Identifier |
J_bx01fd06_5a |
Title |
bx01fd06_p05a |
Article Title(s) |
Letter, R. G. McNiece to Dr. [Sheldon] Jackson, dated October 25, 1902 |
Page |
5a |
Subject |
Letters; Church and state--Utah; Chapels; Universities and colleges; Board of Trustees; Princeton University; Synods |
OCR Text |
Show have chapels and use them, but no Church organization, although sometimes they have a college pastor. The professors and students worship and have their membership in some church in the neighborhood, just as we wish to do. A College cannot need a church, but every college does need a Chapel. <br> You and Mr. Bailey seem to agree in thinking that we ought to take the $6,500 in hand and build the Chapel at once. But have you stopped to think that we could not use the Chapel now if we had it? If we had a beautiful and complete Chapel on the College ground at the present time, it would stand from month to month with closed doors, because the students who alone need it are 3 miles away. It seems to me that would be more objectionable to their heirs and to everybody else than a Chapel, inside the college building, which would be used everyday. <br> We don't need a chapel now and could not use it. But we do need a building in which to carry on our work, and which be a home for our |
Further Information |
In this letter to Sheldon Jackson, Robert McNiece discusses the use of chapels on college grounds in general. He then explains that to build a chapel on the campus of Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the given point in time, would be useless as its students live far away. He then points out how a college building and dormitories have priority in being built first. In closing, Mr. McNiece states his argument is only for consideration of the opposing side to building a chapel, and asks Mr. Jackson to show the letter to General Eaton and Mrs. Bailey. He then writes about Irwin entering Princeton University as a sophomore, and of his joy in how Sheldon Jackson and George Bailey have openings in the Synods. |
Creator |
McNiece, Robert G. (Robert Gibson), 1839-1913 |
Date |
1902-10-25 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Letter, R. G. McNiece to Dr. [Sheldon] Jackson, October 25, 1902 |
Resolution |
200 dpi |
Bit Depth |
24-bit |
Scanning Device |
hp scanjet 8250 scanner |
People |
Bailey (Mrs.); Bailey, George; Eaton, John; Jackson (Mrs.); McNiece, Robert G. (Robert Gibson), 1839-1913 |
Setname |
wc_tw |
ID |
1096073 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p26x19/1096073 |