La Junta tribune., 1917-05-24
COLORADO COLLEGE
CONTINUED from First Pase)

nation OF President Slocum, which
will come into effect the coming
June with the close OF the present
college year. DR.. slocum has been
At the head OF the institution Tor
twenty-nine years, and during his ad-
ministration the college has grown
from . small institution with only
one small building and . mortgaged
campus TO a strong college OF almost
eight hundred students. II Is rec
ognized throughout the country as
one OF the best colleges In the land.
Harvard University has recognized
its merits by sending one OF the Har-
ward faculty to the college each year
to lecture for a month. AT the same
time a member OF the faculty Of Col
orado College goes to Harvard for
either a year or . half year as he
may wish. The arrangement costs
Colorado College nothing. This year
Professor Warren NJ. Parsons. dean
OF the Judson ". Bemis Department
OF Business Administration and
Banking went to Harvard for the
first half year. and when Professor
Taussig OF that Institution was called
TO Washington by President Wilson
for service on the tariff commission,
Harvard made arrangements by
which the Colorado College man
could be kept in the east for the
remainder OF the year.
President Slocum will crown his
work at Colorado College by the
completion OF the half-million dollar
endowment increase fund on which
he has been working for over two
years. At least his friends say that
he will complete the sum, and no
one about the college seems to doubt
the statement. Only few thousand
dollars are needed TO complete the
amount when this half-million Is
obtained the college will have an en-
dowment OF over one million and a
half dollars. The college authorities
do not feel that this amount is suf-
fIcient for, the needs OF the insti-
tuition as II Is a million less than
the endowment OF colleges in the
east that are carrying on similar
work. but II will place the college
In a stronger position financially
than has been the case at any time
in its past history. One OF the fun
damentsl needs OF successful edu-
eational institution is either sub
stantial endowment or a reasonable
share OF the taxpayers money from
the state secretary. Colorado Col
lere Is supported by endowment. and
has never cost the citizens of the
state a cent in taxes. though II con-
tributes thousands OF dollars annu-
ally to the well-being OF the state
through the education which 4, gives
10 the young people OF the common
wealth.
The successor TO President Slocum
has net yet been appointed. but will
undoubtedly be named within the
neat month. The trustees of the
college have considered carefully
over two hundred and fifty names OF
men who are regarded as possibly
suited for the position. and from
this number will select the man to
I'll DR.. Slocum's place.
A second most important change
In the college staff Is the appoint.
ment OF a successor TO Miss Ruth
LOOMS. who has been dean of the
women at Colorado College for
over twenty years. and who has pu,
the social life OF the college on so
substantial a basis that her work IS
regarded as a model by many OF tn.
leading eo-educa,ionaI Institutions O,
the country. Miss LOOMS was com.
PEELED to give up her work beeaus.
OF serious Illness in her family In the
east Her successor. Miss Marion
Churchill. is now on the ground. and
has already won the respect and con.
fdenee of both the faculty and stu.
dents OF the college. She comes n,
an old New England family OF seho,.
ars, and Is herself a graduate o,
Radcliffe College. and teacher OF
several years experience
The service in the field Of eduea.
'ion on which Colorado College ha,
given the state Of Colorado In the
last for'y-three years is a large one
and there Is every prospee, ,ha, ,hi,
service will increase in the years to
come.