college the sum of $8,000, and the conference need absolutely not worry about financial difficulties through this undertaking." The New Orange industrial Corporation, "consisting of prominent, rich businessmen," including multimillionaires and Banker Arnot, promised support. The board was studying blueprints for buildings that would be erected the very next year. Finally, "the Board declared itself willing to accept the gift with the thought that this was done under the guiding hand of a gracious God." Notice had already been sent to the Swedish-American newspapers, declaring that the New Orange Industrial Corporation "offered fourteen acres of beautiful land free on a hill bounded by a little lake on condition that a larger building should be erected. Besides the gift worth $20,000 the company will help to obtain means to build a large part of the building and the property shall be owned by the Augustana Synod.... The land company intends to pay for the entire surrounding land and erect a factory city of forty or fifty-thousand inhabitants." The enthusiasm soon died, but the wisdom of the move is best stated by Beck: "If we had had a few thousand dollars at our disposal, we would probably never have moved to New Orange but, as the motto goes, `Necessity knows no law.' This was the only practicable proposal ever presented to the school."

A few years passed before the board members were disillusioned. No agreement on the sale of lots or money contribution had been signed prior to the move to New Orange; consequently, it is not surprising that Business Manager Fair's attempts to pin the real estate company down to specific promises were unsuccessful. During the first two years the company did hard over to the college $930.00 and, according to Fair's account book, had pledged $132.50 more, but the latter sum is not marked paid. At its meeting on February 25, 1898, the hoard passed a resolution asking for an extension of time in which the college could sell tots; board members actually thought they were requesting a favor from the realtors. Various people, including Professor Kempe, were hired at fifty dollars a month to sell lots. The amount the college claimed that it was owed grew steadily. ln 1904 the debt on the books was $1,078.32. Finally, in 1905, the "debt" was dropped From the Flist of assets. The Following year. when the Kenilworth Realty Company hail replaced the older association, Board Member