such an enterprise on a solid financial
basis does not remain at stand still:
it continues to grow constantly, bring
ing new students and new people con-
tinually. There is no end to its growth
and improvement. 1t advertises
a town like nothing else can. The
students scatter out each year, and
Ispread the news of the towns beauty,
its climate, its inducements to health
and homeseekers, its educational ad-
vantages, and the many things that we
want the world to know about us. The
arguments for trying to secure this
educational institution are too APPARENT
to all to need of any discussion, but
the STAR desires to impress upon the
citizens of the place that there now
seems to be an opportunity to secure
what the place has always desired-a
solid, strong institution for higher
education. The matter has been con.
sidered by several organizations at
different times, and partially looked
into, but this is the first time that we
are aware of when an educational
society has sent its executive commit
tee here, or to the Black Hills to pick
out the place to locate their school
1t is announced that DR.. Nichol
son will preach upon an educational
topic at the city hall Sunday night
Every citizen should be present
and thus lend encouragement to the
proposition. DR.. Nicholson is one Of
the finest and most interesting public
speakers of the west and it will be &
rare treat to hear him. He speaks al
the Methodist church in the morning
Regarding this move of getting this
institution the Deadwood Pionee,
Times says:
'Deadwood has the chance to become
the first bidder for new seminary O,
academy to be erected at some poin,
in the Black Hills. 1t was announced
yesterday that DR.. Nicholson, presi-
dent of the Dakota University at
Mitchell, and four members of the
executive board for the college would
leave that point today for the Black
Hills. The object of their visit is to
look over and secure if possible a site
for a school building. This school
will be used for a training school to
prepare young men for the university.
} Il has long been the intention of the
college to establish such feeder in
the Black Hills and they have quietly
been raising money until it is now
understood they have q considerable
proportion of $4,000 set aside for that
, Ipurpose. The Dakota university is g
Methodist institution and the Metho
dist are strong in the Hills, but the
academy they have in mind starting
here would, it was stated, be non
tseotarian school and open to all GLASSES
of ambitious young men. DR.. Nichol
son and the trustees will look over
> Desdwood. Rapid City and Hot Syringe
3 the three locations already mentioned
al They will ask and strive to get ,
a donation of site with the provision
that they erect substantial buildinl
md maintain a Avet o1oo. ...l.-.