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THE INCEPTION OF THE PLAN 61 Society may be wisely limited to assistance in founding a well-equipped college, leaving any desirable further development to the natural growth of time. 2. Should a college of the liberal arts and sciences, designed prospectively to be associated in one corporate body with technical and professional schools, be located within the city, or may it more wisely be placed in a suburban village ? 3. For such an institution, how much land would be required as a suitable site? 4. What buildings would be required? The question of dormitories, gymnasium, etc., will here need consideration. 5. What would be the probable cost of each, due regard being had to economy, convenience, and solidity of construction? 6. What endowment at 5 per cent would be required to sustain the annual cost of accumulating and supporting necessary illustrative apparatus, including library (departments conveniently itemized) ? 7. Designate the officers and chairs of instruction required for a thorough and liberal course in the arts and sciences as now organized in the best Baptist institutions, with endowment at 5 per cent required to support each. 8. Estimate the tune required for the development of such an institution without premature expenditure on the one hand, or serious loss from delay in furnishing resources, on the other. 9. Estimate, if possible, the sum required each year in such development. 10. Should such an institution have a preparatory department? 11. Should this department, if provided, be located on the college site? 12. Should such an institution be co-educative? 13. How much may Chicago and the West be expected to give for such an institution during the period chosen for development? The difficulty of securing data for an approximate estimate, at this stage of the enterprise, constrains us to suggest that you use your own discretion as to making the question of local aid a subject of inquiry. The above suggestions are designed to guide the inquiries of the committee, not to limit them. Additional points of inquiry will suggest themselves to the committee in the course of their labors. It is earnestly desired that the committee report at our meeting in May next, if possible. Any expense incurred will be cheerfully borne by the Society. In behalf of the Executive Committee FRED T. GATES Corresponding Secretary The Committee allowed four weeks to pass to give time to those interested to send in their views on the various points proposed for