The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-19
,of $a5,oo,oe is Tabor college, Iowa.

lie, of $4,000 to Sabor college, Iowa.
S. This exactly accords with what
Mr.. Carnegie s. private secretary said to
President Morley on pledging him the
1900 Tor4 otir library, viz, We have
money for yous If only we car, be con-
IVinced that you have growth and prom
| isesin You, a coily ction that can come to
us only as we shall see your citizens
lyour business men on the spotshowing
by their deeds that they believe in you.
How else can we know that our money,
I3if given, is well placed Go home and
tell your people what We say.
81 Further, let il not Be overlooked
| that one Of the country's great capital
lists and benefactors nearer home has
|sjust said to lis that as soon as he fulfills
his pledge of $4,000 to, each of two
other institutions. Macalister and Ham
line, he will be glad again to consider
Itis. say again, for already has he
helped us to $4,000.
And now, in the light Of the fore
going, is not the following plan of pro-
ceeding, Ga plan submitted to DR. Viii
lianls while here and approved by hiin)
feasible, viz: sss
600 to endow the building which MIR.
Carnegie on that condition agrees to-
erect, that building to be used BY us
for school as well as for distinctivelyi
library purposes, according as our needs
shall be.
l21 The money SO raised by us, aside
from erecting the library building, to.
stand as ain object lesson, as it were,
la@ to those in the state outside Of
Fargo who are saying that as the ap-
preciation OF property on account Of the
location Of the college IS here. we ought
to be first and foremost in laying down
money for it; (b to Mr.. Carnegie,
whose further gifts il will certainly
prompt; and last but not. least, to.
DR.. Piersons, whose unequalled generos-
Eitys is deserving of the response and
whose further help, in a manner, turns
on whether or no that response be forth
coming ia For mark
lf the Carnegie library is secured,
we raising the ST 5000 endowment as.
above, we are next to look for pro-
sposal from DIR. Persons to the effect
Il Substantially that he will give lis ail-s
other $4,000 OH condition that we raise
pI5O,UOO 5DSsiurSt 11litl WAitfc tl III Sl LtilS
3$I5o,ooo besides may seem formidable,
a square look at facts shows it not to.
be so, but helpful instead for
Fargo having met his condition
as to the library, we may next expect,
and lii part through DR. Persons good
offices with him, from M I. Carnegie him
self assurance of the last $4,000 Of
the $4,000; his secretary promise to5
President Morley tlius being fulfilled.
l5) There would then be left $751;
900 of the grand sum for Fargo's SIS
900 is to count on it and is to her share
toward IT'D J, and We have all outdoors to-
raise it in the state of North Dakota
and the great northwest; the College
and Educasional society which has al
ready given Us rising Of $4,000; the
grand and generous east, ever open
handed toward the west, etc, sum that,
our new president, or ollt. new financial
agent, as the case may be-, under the
stimulus of the down grade the college
is THUS to gain. will certairly obtain.
Imay further add that DR.. Viii
Iiarns opinion IS that should we raise
the $2oo,ooo within the reasonable per-
iod say of two years, We could confident
ly expect from 4 DR. Persons and Mr..
Carnegie like addition and iincondi-
toned $4,000, each Herewith to erect
4 dormitory one for boys and the other
for girls.
aAre tile citizens Of i largo ready to put
the ball rolling NE Sis 900 falling to
them as planned secures the library; that
brings the Persons $4,000 challenge
d challenge ID be responded TO, the best