The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-06-23
City and County Intelligence
EDITOR OF CONTINENT PAYS
TRIBUTE TO DIR. BOONE.
College President Subject of Inter-
esting Article in Chicago
Magazine.

The self sacrifice, hard work, I'M
failing courage and dauntless deter
mination Of DR.. w. j. Boone, presi-
dent of the College of Idaho of Cald-
well, arc well known to the people OF
this state. DR.. Boone undertook to
establish an institution of learning in
this city some % years ago He found
ed the college and has kept it going
all of these years and at times in the
face of the greatest Encouragement
The worth, self sacrifice and cour-
age Of DR.. Boone are becoming known
in the east as is shown by an article
which recently appeared in the Con-
tinent, one of the leading publications
of the Presbyterian church of the Unit
ed States. The issue of June 18th of
this publication has a full page ar
ticle entitled Boone, Not Dan1," in
which DR.. Boone is given unstinted
prainse for the great WORK he has car
ried on here in Caldwell. The article
was written by Oliver r. Williamson,
editor of The Continent.
Paragraphs from the article fol-
low:
"William J. Boone is stay-putter
who belongs. In 1887 he shook the
dust of a theological seminary-no,
I'd best not use that expression; and
one cannot be sure just where the the
illogical seminary dust, if any, accumu-
lates. In 1887 our Boone made his
way to Caldwell, Idaho. | am told the
College of Idaho had a theoretical
beginning way back in 1884; but it
was Boone and two students who real
ly began it in a prayer meeting room
of the little church.
Zone of his fellow college presi-
dents intimates that Boone himself
doubled up by serving as a post grad
uate student, thus providing SO per
cent of the enrolment; but the orig
inal faculty denies the allegation. How
ever, there is no doubt that during a
good many wears it would have been
decidedly difficult TO- detach DIR. Boone
from the College of Idaho by calling
him elsewhere, the college of Idaho
being almost altogether DR.. Boone
him self There were students and
possibly some faculty members; doubt
less there were appreciated kind words
from the presbvte- and synod and
equally welcome contributions from To-
cal friends. There were assets. but no
one would have filed a claim to job
of being president if Boone had depart
ed. In fact, there probably would not
be rush for the job today.
Work of Lifetime.
Anyway, % years have passed, and
% reports of the Presbyterian college
board have been presented to general
assembly, and William ]. Boone is
still at it. The student BODY at Cald-
we'll has grown from two, to 800.
There are some buildings, a hard
working faculty, meager endowment,
and there is w. J. Boone. The last
fact is the most conclusive of all, to
one who knows the man, as an assur-
ance that there is an honest reason for
the colleges existence, and imperative
need for the first 100000 of his en-
dowment-which DR.. Boone is now
trying TO complete.
Boone said an intimate acquant-
ance to him the other day, 4 didn't
know how many members you had in
your family until l looked over the
list of subscribers you started out with
when you first went after endow-
ment. There was "W. ]. Boone" then
another Boone and another and still
more by the same name. Where did
YOU GET
Sacrifice Supreme.
"But Boone had gone. 4 know
where he got it, resumed the question
er. The money for which the sub
scriptions of members of the family
stood came from the surrender of a
little farm that had been left to him.
Boone has given his life to an obscure
college, doing needed work, and he
has done it without whine or fuss
wv. ]. Boone does not dream that
this is being written. The man who
will blush and hasten away when his
personal sacrifices are brought into
discussion is not likely to contribute
to such comment as this"
The article closes by quoting DIR.
Boone as saying that he has gotten to
within $500 of the sum needed to
round out the desired 100000 en-
dowment. This will be gratifying
news to the people of Caldwell and
southern Idaho. The securing of the
100000, however, is but the first step
in the greater campaign to push the
endowment fund up to the half mil