Willmar tribune., 1916-11-29
BIG CAMPAIGN FOR
'. N. c. A. At j.
Statewide Collection Of Funds
Being Made For Such 4
Building.

HVeFy man ana woman IN the state
of Minnesota Is expected by leaders of
the movement to make an Investment
in the $4,000 campaign which will be
conducted from December to Decem-
ber 3. to raise funds for the new Y. M.
c. A. building for the University of
Minnesota. The building will be erect
ed off the University campus in Mime
apolis as soon as possible following the
campaign.
The University campaign committee
has had $115,O0O laid at it's feet with
the challenge to raise q small margin.
That amount is the aggregate Of the
conditional pledges which will become
valid as soon as the entire amount has
been subscribed. Ralph H. Garner, ex-
ecutive secretary Of the University Y.
M. c. A., says that president, regents,
faculty and friends of the University
who are promoting the campaign ex-
pect the direct cooperation of every
person in the state who is able to give
to the fund.- This is due to the fact
that every person in the state benefits
by the University Y. M. c. A.. either
directly or Indirectly, through the in
f1uence of the organization on the stu.
dents attending college.
Sixty thousand dollars is yet to be
raised to make the building fund com.
plete. OF this amount, $4,000 will be
used for the building and equipment
and the $4,000 will be used for main
tenance Of the association during the
4 r to-, ~rvI{1
process of erection and the pledge.
paid, Mr.. Garner says.
E. B. Pierce, University registrar, is
chairman of the campaign committee
and is to the University campaign what
e. ]. Couper was to the million dollar
campaign for the Minneapolis Y. NJ. C
A. system of buildings last June. Mr.
Pierce is also chairman of the execu.
tive board. which includes E. M. Nor.
gan, Donald Zimmerman. VIM. b. Nor.
ris, r. A. Baker, Rev. T. w. Graham
and Herbert Miller. A citizens com
mittee, and a students committee, the
former comprising nine teams Of ter
men each, and the latter of fourteen
teams of ten men each, will be named
Subscriptions which have alread,
been made are as follows: John D
Rockefeller. $4,000; The Minneapoli:
Campaign Committee. $4,000; The Day.
ton Company, by d. Draper Dayton
10000; President George E. Vincent
$1,000: Fred B. Snyder, president of the
Board of Regents, $4,000; B. F. Nelson
ex-regent of the University, $4,000
George H. Partridge, regent Of the Uni.
versity, $4,000; John Snyder, $4,000
Major John Bigelow, $1,000; Miscellan.
eous subscriptions, $4,000.
The campaign committee has an.
nounced that it will not solicit funds
from anyone who has already subscrib.
ed to the million-dollar campaign. Any
subscriptions received from those al
ready on the list will be entirely vol.
untary, Mr.. Pierce stated.
Facts at hand show that Minnesota
has one, Of the few large Universities
| in the country without an adequate Y
M. c. A.. building. Association build.
ings nave been erected at the cost nam.
ed at the following Universities: Iowa
State Agricultural College, $4,000
University of Missouri, $4,000; Univer.
sity of Wisconsin. $SS.00O: University
of Illinois, $4,000; University of Mich.
igan, $16O,0O0. Illinois Is raising $40,
900 for additional equipment.
The building will serve as a clear
| ing-house for the religious life of thu
campus, leaders Of the movement say
| Each student pastor will have Office.
and conference rooms in the building
| where it will be possible for him to ge
| in touch with all. the students Of his
| own denomination coming from othel
| cities. An auditorium and banque
rooms for meetings Of all sorts will
also be features