Sheldon Jackson Correspondence 1895-1951/Box 1/Fd. 5

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Department of the Interior, <br> Bureau of Education, <br> Alaska Division, Washington, D.C., December 26, 1899. <br><br> Rev. R. G. McNiece, D. D. <br> 1248 Blaine Avenue, <br> Salt Lake City, Utah. <br><br> My dear Dr. McNiece: <br> Yours of December 19th is just received. General Eaton Dr. Gordon and myself have fully canvassed the support of the Collegiate Institute from September 1, 1901, and we are confident it can be done; otherwise we would not have recommended the action to the Trustees nor sought the transfer from the Board of Home Missions. At the same time we cannot tell you where it is coming from any more than we can tell you where the support of the College itself is coming from. The Lord intends us to walk by faith. We have got enough for the present steps and when we reach the future steps more will be in sight. We have come to the united conclusion here that we can commence building next spring with $25,000, which we did not see how we could do before the Board made the transfer. Now the next step is to get an experienced landscape gardener to lay out the land, and we ought to have either a first-class architect or several of them submit skeleton plans of the buildings, as I fear that we will be ready to start our foundations before we have suitable plans in hand. <br><br>