The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-18
Trustees Already Have Pledges
for $2S,45O.
COMMITTEE Is BUSY,
Hope to Have Entire Amount by
July 1.
Those Who Have Entered Names
on Honor List.

promised after two weeks Of solicit
ing At noon today pledges had been
received amounting to SIS 45O all of
Wh1ch has been secured among the cfri-
Gems OF this city. This shows THAT the
movements OF the colleges trustees is
meeting with liberal response by the
a great deal OF work 70 be done yet in
the raising Of these funds.
a few days ago the COMMITTEES Of the
trustees which has the matter in charge
commenced d campaign OF appealing q
the larger benefactors of the city first,
and there are now ten members Of the
committee who are deVOung their
whole time TO this campaign and are
hopeful OF getting the entire SZ5, 900
raised by the first OF July.
The plan for raising the $4,000 IN
Topeka Is one Of the plans which grew
out or the million dollar endowment
fund upon which the trustees Of the
college ara now at work together with
President Norman PIass. Ten years
have been allowed for the completion of
this sum, and after two years Of work
upon this endowment there Is now in
sight about $50, 0g0, which includes
many donations which ara conditional
upon the college securing certain sums.
Last year about S125. 600 was secured
One conditional gift which has been
secured for this year is from the Gen-
eral Educational society This gift IS
upon the condition that all the indebt-
edues5 OF the college be paid on or be-
the college shall also receive contrfbu-
tons by July I OF this year TO the
amount OF $4,000, which can be made
payable On or before July I. 1903. Ar
engagements have been made for the
paying on OF the indebtedness and the
trustees are now working in Topeka
with a view Of securing the $4,000 IN
the city. II this amoUI is secured this
will bring an additional 100000 to the
endowment fund
Andrew Carnegie. who has already
donated a library to Wdshburu. has
made another conditional offer OF $50
900. To secure this donation the COL
lege must secure a new endowment
fund OF $3.50, 600 for this year Before
the canvass was begun In Topeka, $50
900 was already subscribed 10 be ap-
Piled on this effort to secure the en-
dowmeut and meet the conditions OF
the Carnegie gift Il Washburu meets
the conditions OF the s25.000 oner>d
by the general educational board by (
raising the SIS, ooariTr Topeka BY I1isF
ISt this $500. 600 VIII be added 70 the +
conditions Of the Carnegie gift which /
viii insure to the new million dollar /
endowment fund by July l. the sum (
Of $3.50, 600. After JuIy I Of this year
and January / 1908, Washburu will
have 70 raise outside OF Topeka the I
sum Of 0,090 more making a total
subscription at the end of the year Of /
cessfuI in this Mr.. Caruegie'S gift will I
bring the sum up 70 the required |
s25G-0G0.
Another conditional gift has been
received from a friend OF the college,
which provides that IN case the cQnG1- /
tons of the General ETdu@H tfouaI board /
and the Carnegie donations are met. /
he viii donate without further cOudf- I
tons 10 the college the sum of S35, 600 |
with which to erect and equip a new
gymnasium This entire movement IL
successful viii add to the endowment
fund OF the college the sum OF S2s5.-
600 which will bring the revenue of
$4,000 annually and will also add a
new gymnasium To the college
L H Greenwood. who is 4 member
OF the committee which has charge OF /
the raising OF this money. says: THE !
principal reason for asking the people
that the people Of the east who are
very generous contributors to western
educational institutions are very much I
more ready TO contribute to an inSCl-s
tuition which has received a liberal
backing from the town in which 1t is
located This shows the eastern peO-
pie that the school is a necessary one
and that IT Is Appreciated in its own
community. Topeka has never done
very much for Washburr1, which is in 4
reality d very great enterprise for To-
peka- Outside Of the Jewell endow-
ment fund Of SO, 600. which was IN
creased to SIS 600 BY the donations Of
Topeka people. there has been only
about $500 contributed annually for
the past thirty-three years to the
needs OF Wash burn college This is a
very poor showing when com pared /
with what other towns are doing for
their colleges.
This IS not a new experiment by any
means II has been tried in great
many other college towns and has met
with great deal OF success. Wichita
a rival Kansas town. in the past twelve
years has contributed $50, 900 to the
support OF Fafrmounr college. Bald
win. a little town OF 1000 people. has
contributed to Baker university and
the collge church a sum OF $50. 900 in
the past two years. Toledo. Iowa, a
small Iowa town of only 1000 has
given s50.da0 and single citizen Of
the town donated another sum Of
equal amount to the support OF West
er1 u-ltversfry In the past ten years
Walla WalIa- Wash, which IS only
about half the size OF Topeka has do
mated $4,000 to the enlargement OF
" Whitman university According to the
lion dollars could be realized Il Topeka
gave 70 W7Shburu in proportion to
the amount given by Baldwin to Baker
IN the same space OF time
AT the present time Washburu IS
running about $4,000 behind every
year. Il the added endowment which
this money would bring 10 the school
can be successfully raised. an addI-l
tionaI income Of $4,000 would ac-
crue 10 the school which would more
than offset the deficit incurred with
the present endowment fund This
deficit has bean running for twenty
five years and II has been found neces-
sary To go To New England 70 solicit
funds to Offset the shortage
The total subscriptions which have
been made I'D To date with the
amounts pledged follow
T. Thomas SO. 600 4
A z Whiting .--.-.-..-..- 5000
John r. MaIvaues .-.-.-.-----.-- 5000
A Friend LOCO
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