The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-26
$4,000
TO HILL SCHOOL
IN five YEARS
Action Taken This Morn
ing at Session of Congre-
gational Conference
BIG MEETING TO
BE HELD THURSDAY
Vital Question Whether
College Shall Live or Die
Will Be Decided

A pledge Of $4,000 for Fargo coll
lege from the state Congregational
churches, $1,000 OF this amount TO
be paid each year until the full
amount has been paid, was asked in
a resolution adopted by the congre-
gational conference in session at
Valley City this morning.
Late Tuesday afternoon the con-
ference went on record as being
willing to aid in every. way possible
even to the extant is organizing
soliciting teams tliroU gnout sht
bounds Of the individus1 parishes
throughout the state. The resolution
pledging the conference for $25,00d
for Fargo college follows:
The Resolution.
we recommend that:
"A standing committee of five
members be appointed TO work with
the Fargo college authorities in
bringing the needs Of the college
both financial and otherwise con-
stantly before the churches. two OF
the members of the committee TO be
elected to serve for the term Of one
year, two for a term Of two years,
and one for a term or three years.
That the conference un4ertake to
raise the sum OF $4,000 in addition
to the 100000 or more to be raised
in Fargo and vicinity. This Is to be
paid in installments of $4,000 a year
for five years. Signed, II. G. Jewen,
chairman on committee Of resolu-
tlons, F. E. Stilwell and r. G. Ford" "
This resolution was adopted by a
unanimous vote.
Shall College Live or Die7
The future Of Fargo college hangs
by a mere thread. Twenty -four
hours will decide the fate Of the
school. The sword Of Damocles is
hanging suspended over the institu-
ton that bears the name Of the city
of Fargo. The mass meeting which
will be held at the Auditorium
Thursday night at o'clock will take
the temperature Of the people Of the
city. Shall Fargo college live or die?
This is the vital question that the
people of Fargo must answer within
few hours. 1t is up to every
loyal citizen OF Fargo and to the
friends Of Fargo and those who ap-
preciate what such an institution
means to the city. in fact to all those
who. as President John w. Hansel
says. terseIy and pointedly put first
things first. to come out to the
meeting and transform the slender
thread that IL now strained almost to
the breaking point 10 strong, sim
envy cable Of enthusiastic co-opera-
tion and loyalty that will literally
be the great and massive cable that
will hold back the ship Of Fargo col
lege from breaking into pieces on the
rocks of indifference.
Not only is the entire state Of
North Dakota. as represented by the
CONGREGATIONAL conference which is
meeting at Valley City, and which is
composed of hundreds of ministers
and laymen from scores of smaller
towns and cities throughout the
state, turning anxious eyes on Fargo
and waiting for the popular verdict.
but more than this, the word has
gone broadcast over greater part
OF the country and people are waiting
to see what Fargo IL going to do
about IL. Yesterday, while speaking
at the conference In Valley City, DR..
Frank White Of Chicago pleaded with
the men and women representing the
churches throughout the state OF
North Dakota not TO forsake Fargo
college in the hour Of its extremity,
not to permit this ignominious ca
tastrophe to rest as a stain upon not
only the city of Fargo, but also the
entire state. DR.. White said that
Fargo graduates are identified with
many of the leading schools through
out the country, and that educators
would be wondering what is the mat
ter with Fargo IL she permits this
institution to shrivei up and die up
on its bosom after the twenty-five
years Of heroism and splendid SER
vice she has rendered.
Every effort is being made that
the citizens OF Fargo may be made
aware OF the big booster mass meet
ing that will be held tomorrow night
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