Evening star., 1909-06-17
FOR $4,000 A YEAR
Campaign for Sustentation.
Fund Well Begun.
APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY
Aid Sought for New College of
Political Sciences.
RICHARD D. HARLAN's VIEWS
Speaking on Behalf Of George Wash
ington University Tells Of Aim
and Scope Proposed.


One Of the most encouraging factors in
the outlook for the George Washington
University is the support which Is being
given by prominent men and firms In the
different parts of the country to the new
college of political sciences connected
with the university. 1t is proposed to
finance this college separately from the
rest of the university. With this In view
DR.. Richard D. Harlan. on behalf OF the
university. has appealed to the country
at large for sustentation fund OF $4,000
a year for five years. When asked this
morning as to the results OF that cam
paign. DR.. Harlan said:
"Withn the last few days. ! have re.
ceiyed subscriptions for 81. 900 each from
]. P. Morgan, jr., and from Arthur Cur
tiss James Of Phelps. Dodge & Co., New
York; also subscriptions of $500 each
from three we'll known manufacturing
firms in Rochester. Cincinnati and Pitts
burg.
During the present college year, there
has been paid in over s14, 800 toward the
proposed $4,000 sustentation fund for
the current year. Most of these subscrlp-
tions were annual and will, therefore. be
even where the subscribers were unwilling
to commit themselves definitely for the
five-year period, most of them have said
that they hoped to be able to repeat their
subscriptions from year to year.
The list of subscribers for this new
College of the Political Sciences contains
the following notable names:
J. Pierpont Morgan $4,000, John Hays
Hammond (S1O.OOO). former Vice Presi-
dent Morton. Cornelius \. Bliss. Seth
Y0In hh0l o< he
Oil Company. Judge Gary OF the United
States Steel Corporation. Otto II. Kahn
and Paul Warburg Of Kuhn. Loeb &
Co.
The subscriptions came from New York,
Boston, Rochester Pittsburg. Cleveland,
Cincinnati and Chicago. A one-thousand-
dollar subscription from the South Caro-
lima Manufacturing Association Is sig
nificant indication of the national scope
Of this special movement. 1t is believed
that similar organization connected with
American commerce abroad Will also sub
scribe to this sustentation fund.
To Serve Local Community.
DR.. Harlan further said:
''Of course, the prime function and
the supreme ambition of the George
Washington University is, to serve it's
own local communicate furnish to the
young Ipeople Of Washington, % the
best possible general education by means
of it's College of the Liberal Arts and
Sciences, which Is the historic root of the
university. and which. II I may change
the figure. must always be the vital core
of the whole institution: 90 to offer a
practical and liberal education. as a
means of livelihood, in the lines of edu-
cation represented by our College Of
Engineering and the Mechanic Arts, our
schools OF law. medicine, dentistry and
veterinary science and our new Teachers
III nf -
calculable value to the public schools OF
the District AS we are the only gen
eraI, non-sectarian university In the Dis
trict. and are SO centrally located we
are therefore In position to render yeo-
man service in the fields of higher and
practical education to this important and
growing population.
1.-The citizens OF Washington are just
beginning to understand the remarkable
growth from the educational standpoint.
which the university has had within the
last eight years. and 1t is infinitely to
the credit OF the institution that the fnan-
cial problem now confronting 1t has been
created by the lifting Of the standards IN
Of the entire university from the night
school to the all-day basis.
Growth Of the University.
Here are some eloquent figures. Eight
years ago we had 1900 students; today
there are over 1900. a very respectable In
crease. But. when the figures are ana
lyzed, the real advance Is nothing short
Of remarkable. Eight years ago. out OF
the 1900 students. only II were giving all
their time to their college and university
work: today we have over 500 giving
their entire time to their education, with
another 500 giving one-hak OF their time.
Eight years ago we had only IL teachers
giving their entire time to the institution,
today there are A.
THE growth in the number Of fuli-tine
students during the last five years has
shown, beyond the shadow OF doubt,
that there ought to be developed In the
city Of Washington q first-class univer-
sity capable of meeting the many-sided
needs Of the permanent residents OF
Washington. the growing number OF re-
tired army and navy officers. and especi-
ally the large army OF Intelligent men
and women, numbering over 34,OOo VINO
occupy minor positions In the government
service, and whose slender salaries make
it impossible to give their children either
the ordinary college education or the
practical forms of education just mention
get 1t at no expense beyond a moderate
tuition fee.
not doubt for a moment that the per-
manent residents of Washington and the
business men who are interested fnar,-
cially In the development OF such an in
stitution will see to it that the work
now being done shall be sustained on the
high educational levels to which 1t has
been raised during the last Ave years.
Our supreme desire Is TO serve this
community. We are not bitten in the
least by any ambition to become a ma
tional university. But at the same time
unless we enter one special field Of serv-
ice to the entire nation fthe field rep
resented by the college of the political
,stiences) We would not be true to the
immortal name now borne by this insti-
tuition; and, by the way. our present title
was. in spirit. our cradle name, by right
of the circumstances which brought forth
the first charter OF the old Columbian
College in 1921.
Washington's Ardent Wish.
when George Washington, In his last
will and testament. solemniy unburdened
to his countrymen his ardent wish for
the development of an important edu-
cational institution at the National Cap
ital. and when he emphasized: that same
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