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Snodgrass pledged Allegheny County for $1,000. H. N. 

 McAllister offered to be one of twenty to give $500 each. 

 Judge Hale arose and said.: 



Centre County has raised $10,000, and one of her distinguished 

 citizens has given an equal value in land, and has just pledged 

 another $1,000, followed by other conditional pledges from other 

 of her citizens for yet another $1,500. 



The President of this meeting, who has given so freely of his 

 valuable time and abilities to all the details of the enterprise at 

 the greatest sacrifice, has offered yet a sum of $1,000 : now cannot 

 we raise the balance of the sum wanted on the spot ? I will pledge 

 myself to raise $500 more, if we can thus accomplish this. Let 

 us hear from all the counties represented. As to the location of 

 the school, it must necessarily be located somewhQre. It has been 

 located here, and we are sensible of the advantages it brings to us, 

 and have contributed very nearly one-fourth of the entire estimate 

 of 100,000. Yet all other counties will have an equal right with 

 us to send pupils, and we feel that we have a right to ask other 

 counties to aid in the consummation of this great work of the 

 State." 



Dr. J. R. Eshelman then pledged Chester County for 

 $500 ; John Strohm pledged $500 for Lancaster. Several 

 other pledges were given for all that could be done in other 

 counties. 



FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. 



Unfortunately for the funds of the school many of the 

 above pledges were not redeemed, and the general depres- 

 sion of business which followed the financial panic of 1857, 

 together with the failure of crops in some of the counties, 

 almost put a stop to raising subscriptions. In the mean- 

 time, the work on the college buildings was progressing, 

 and the constant drafts on the treasury warned the busi- 

 ness committee that some effort must be made to obtain 

 subscriptions. 



At two successive meetings of the Board at this time, 

 December, 1857, and March, 1858, there was^not a quorum 

 of members present, and the business committee were to 

 a certain extent left to their own resources in order to sup- 

 ply the constant demands upon the Treasury. 



