The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-16
TUESDAY,. JUNE Is. 1914.
FARGo's BIG QUESTION.


facing Fargo today, is; Shall Fargo
college live? Upon the answer of the
citizens to his question, depends in
a large measure, the welfare of thous-
ands Of young men and women Of this
city and community; in brief, the well
fare Of Fargo, the future of Fargo is
1t stake.
Citizens Of Fargo do not hesitate to
subscribe their money for industrial
establishments and factories, but the
continuance of a great educational In
stit1rtton in Fargo Is more import
ant than factories. Factories bring
hands" Educational institutions in
crease the efficiency of those hands"
and thereby increase the productive
masspofta a. community. It is an 81 of
tine trained mind and the educated
hand. Baorn$Ghesfacbory worker to the
president, GteHHzaSle<orcoIlege influence
issclearIy shown
The problem ofsFargo college, applies
most0paEttcularly to Fargo and Moor
head and Vicinity. More students in
Tango collage, means. moro families in
Fargo and Moorhead. More families
bring noreatrnde to the stores, more
money to the two cities. People do
not locates I'M communities merely be-
cause there are. opportunities to work.
TareyIoORpcarefulfyafnto the school and
church advantages. Tho first thought
ofspaEeuhRfa5notyfoEath rEpocket book
but for the sibest interests Of their
children. The fact that Fargo has,
saved ACKNOWLEDGMENT mean quite as
much tor"tthe city. of"Fargo as the saw
inaa OF esfacsoEygemploy1ng a like num-
Der OF hands. Six hundred students
in Fargo m~ore+orFless, lis al important
factor for the-c ttizenSsofsthis commun-
Etty to consider. The$busfness Of Fargo
college means quite as much from a
pecuniary standpoint as would any
factory employing FIVE hundred men.
Money invested inrFargo college now.
will return many fold next year and
an increasing amount each succeeding
year.
That each student will spend an,
average 70 $500 per year is a very mod
crate estimate. Many will spend much
more. wSthDut counting for an III
crease, the present student body, at
$500 each means a continual stream
of $176,0 900 Glowing annually from Col
lege hillsfnto 4hevcof6ers: ofthe business
men Of Fargo. Add to this the ex-l
.penses of instructors and their fam.
lilies and thesmoneEf OF thefamIttesoat-
Neutrality-suspicious. observation-disclosures
the botaf a~InouEtr0f money spent an.
MISREPRESENTATION EEeryres-i
:de1ts sHraneslin ,t1fEsrreuenue.
FheGe should heSa spAc4alF pride sin,
Fargo college,, fbscanse Fargo college,
is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES institution.
sof4 IgnEt1R Dakota Lttwas, founded in
Ez6S2., and is thereby SO years old.
Observation-Disclosures EEargo and in,
Ta5aazges dagree Hs1scts Fargo enter
Ep11ses. The cftfzsns7 ofsFargo should
The gEUud Of Eargo college because,
EexerbsAn EhSs.Rats years of trial, it has
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. student
ksrodGs.Sha largestssenior class, and the
EgEsaaestEsnccess educationally in all
SSKfnaa4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS snawEbusi-
9ness u6aciesswhichEElI assure success
#aEh6 Etab1iEE$Ehey nave restored the
asedunAencesdfsthe bfggest~business men
4oE .HaEgo and Moorhead. The fact
a JRmsS J. Hill, who invests his
4mdney&carefnllX has offered to give
$S591Ooa$o Fargo corlege, is evidence
for It's fsnE1re Under the new plan,
8nSdneS@Assosrta4n to be wisely in
Exasteds
z1f; fsStheaprn1deEt55u of this, com
ar61rffty that it is the. greatest educa-
8tiouaBcenter west Off the Twin Cities.
4There gare already in this vicinity,
$4,000 students; as many as the Uni
DIVERSITY OF Wisconsin,; more than the
university Of Minnesota. Fargo
kMoorhead is the most available rail-
Iroad center Of the Northwest, Thereby
fthe accessibility to students from a
flarge territory. There is no good rea-
ison why Fargo Moorhead should not
thave 10000 students within the next
Sthree years.
Fargo citizens should" be proud of
lFargo College because it has demon
sstrated his vitality. No college could
grow from one building to five, from
two instructors to thirty, from five
students to five hundred fifty-five in
a period Of thirty three years unless
that college had an inherent right to
live.
Citizens of Fargo should save Fargo
college, not only because it should be
saved, but because of pride loyal to
Fargo. 1t would be a disgrace to the
community to let a college of this
character die without putting forth
every effort and making every sacri-
flee to save it. To save Fargo col
lege on the basis as outlined. would
be TO allow It to enter upon a new
I period of usefulness and a new era
I Of prosperity.
With improved methods of educa-
! ton come increased expenses; more
expert teachers call for higher salar.
les. A quarter of a century ago, more
students meant merely more chairs In
a lecture room, more plates at the
table; today more students mean!
more laboratories, N libraries, ap.
paratus and books and the modern
equipment to prepare q student t.
meet Iife's battles in this, twentieth
century.
The faculty Of Fargo college be