The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22

The fact may now be definitely stated that there is no danger that the Arkansas state normal will not be located at Conway or that our bid for the location of this institution will not be met in every particular.
 Assurance of this fact, however, was not had until yesterday morn ing, when an enthusiastic meeting of business men and citizens of Conway was held in the Masonic hall and over half of the balance required to bring the subscriptions up to a cash basis was subscribed. Committees were working yester- day afternoon to ascertain exactly what was needed and another meeting will be held this morning, when the matter Is expected to be finally closed up.
 Though little more money is yet needed, the tenor of the meet ing left no doubt in the minds of those present that 1t will be raised.
 MT. Donaghey's Report.
 George w. Donaghey, who re- turned Monday night from trip of inspection of the normals of Georgia and South Carolina, called the meeting to order and proceeded to outline the resnlt of his observa- tions. He was struck with the magnitude of these institutions and was sure that the price which Con- way had agreed to pay for the nor nal was reasonable indeed com pared to the benefits which we would gain from it.
 MT. Donaghey spoke in part as follows:
 Athens, Ga., was the first point which we visited This is city I5,ooo to 20, 900 population, lying in the eastern part of the state. 1t is apparently wealthy town, and has the cleanest appearance Of any place l have ever seen. It has paved streets and sidewalks, water works and sewerage, a street car system, some fine office buildings and some of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen. It has a , few factories, but is mainly sup ported by agriculture, and five rall- roads enter the city.
 Besides the normal, this city IS the location of the state university and several other educational lnstl- tutions. The university IS said to be the oldest state educational ln- x .stitution in existence, having been founded in I797. From a political aspect, the university, on account of its sgreat age and influence, seems to dominate the normal, the same board of trustees being ln control of both, possibly making p the growth of the normal slower than it would otherwise have been. The interest of the state IS also d. vided among several other educa- tional institutions, among them being fourteen agricultural schools. ! The Georgia Normal
 "Tne normal was located in Athens about thirteen years ago. Dr. E. R. Branson, at the head ol x the institution, is one ot the mos' intensely earnest and energetic men ever met, and think It Is largely due to his untiring efforts that the normal has had such rapid growth. He treated oul party with the greatest considera non and showed us many cour' tesies.
 "The normal has a campus o 36 acres. When told that tn' Arkansas normal would have o( acres. Dr. Branson said we were very fortunate as the need of ian' T. was one of the most serious olhi culties with which the Georgi' school was confronted. ne lano is needed for agricultural purposes The normal last year, on its llmite( campus, cleared SIooo on It's asii cultural products. ef
 "On this campus there some ni m teen buildings, but they are Oaui1 arranged, showing lack of a gener Ir,l al plan in locating them; aI I buildings are fairly we'll planned planned one of them being all eNcelien ., piece of architecture, given by tn' Winnie Davis Memorial Asaocia ton of Georgia and called Winni, Davis hall. Another was uona.e' t,,