Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-25
Everybody Interested il
Getting Schools Here
Urged to Attend
GATHERING CALLED
FOR 1880 TONIGHT
General Session Of All the
Promoters to Re Held
at Commercial Club

A general meeting for all interest
ed citizens of Ottumwa is called for
$50 this evening to consider the DOS
slDlllty of securing Iowa Wesleyan
college of Mt. Pleasant. Parsons col
lege OF Fairfield or the combined
SCHOOLS for this city. It is to be held
IN the rooms OF the Commercial asso.
.clation. Everyone who would like to
see Ottumwa secure either one or
both OF these schools is urged to be
there.
Wltn the passage Of motion by
the association directors Tuesday af-
ternoon naming committee to devise
ways and means toward presenting
propositions to these schools definite
steps were begun by Ottumwa toward
getting the schools here. This corn.
mittee composed of President John Fl.
Morrell as chairman and J.. w. Neash-
am, Walter T. Hall, George Haw.
Carl T. Haw, G. L. Graham and J. F.
Webber as members, conferred with
the visiting delegations from the two
colleges and have been In session
again today preparing for the meet.
Ing this evening.
The land which is being mentioned
IS north and east OF the L. A. Andrew
nome on Prairie avenue, half mile
north Of the Country club, and it In.
Guides Mr.. Andrews house. Accord.
ing to statement of Engineer Green
OF Chicago. brought here by H. M.
HaVener of Marengo, a member OF the
iowa Methodist conference, Iowa Yves.
leyan committee, it contains about
225 acres. The plan is to lay 1t out
into streets, put in sidewalks, gas.
water, sewer and lights The campus
Of possibly sixty acres would lie at
the extreme east edge of the tract and
1t would be necessary to secure the
consent of the street railway company I
to extend the present Court hill line /
to the entrance of the plat and then
make a loop back into the addition.
The engineers figures make the lots
50x140 feet.
Officials Talk.
President e. A. Schell of Iowa Yves
leyan and President l.. M. McAfee OF
Parsons were both present at the
Tuesday afternoon session and they Y
presented the proposition for the two
schools. They both stated however,
that they were talking for thepsaelyes
and not for the boards Of trus,f1s s1s5os
they had not been authorized to do
that They said that they were willing
to consolidate If that becomes neces-
sary and the presence Of so many in
dependent or Christian colleges In the
eastern half Of the state makes 1t
seem the only logical thing to do to
get them on self-supporting basis.
Iowa Wesleyan's endowment after all
debts are paid would be about 100000
according to their figures and DR..
McAfee says that Parsons would
bring about $175OOO after ali indebt-
edness was wiped out. Whether these
endowments could be moved is le-
gal question as yet undecided. Par
sons values her equipment and plant
at half million. .
offered Another Site.
That the school or combined
schools, If either or both conclude to
come to Ottumwa. shall have choice
of location, Manning & Wellman have
made an offer to sell Greenwood"
the tract west of the city Limits on
looking Wildwood park A view of
the surrounding country FOR many
miles is available in nice weather
from the highest point Of Green
wood" street car extension Is acces-
sible out Chester avenue. a coal sup
ply is near and lot OF timber as well
as 215 acres with place for campus,
buildings, stadium. etc, is afforded
and there is good drainage. Plenty
of land lies nearby for additional lot
plating.