Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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Nl. lvl. STOLZ Our Librarian and Friend He always has a kind word. a cheerful smile. a treasure experience, and a deep faith in God. l I l ,, 1 ,. 1 , lvl' fl' ft gy J , of valuable

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The Cfliiuitlloollt VERY item in Kansas Wesleyans Five-Year Program of Advance is being realized as rapidly as was anticipated by the most hopeful among us. The results of the Victory Memorial Campaign for endowment and building for Kansas Wesleyan University, have been very satisfactory. l-low the Board of Trustees at first hesitatingly set the goal at 35600000.00 and the friends of Wesleyan subscrib- ed so generously as to provide a grand total of One Million including the pledge of 55100000.00 by the General Education Board, is still fthe high water mark of achievement in money raising for the colleges of Methodism. NVhile many of these subscriptions were in the form of annuities, and life endowment pledges, which do not provide immediately for the greatly increased expenses of the institution, nevertheless, the campaign has bzen a great victory for Wesleyan. lt assured many who doubted of the loyalty of the friends of the institution. lt has secured for us the attention and support of a larger constituency throughout the entire country. The receipts from the campaign should provide for the new building and give us at least one-half million dollars of endowment. lt has given every follower of Wesleyan greater hope and courage and will be the nucleus of con- stantly increasing receipts which will mean greater financial stability for the institution in the future. The successful removal of the old administration building to its new location on the cam- pus the past year, accomplished a two-fold purposeg first, additional rooms have been made available for class work by the elevation of the building and raising the basement Hoor. A new foundation, a new heating plant, and new decorations, all combine to make the building at least fifty per cent more serviceable for school work and more permanent as a structure than it formerly was. ln the second place, the removal of the old building opens the center of the campus for the new administration building. This building is to be of maroon brick and gray limestone, and is so planned throughout that when completed it will be one of the most conveniently arranged and commodious buildings of its kind in this section of the country. Kansas Wesleyan will then have six good buildings on the campus and will be as well equipped as any small college in Methodism. These improvements in the material plant. along with added equipment and the greatly increased and exceptionally strong teaching staff, enable Kansas Wesleyan University to offer to college students the very best of educational advantages. The item in the Five-Year Program of Advance providing for One l-lundred Per Cent increase in student enrollment by january first, l9Z5, has already, through the faithful labors of the Student Secretary, almost been realized. The total number of students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts as reported by the catalogue of l920, was loo: for 1921, 284, while the total enrollment in all departments of the colleges of Liberal Arts and Music at this time is 410. The outlook for Kansas Wesleyan in every particular is most encouraging, indeed. Salina, the home of the institution, is near the center of the state of Kansas. There is no other compet- ing college of rank in all Northwest Kansas. The population of this territory is increasing rapidly and is educationally inclined. Therefore, it is very evident that Kansas Wesleyan need only prepare to meet the increasing educational demands of the hour in order to insure its uture. From point of location, the constituency served, the worthy record of the institution and the present outlook, there is every reason to believe that Kansas Wesleyan is destined to become one of the leading institutions of the great Central West. I0 L 4 .,. , . , V. -rig. . T i ig iff

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iflliisilzoiry of Kansas eslleyaiim University N THE early eighties. members of the Northwest Kansas Conference began debating the question as to whether the state of Kansas could support more than one Metho- dist college. As a result. at the first session of the conference held at Beloit. Kansas. March 15-19. 1883, Bishop Harris presiding. a motion to establish an institution of higher learning was made and carried almost unanimously. A special committee of six. consisting of R. A. Caruthers, R. A. Hoffman. A. Antrim. D. D. Campbell. H. C. Miller. and E. D. Baker. was appointed to consider and report upon the propriety of establishing such a school. Later in the session, President W, H. Sweet of Baker University. was introduced to the conference and made a strong appeal in behalf of Baker University. He asked that the conference raise S300 for Baker. and also that the educational funds now on hand be turned over to Baker. After considerable debate. it was so ordered, and the proposed educational institution had a much harder financial struggle on account of this action. The special committee appointed by the conference made the following report: . 'iWhereas. The growing necessities of the west are such as to require. at an early date. the ocation of an institution of higher learning within its boundariesg and feeling that the neces- sity will be supplied from some sourcel and believing it to be the duty of the Methodist Epis- copal Church to accept the situation. we recommend: First. The location of such an institutiong Second, That this conference elect a board of trustees to secure a charter for the institutiong Third. That this board consist of nine. persons. five ministers and four laymen. including J. H. Lockwood. R. A. Caruthers. H. H. Sudendorf. and Martin Mohlerg and that this conference empower the board of trustees to entertain proposals for the location of the institution. This report was adopted and the five following members elected: J. S. Cvoodwin, C. S. Sweet. A. N. See. H. C. Breed. and M. M. Stoltz. A charter was secured and the trustees incorporated under the name of Kansas Wesleyan University. Later. a charter for Kansas Wesleyan Business College, in connection with the school. was secured. The board of trustees organized by electing J. H. Lockwood. president. Rev. A. N. See, secretary, and Rev. M. M. Stoltz, treasurer. They then advertised for bids for the location of the institution. stating that the town that offered the best inducements. other things being equal, would secure the college. The towns of Ellsworth. Clyde. and Salina sent in bids. Salina offered fifteen acres of beautiful land on the southern boundary of the city and 326.000 to help erect the first building. After carefully considering all this and examining all grounds. the trustees voted to ac- cept Salinas offer and locate the college in Salina., Considerable agitation on the subject of merging the already established Normal Univer- sity. then functioning in Salina. with the new institution was carried on following the decision to locate Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. many feeling that it was not wise to have two colleges in so small a city. However. the Normal University closed its doors in a few years and was never reopened. At a session of the conference held at Clyde. March Z6-30. 1885. Bishop Ninde. presiding. J. H. Lockwood, president of the board of trustees. made an impassioned appeal urging im- mediate action on establishing the proposed college. and in a short time 554,000 was raised among the preachers, some subscribing as much as 515100 when they had to borrow money to get to their appointments. By request. Rev. R. A. Hoffman was appointed by Bishop Ninde as Conference Educational Agent. Rev. Hoffman entered upon his duties with a faith in Cod that the work would succeed and his faith was not in vain. At the end of the conference year the subscriptions and collec- tions amounted to over 2513.000 This nerved the leaders and inspired them with the courage needed to accomplish the work which they had undertaken. About this time. there came the report that the Southwest Kansas Conference was planning to build a college. The trustees of Kansas Wesleyan thought it would be wise to arrange. if possible, to have one college for both conferences. So they sent a committee of five to meet with the Southwest Conference trustees and made the following proposition: First, We will unite in the support of one college for the two conferences so located that it will be convenient for both. Second. We will locate it at a place that will furnish the best 12