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jubilee Campaign for 1910. For 1910. the jubilee year for the founding of Simpson College, the Field Secretary presents to the Trustees this plan of campaign to be conducted from 1905 to 1910 to raise funds as set forth below: First: The raising of a fund the undirected subscriptions of which shall be applied— a- To the paying of the entire indebtedness of Simpson College. b. To the raising of the Endowment Fund to at least $250,000.00. Second: The raising of a special fund to build the new Auditorium, to cost at least $40,000.00. The above plan was approved by the Board of Trustees and adopted by the Des Moines Conference and is now being active- ly pushed. 21
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REV. W. S. HOOKER. D. D„ Field Secretary of Simpson College. 20
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College History BLUEBIRD. HALL we say that Indianola was predestined to be a college town? When we consider how early in the history of the village the idea of a school of higher learning was cherished, and with what faith and persistence those pioneers clung to it, in the face of difficulties and discouragements, we can hardly think other- wise. Not later than 1854 a building was erected for a seminary, two blocks east of the southeast corner of the public square, the lower story being paid for by the school district, the upper story by the citizens. This school was conducted 1855-57 by Chas. Griffith, and continued by “fits and starts” until i860, when the history of our institution really begins. At its first session, the Western Iowa Con- ference, in response to a petition from the quarterly conference of Indianola Station, ordered that so soon as the citizens of Indianola should erect and pay for suitable buildings worth at least three thou- sand dollars, the conference should accept the same, assume control, and give its patronage. In the above mentioned building the school opened in September, i860, with E. W. Gray, A. M., of Iowa Wes- leyan, as principal. It was given the euphonious name of “Indianola Male and Female Seminary” by the board, of which Rev. E. M. H. Fleming was president, Dr. IE S. Noble, vice president, Rev. J. C. 22
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