The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-11
MUST GET $4,000
BEFORE JANUARY |.
Richmond College Program De
ponds Upon Full Payment
of Home Pledges.
APPEAL BY DR.. cartwright
Tells How Plans May Be Upset
Through Failure of Subscribers
to Make Good.
APPEAL BY DR.. cartwright

In statement issued yesterday
President +. w. Boatwright. of Rich
! mond college, again calls attention 10
| Tho fact that unless $4,000 is paid by
| January l. on subscriptions hereto
| fore made for the Greater Richmond
| College at West Hampton, the insti-
tuition will lose part Of the fund offered
! by the General Education Board.
! The very serious result of the fail-
ure on the part OF the campaign com
mittee to collect unpaid pledges is en-
! phasizcd, for it may rctard plans OH
! which the college, has been WORKING FOR
| years.
President Boatwright's statement
| follows:
Five years ago last month Rich
| mond citizens subscribed 100000 In
| ten-day campaign to complete n $780,
| 600 fund for building n Creator Rich
| mond College. 1t was Il magnificent
undertaking. gladly and handsomely
! achieved by leading business and pro-
fessional men OF our city 1t was un-
| derstood that tho greater college
| should also include n standard college
for women. the buildings OF which
| should cost not less than 100000
Time Limit Expires January 4.
The five years have passed, and the
| extended timo limit set on our condi-
| tional subscription OF $4,000 by the
|
! the last day OF this month. Meantime.
! over half million dollars has been
spent on the buildings Of the new col
! lcge, and the woman's group, instead
Of costing 100000, as agreed. has &C
| tually cost $4,000. Last Saturday the
architects pronounced this group com
! plete. Its spacious and beautiful halls
| speak for themselves. The president
of one OF our largest state institu-
| tons who went through the buildings
last week, is reported to have said
| that the erection of such beautiful and
substantial college buildings marked
an epoch in Southern education.
But we have not Jared quite SO we'll
In collecting money as we have in
subscribed In Virginia to secure the
sl50,00O from New York. only 100000
! has been collected In other words.
our campaign committee must collect
$4,000 In ca sh this month or lose
heavily and fail to complete the great
est educational undertaking in which
| Richmond was ever concerned. For
the Greater Richmond College Is not
to cost, when ready for occupancy
next September. merely the half mil
lion dollars originally contemplated.
but a round million dollars in build
ings and material equipment And
| Richmond citizens owe half the money
We 10 make tnlS great UNDERTAKE
ing = success.
only $4,000 has been paid on the
100000 wo subscribed. and the college
holds $4,000 in unpaid bonds of good
ana worthy people In our city. II
this amount OF money-just $4,000
can be collected in Richmond immedi-
ately. the rest OF Virginia will un-
doubtedly give enough to make the
campaign completely successful. II
Richmond fails. the campaign fails
OF complete success. Fifteen thousand
dollars is no great amount OF money
In comparison with what has already
been collected but it Is n frightfully
and alarmingly great sum to be Sc
cured In cash in three weeks. And
hutniliating failure will be our portion
unless we can get this $4,000.
Moreover. another effort will Their
have to be made a little later, to raise
this money. for contracts have already
been made which call for every dollar
OF the unpaid pledges On the other
hand. reasonable effort here and
there. a little sacrifice perhaps. and j
few additional gifts to make up foi
unavoidable deficiencies will bring
triumphant success. to the joy Of ever,
friend of Richmond College and ever,
rcsident of our city who is interested
in higher education"