The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-09-23
UNION TO CAMPAIGN
FOR NEW MEMBERS
Drive to Start Tuesday and
End Saturday Night
Women to Help.
REDS VERSUS BLUES
St. Louis Pledges 81, 500 to
Organization - Kansas
City to Give 81, 200.

A joint Campaign under the auspi-
cies of the Missouri Union and the
Women's Student Government AS
sociation will be held next week for
the purpose of building up the mem
bership of the former organization.
The drive which will begin Tuesday
morning and close Saturday night will
be carried to the furthermost part of
the University, plans having been
made to solicit every student in school
The machinery of the campaign will
consist of two teams designated as the
Red and Blue and each team will have
a man captain in each of the eight
schools of the University. The two
teams will be under the direct super
vision of H. II. Kinyon, secretary of
the Union, Bertram Harry and Miss
Mary E. Mcdaniel, president of the
Women's Student Government AS
sociation. The women will have
captains in the School of Journalism,
School of Education, College of Agri-
culture, College of Arts and Science
and the Graduate School
Although the women will not
meet until Tuesday afternoon to
formulate plans for their part never
theless the mems organization will
start activities early Tuesday
morning Officers of the Union
recently held a conference with Miss
Eva Johnston, women's adviser, Miss
Louise Hardin and Miss Mcdaniel and
it was made known at that time that
the women are heartily in favor of the
movement and will enter into the work
of the campaign with lively interest.
In view of the fact that women can
not indulge in the day-to-day privi-
leges of the Union the regular member
ship fee has been reduced from SO to
50 in the case of new women mem
bers. This will entitle them to a years
subscription to the Alumnus, issued
twice month by the Union and also
will include many social affairs held
at the Union building in which women
may participate. Owing to the in
adequacy of the present building it is
considerable impractical to include
the women in the regular privileges of
the Union, hence the special rate was
made in order to deal fairly with the
women Plans for a separate building
for women is now under consideration
President A. Ross Hill in his open
ing address Wednesday emphasized
the great work of the Missouri Union
declaring that every student in the
University should become identified
with it's many activities. The purpose
of the Union as outlined yesterday
afternoon by H. H. Kinyon is to af-
ford a place where students of the
University may get together for an ex-
change of ideas in regard to the up
building of the University of Missouri.
New men are brought into line from
year to year and innoculated with the
spirit of the school and these men go
out into the various marts of the world
spreading this spirit and Incidentally
inducing other young men toward the
University, he said.
The directors of the Union in Co
lumbia and the schools they represent
are Baxter Bond, School of Commerce;
Norris Rider, College of Agriculture;
Riley Waller, School of Medicine;
Nathan Scarritt, College OF Arts and
Science: Lue C. Lozier, School of Lew;
Harry Rasmussen, School of Journal
ism Raymond c. Lewis, School of
education and L. R. Fuller, the Gradu-
ate School.
To strengthen the Union financially |
the st Louis Association has pledged |
itself to raise $500 toward the orga-
nization's maintenance fund, consider
able of which has been obtained. The |
handling of this proposition is under |
the supervision of Forest C. Donnell, |
a member of the board of directors |
from ST. Louis. A similar movement !
is on in Kansas City where $1,000 is |
being raised. T. T. Crittenden, former |
mayor of Kansas City and R. B. Cald-
well have the matter in charge in that !
city. R. B. Caldwell is president of |
the Union.