Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-15
Campaign
WaSGreat
Success
Endowment Fund
Of S5OO,OOOiS Secured, and
$5O,OOO More Certain.=Grea
Improvements to be Made

given out last evening at the conclu.
sion of an all-day session of the board
OF trustees, held in Portland yester-
day.
The biggest thing made public was
that the report Of President Homan
and Vice-President Todd, who have |
been conducting the campaign showed
that they had in the bank, in cash or
its equivalent, considerable in excess
of the $25O,OOO they were to have
raised by the first of the year, if they
received the $4,000 offered by Mr..
Hill.
Many Of Willamette's friends were
nervous because the result of the en-
dowment campaign had been kept
quiet until this meeting. They will be
glad to know that the endowment is
secured, and that the subscriptions
made and not paid as yet, will, with
Mr., Hills $4,000, and the $2jOO0O now
in the bank complete an endowment
OF $500,OO0. And that when an en-
dowment of $5OO,OO0 has been secured
in actual cash, or its equivalent, Sena-
tor Booth will give 100000 more, $780,
900 to go to the endowment fund and
$4,000 to the building fund, making q
total endowment Of $550,OOO
1t was decided that the campaign
should be continued until another
100000 had been secured, this $780,
900 to meet the expense of carrying on
the campaign, and to make good any
shrinkage that might occur in the
present subscriptions.
President Homan was instructed to
hire a special representative to col
lect the subscriptions now due and as
sist in winding up the campaign for
$5O0OOO in cash.
Outside the endowment the biggest
question is new buildings, and changes
in the general makeup of the campus
these are contemplated in the near fu-
ture.
The board ordered an architect en-
gagged to go over all the buildings on
the campus and submit plans for re-
modelling and unifying the style Of all
OF them, thus securing a uniform arch
itecture that will add much to the ap-
pearance Of the campus
The Importance Of this move cannot
be emphasized too strongly as regards
the future of the university and
coupled with an action taken in regard
to the landscape will mean much for
the appearance Of the city Of Salem,
It was decided that an expert land
scape artist should be secured at once
and instructed to submit schemes for
making the campus landscape one Of
the beautiful spots of the coast No
effort will be spared to fully develop
the best landscape possible, The plans
will include garden, walks, fountain
etc
The fact that the girls dormitory Is
crowded to the limit makes It impera-
tive that q new one be erected. If the
donor Of such building can be found
It will be erected this summer, If not,
1t wilf in all events be erected before
school opens year from next iall.
It was decided that the college Of
liberal arts should be yet improved.
The salaries of many departments are
to be Increased and new departments
offering subjects not in the curriculum
as yet 10 be installed. This move Is
also among the important and means
great things for the future Of the uni
versity.
Another important move was the APP
pointing Of committee to investigate
the setting Of the standard Of the affi-
lated colleges, and planning for the
betterment Of their work. This change
will mean better recognition and q
bigger student enrolment for each Of
the affiliated schools.
Three hundred dollars were appro.
priated for the purchase of new refer.
ence books for the library and will
lend greater enchantment to that de.
partment which Is already Mecca fol
lovers Of research and fiction.
1t was also ordered that an exper
, accountant be secured to 80 over tn,
university accounting system, anc
. place the same on new and thor
J oughly up-to-the-mlnute business basi
These different actions taken by IN,