Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-06-30
AIDING THE COLLEGE.

With committee appointed to So
licit financial aid for Dallas College,
and this committee ready to proceed
with its work, the future of the school
now rests with the people of Dallas.
Plans for raising by popular subscrip-
tion the $4,000 needed for the con-
struction of a new administration
building have been worked out by the
committee, and it now remains to be
tuition will rally to its support to the
extent Of providing the necessary
structure. With anything like a gem
eral and enthusiastic response to this
call for financial assistance, the task
of raising the money will be easy and
the burden will not fall heavily upon
amy Individual subscriber.
The plan of raising this fund, so far
as it has been considered by the com
mittee, is to find five friends Of the
college who will be willing to sub
scribe $1,000 each, and ten men or
women who will give $500 each. This
would provide the sum of 10000
construction of the new building.
With this $4,000. subscribed. it is be-
lieved that the work of raising the
remaining $4,000 in smaller sub
scriptions would not prove difficult
After having talked with numerous
friends of the school, and especially
with local business men who appre-
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business and social life Of Dallas,
President Winter is of the opinion
that these larger subscriptions can be
secured by reasonable amount of
effort on the part of the soliciting
committee. He finds that the business
men and heavy property owners OF
Dallas are friendly to the college and
that there exists general desire to
build up and strengthen the school
here, rather than to see it removed
to some other locality because of a |
lack of support in its home town. |
Having interviewed many men and
women of means, he believes the
work of securing five $1,000 subscribe
ers and ten $500 subscribers in Dallas
and its immediate vicinity will not |
prove difficult of accomplishment.
President Winters past success as
financial agent in raising money for
the endowment fund of the school |
entities his opinions to much weight. |
BY his own personal effort, he raised |
the endowment from $4,000 to $25.-
900, without neglecting for any great
length of time his Office duties as
President of the institution. 1t must
be remembered, too, that all of this
money was raised in Oregon, the
General Conference having declined
churches for a general canvass until
such time as the Oregon Conference
and the people of Dallas should
demonstrate In a practical way that
they were interested in the success of
the school nd were willing to contrib
ute to its support and development.
Having secured the required $685. 4
900 for the endowment fund, Presi-
dent Winter is now ready to join with
the people of Dallas In the work of
raising a sufficient amount of money
to build the needed administration
building. II successful in securing
this fund during the vacation months.
he viii leave for the East in the early
autumn to take up the work of in
ereaslng the endowment to $4,000
or 100000. and win remain there
until the money is raised. Armed
with the $4,000 pledge from the
people of Dallas. he is confident that
40 great amount of work would be
necessary among the wealthy congre-
cations of the Eastern churches to in
.rease the endowment fund to $780,
700. With this amount in the college
and with suitable grounds :
md modern buildings in Dallas. the
uture of the school would be secure {
or all time.
1t now rests with the friends OF
he school In Dallas to say whether /
hey desire to see Dallas College de- {
eloped into one OF Oregon's strong
OF higher learning. with +
he resultant beneflt 10 local business
nd social life, or whether they are
Wiling, through neglect to assist I
ghen assistance is needed. 20 take the I
ossible chance OF seeing the school
emoved to some community ready d
nd anxious 10 contribute literally to
Is establishment and maintenance 2
he college is confronted by a condi- n
lon and not a theory, and the time L
or the people OF Dallas to act is now.
Residents of Dallas have cause for .