Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
BOOST FOR A UNIVERSITY
Public Spirited Citizens Endorse Plans
for Seat Of Learning.
WHAT Is WANTED FROM OMAHA
Three d Thousand Dollars In
sight ~ This City VIII Raise
Two HUNDREDS Thousand
a. n starter.

ecclesIasticaI control while, at the same
time, conducting to the highest ano most
useful type Of citizenship, ana thdt We
hereby tender the project our encourage
ment and support.
This resolution was unanimously adopted
by a rising vote at the close OF q banquet
at the Rome hotel Monday night at which
the project of a new university for Omaha
was discussed by the leading citizens OF
the city. About seventy Of the most promi-
nent men of Omaha gathered to hear OF
the project and to learn Of what had been
done looking toward the establishment of
the university, which involves the moving
Of Bellevue college to Omaha.
That considerable progress toward the
establishment of this university has already
been made developed from statements made
by DIR. II. H. Maynard, financial secre-
tary of Bellevue college, and BY DR.. D.. Il.
Jenkins of the Omaha Theological seminary.
These gentlemen made the statement that
$500, COO will be given to the university from
the general educational fund of NS,0OO,0o
given by ]. d. Rockefeller, provided Omaha
would give $4,000. 1t was also stated that
s2S. 900 Of this money had already been
given, 5000 Of it having been given by one
donor who was present, but whose name
was not given.
General c. F. Henderson was toast
master and enlivened the meeting by
several byplays. At the close he told Of
the good such a university could do to the
city and bewailed the antics Of city Of
ficisls, high in office, who delighted to act
in a most undignified manner.
4 where the Press stands.
Another interesting episode was called
forth when General Henderson called upon
Victor Rosewater to state h the atti-
tude of the Omaha press would be toward
supporting the new university. Mr.. Rose
water replied that The Bee always stood
ready to support any proposition which
was for the good Of Omaha but said he
could not speak for the press of the other
side, which had opposed the acceptance
Of Rockefeller's tainted money for the Uni
versity of Nebraska. He suggested that
as q representative Of the Herald
was present he might be permitted to
state what the attitude of his paper would
be in this case.
General Henderson then called upon w.
R. Watson, managing editor of the World
Herald, for his views. Mr.. Watson side
stepped from the former position of his
paper that it was not right for an educa-
tional institution to accept tainted money
by stating that the World Herald would
not take a back seat for any one but
would stand up for anything that was for
the good of Omaha.
A big things of Omaha have had q
small beginning said General Henderson
ut was so with the Transmlssissippi ex.
position, suggested by e. Rosewater. Live
vigorous men carried 1t forward to a great
success and Omaha owes all these men 9
debt of gratitude. Success has come tc
. most things Omaha has undertaken. YOU
Y are aunha rkfnU IN m oufarOrisa 80 o,on,
D Importance to Omaha but when the citizen.
ship of Omaha puts its shoulder to the
wheel 1t is sure to succeed"
Judge Howard Kennedy told Of the his
Q tory OF Bellevue college from its founda
\ ton to the present time and told of tn,
greater advantages of such a college IL 1
. was located in Omaha.
a., Great Field in Omaha.
Rev. Edwin Hart jerks, pastor of tn,
First Presbyterian church, told OF the need
of omaha for Just such a university as Il
planned. I'VE should look forward to tn,
days that are to come" said DR., jerks
I'VE are proud of our state university. bu
we want to form ours on a little differen
plan. A university helps to complete tn,
fabric of a great city. This is not to b,
3 a Presbyterian univerBity-we have on,
now-but we want a university on broa,
lines"
II know of no place in the country wher,
: there is an open field for a great educa
tional institution like Omaha" said DR.. H
n. Maynard, who is in close touch will
those who are giving large sums to educa
tien. Can 1t be done? That Is the cues
| ton, and / turn that question right bacl
to you gentlemen. Societies have advertise,
| 1t to the world hat they are In the fell
TO help institutions OF this kind. The boar,
now has si3,ocO.0c0 and I understand Their,
Is more to come. The income of this mono,
is to be given to institutions which vii
meet the conditions. which vary as IN,
board thinks fit. When that board take
hold of an institution 1t sticks by II
Andrew Carnegie has also gone into tn,
college business as he expresses Il. II tn,
conditions are right the money will b,
given to you. 1t all depends on Omaha
We want 100000 from Omaha and we vii
engage to put up $4,000. That will no
make q university. but 1t is the first stem
That Will give us a campus and a liberia
arts building and considerable over for
nest egg. / think 1 know OF three peopI
who Will give a building apiece"
II. H.. Baldrige spoke Of the civic side o
the project and gave 1t az his opinion tina
the great universities should be In tn,
centers of population.
Educator's Viewpoint.
DR.. w. M Davidson, superintendent n
the public schools, told OF the relation o
the secondary schools to a university. H,
told of the advantages Of having dtfferen
%centers of education and said that a
per cent Of the attendance at Harvar,
came within q radius Of 100 miles of Bos
ton and that the same was nearly tru
OF Lincoln. Mr.. Davidson advocated Tn,
establishment at the start OF a school n
applied sciences. saying that technIca
schools are coming to the fore most ran
idly in this country and that this Wa,
omaha's opportunity. He said that onl,
30 per cent of the graduates OF the higl
school at Omaha went to colleges or uni
versities, but with the establishment az
university in Omaha that could be raise,
to 50 per cent In ten years.
DR.. 7. J. Mackay of All Saints churc,
said that the churches were not meetin,
the requirements OF giving boys ana zirl
a Christian education nor does the sunda
school meet the issue. He said the mos