The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
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The train service in and out of To-
peka is taken care Of by the three big
trunk lines of the west. the Santa Fe.
Rock Island and Union Pacific, while
the Missouri Pacific has line enter
ing the city. Then Topeka is a cOnVen-
tion city and offers the advantages of
these gatherings as a study fo- pupils
of her eight private educational insti-
buttons. Their there is the state his
t0rical library, the most complete by
far in this section Of the country, open
at all times to the researches of the
students. The bird collection at the
state house is one of the most notable
and complete in the country and the
horticultural exhibit Is also very fine.
Topeka is a beautiful place in which
to live, located in the high and healthy
Kaw valley. The cost of living here
Is no greater than in smaller cities.
The city is now paying more atten-
aion than ever before to the work of
developing her educational resources
hnd thus reaping the natural advant--
ages possessed as a city of culture and
learning. 1t is expected that all rec
A1rds in attendance at the schools and
colleges OF this city Will be broken
Eext winter.
Washburn College.
The growth of WaShburn college
has paralleled in an interesting way
the growth of the state. During the
years when Kansas was struggling
for existence, the college was
founded. AS the state slowly but
surely developed the college laid sure
foundations and the prosperous times
that came in the late nineties found
an institution already rich in charac-
ter and traditions and ideals. In the
later years Washburn has grown
rapidly. New buildings have been
added year by year until the equip
ment of the college is worth nearly
half a million dollars. The endow-
ment will soon reach 100000. The
increase in attendance has kept pace
+ over seven hundred students were
enrolled in long term courses last
year.
most hopeful. The college has called
to fits presidency a man of national
reputation as an educator, DR.. Frank
K. Sanders. The new president is
broad minded man of exceptional train
ing and comes from his position as
dean of the theological department
of Yale university thoroughly awake
to the best modern methods of higher
education and with a far reaching
plan for the sane expansion and
growth of this college.
The Thomas memorial gymnasium
has been completed and will offer
unsurpassed advantages for the
physical training of the young men
and women who enter in September.
This handsome spacious new building
fills long felt need at the college.
No better quarters for the football,
EAsebdAis Il sASA' oaSASlbaAI' anu OtLSi
teams can be found west of the
Mississippi while indoor training can
be continued in spite of Indictment
weather on the fields.
Old Rice hall, the old main build
ing of Washburn forty years ago,
has been remodeled throughout since
the fire which destroyed the two up
per stories. Laboratories and lee
ture halls have been made larger and
more modern at great expense while
the entire fourth floor was arched
over and converted into a great
museum where the many renowned
collections have been attractively and
beneficialIy housed
Indeed no better equipped institu-|
Gicn for the doing well all that