Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
SITE OF NEW BUILDINGS
FRIENDS OF GEORGE WASHING
TON UNIVERSITY TO CONSULT.

Preparations are being completed for the
meeting at the New Willard Monday even
ing, February %, at 8 o'clock, when friends
and alumni of the George Washington Uni
versity will consider the question of new
site for the university. Great interest has
been manifested in this movement and
there will be representative gathering Of
prominent citizens present who wish to CO.
operate with the university authorities in
the development Of their plans. In order to
systematize the work an executive COM
mittee has been appointed, the membeEs OF
which will undertake the raising of 100000
in the Immediate future, so that the uni
versity may be in position to secure the
site decided upon. This committee is COM
posed Of the following gentlemen: Messrs
Mitchell Carroll, Frank L. Day, Chas. w.
Holmes. Thomas H. Anderson, Charles j.
Bell, John Joy Edison, James H. Gore, VIII
liam B. King, John B. 'Larner, A. Lisner
H. B. F. Mcfarland, Charles w. Needham,
Hermann Schoenfeld, John B. Slemen, jr,
Chas. D. Walcott. B. H. Warner. s. w.
Woodward. Henry c. Yarrow.
OF the three very desirable sites under
consideration, "Oak Lawn" Is the one de-
manding immediate attention, owing to the
unique advantages of its location and the
fact that the university has already in hand
two 100000 subscriptions and the promise.
rendered by Mr.. Theodore j. Mayer, of
selected. These gifts, which are conditional
on the acceptance of this site, give 1t an
advantage over property that will not be so
expensive in the purchase price, but which
as yet have attracted no special donations
to the university.
President Needham's Statement
President Needham has made the follow
ing statement in regard to this matter:
For good and sufficient reasons and con-
sideration the university has sold it's new
site and turned its face to the hill-tops
While we are not permitted to announce
the location one will very soon be selected
that will be especially adapted to the new
life and enlarged work of the university. 1t
is our purpose to keep the university as a
unit, all the departments and colleges to be
on one site. This we regard as essential
because of the influence that one depart
ment and college has upon another, and the
unifying and strengthening that comes from
such association. 1t is also a matter of
greater economy. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that it is essential that we select
site which will be convenient and availabl
for all classes of students and all kinds of
work which the university is now carrying
on or which it contemplates doing. We
cannot. therefore, go very far from the
center of the city, as it will be impossible
to take some of the departments a consid-
cradle distance into the country and carry
them on successfully
The feeling prevails that the new site,
wherever selected, should be the gift to the
university of the people of Washington,
and the final decisions of the authorities
will depend largely upon the relative
strength Of the local support given the sites
that are under consideration. At the meet
ing Monday evening the trend Of the
speeches will be directed toward the con-
sideration of the Importance of the people
of Washington providing through their
generosity a suitable site for the university
Representative citizens will briefly discuss
this subject, after which there will be op-
portunity for spontaneous remarks. At the
close of the meeting a buffet lunch will be
served.