Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
CHANCE FOR ALVMNI
TO HELP RAISE
BUILDING SITE FUND.

All the District alumni OF george WASH
ington University are to be given chance
to help forward the good work of providing
the 100000 necessary to complete the new
building site fund. They will have an OPP
/ portunity to subscribe themselves and to
increase the amount several times over by
, inducing their friends here and in all other
parts of the country to contribute. Such
was determined at a meeting of the alumni
in the West Hall of the university last
evening. when plans were formulated for
prosecuting a vigorous campaign
I The meeting was presided over by E. c.
Brandenburg, chairman of the committee.
Short addresses, pointing out the necessity
for concerted action and squirting ON the
alumni to their best endeavors. were made
by Prof. Mitchell CARROLL DIR. ]. w. Chap
pei, John Powell Ernest, DIR. d. X. Shute
and DR.. w. F. r. Phillips. Members or
the alumni followed in brief talks on the
general plan for greater university. and
pledged their efforts and the efforts Of their
fellows to bring about the desired result
President Needham's Statement.
Earlier in the day President Charles w.
Needbarn gave out an official statement,
touching on the necessities that have COM
PEELED the university to seek a broader
field, physically. The statement follows:
ut is our purpose to keep the university
a unit all the departments and colleges to
be upon one site. This is essential. because
of the influence that one college and depart
ment has upon another, unifylng ana
strengthening each by association. 1t also
enables students in one department to take
work in another college or department, thus
co-ordinatng the work and avoiding dupli-
cation it enables the students In the pro-
fessional schools to culture themselves by
attending courses In one of the colleges,
and 1t is much more economical to admins
ter the university If all the work is carried
on upon single site. By centrailZlng the
buildings a single heating plant will furnish
heat and light for all the buildings, while
the plant itself will become a laboratory
for the engineering college. One admins
tration building with financial offices can
whereas If they are separated separate
office is required for each group. 1t is
safe to say that Capitalization means a
saving of from six to ten thousand dollars
per annum in administration.
Another very important consideration In
the selection of site is the necessity OF
having 1t near the facilities that are Pc
culiar to Washington-the great libraries
laboratories and storehouses of knowledge
maintained by the government The crown
ing work Of the university must be the
graduate work, including under this head
the professional schools, which will in time
be made graduate schools. Students for
this higher work will come from all parts
of the country to a university where they
can avail themselves of the opportunities
for research in this city, especially along
the lines of the political sciences, American
history and economics. The graduate
courses in agriculture and the mechanical
arts will also flourish here, fitting men es-
pecially for the faculties of the agricultural
and mechanical colleges throughout the
country.
o., For the Graduate Student.
For the reasons already given it will be
observed that the university must be with
in easy reach of these great opportunities
for the graduate student The colleges
doing undergraduate work should be ac-
cessible to the resident portions of the city.
These colleges ought to furnish opportuni-
ties for the young people of this city and
those who come here from the states to do
college work.
1.-The matter of the site. is entirely open
and several are under consideration. We
have over 100000 available, and for one
of the sites we have already subscriptions
and concessions aggregating an additional
500, 600 The other sites proposed have not as
yA shown their financial strength by offers
of contributions. One noble and generous gift
has been rendered by Mr.. Theodore ]. Mayer
of this city-a building to be erected
upon one of the sites proposed. This is the
largest single gift that has yet been made
to the university. Mr. Mayer has been in
f1uential in turning our faces toward the
should occupy commanding position. His
splendid generosity, I trust, will be an in
SEPARATION to many others to give us build
ings.
4 wish could find words to express my
profound gratitude and appreciation of the
generosity and splendid spirit manifested
toward the university in the last week by
it's many friends. The result of the canvass
for money for the site is most gratifying.
The university will always be under obliga-
lions to those who have come to its aid
at this time in such fine spirit and with
such generous hands,
Appeals From Pulpits.
Throughout the city this morning, it is
expected, appeals will be made from the
various pulpits for aid in the work of up
building the university. Letters were sent
to the clergymen asking them to call the
matter to the attention of the congrega-
lions, and 1t is believed that much valuable
moral. If not financial. support will be
gained in that way for the cause.
Prof Carroll, chairman of the university
building fund committee, reported a num-
Der Of contributions yesterday, but they
will not be made public until Monday even
ing at the meeting at the Arlington. Plans
have been completed for the Monday even
ing gathering, and substantial addition