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Show METHODIST COLLEGE MM' BE PLACED i , iWDEI An authentic report concerning the establishment of a ?300,00Q education-, al institution in the state of Utah by the Methodist church was brought to Ogdcn yesterday by Rev.. Christian, R. Garver upon his return from the Methodist conference at Salt Lake., Rev. C. R. Garver, who is chairman of the Methodist educational commit- ( tec, says only two cities in Utah will bo considered and that Ogden will be" his recommendation. j An endowment of $300,000 has al-1 ready been requested and it is said I that this would only be a starter in providing buildings and equipment for , making tho college one of the best in the entire west The need of a high ' .school of learning in Ogden has been i known for somo time, and if the school i is placed in Ogden it will receive undivided un-divided supporL j Dr. John J. Lace, in speaking of thei project, says: ' "The closing of Prico academy was merely a 'coup de grace.' Tho long history of a useful but obsolete and , dwindling Methodist school system is terminated. It remained for our church in this state to inaugurato a new educational era or. renounce its expectations of a large and dominating dominat-ing influence in shaping its permanent1 moral and reHgious complexion, A first class academy with equipment and instructors superior to the aver- , age high school and centrally located would at once challenge support." i oo |