Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-17
Will Assist G. w. U. in Its
Financial Troubles.
MEANS MUCH TO CAPITAL
Money Would Be Spent to Secure
Such an Institution.
EARLY ACTION NECESSARY
Membership of Trade Body Will
Be Divided and a Careful
Canvass Made

Enthusiastic support was pledged at a
special meeting this afternoon of the
board of directors of the Washington
Board of Trade to George Washington
University in its efforts to straighten out
its financial affairs and to maintain its
present education organization. 1t was
decided to go to work at once and In a
systematic manner TO do all possible to
support the university.
We would do a great deal to bring
such a university to this city. and we
should be equally energetic in keeping
the one We already have" was the at
titude taken by the board of directors.
chairman of the committee of the board,
which will take the matter in charge.
Gem Harris has submitted to him a list
of about fifty members of the board, from
whom he will select a committee of
about twenty-five Or thirty.
Careful Canvass for Funds.
The plan adopted similar to one al
ready adopted by the Chamber of Com
merce. is to divide the membership Of
the board. assigning about twenty per-
sons to each member of the committee,
who Is to agree to see or telephone all
fund now being raised by the trustees
to carry on the work of the university
for next year.
An appeal to the Board of Trade and
trustees of the university June .. was
read at the meeting. after which Will
liam +. GUIDE made a motion that the
chair appoint a committee OF the board
to cooperate with similar committee
OF the Chamber of Commerce and with
the board Of trustees of the university
in raising funds for the university.
Whatever we do must :st,, be done at
raised recently that if we had an OPP
portunity to get university such as
George Washington University to this
city We would raise a great deal of
money, and that we should be equally
active in taking steps to retain 1t when
forgotten is that the students who come
to Washington only to attend the uni
versity spend about 100000 a year in
this city that otherwise would be spent
elsewhere
Prompt Action Necessary.
I'VE need to act promptly in this mat
ter, for many people are leaving the
city. A. Lisner. for instance, who is
the best money-getter In town, goes
away Monday, and this is true Of many
others"
Adds B. Browne, a member OF the
board Of trustees of the university, and
also president Of the George Washing
ton Alumni Association, made a brief
ments had already been made to re-
tain the law department and the medi-
cal department in their present organi-
cation. and that the board OF trustees
was now working on the department
Of arts and sciences.
Il stood when / became member Of
the board OF trustees where we all stood
in condemning the use of the endow-
ment fund for current expenses. but since
l have been on the board and investigat-
ed the matter carefully 1 find that much
of the condemnation was unmerited. The
need of the. District was very pressing.
There was here no school of engineering,
no school Of architecture. and both of
these have been established without any
endowment.
II believe that the university can be
put on its feet because of the spirit that
has been shown by the faculty, the board
of trustees and the alumni association.
There will soon be special meeting of
the alumni called and l am certain that
they will come cheerfully to the aid of
the university"
Alumni Will Assist.
f. C. Brandenburg. who is also a men,
Der of the alumni Of the university, gave
assurances that the association would sup
port the university. Scott C. Bone made
few remarks. in which he urged that
the board of directors take up the matter
in full hearted and not in a perfume
tory way and that whatever action is
taken should be taken at once.
Gen. Harries mentioned that there were
at present three institutions calling for
financial aid from the people Of the Dis
trict, the George Washington Memorial
Association, which was first in the field;
the George Washington University, which
needed the money most, and had first
claim on the people of the District, and
the convention fund, which was being
raised to attract conventions to this city
Those who attended the meeting of the
board of directors were Gen. George II.
Harries. Thomas c. Noyes, Scott c.
Bone. William F. Guide. Gen. John M.
Wilson, j. Louis Willige. Adds B.