Evening journal., 1919-12-08
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1919.
COLLEGES AND THEIR QUEST ron FUNDS.

~ almost has obtained $4,000 TO increase the OF
members Of its faculty and do other things needful Is
only one many American institutions for higher edu-
cation which are in active quest for funds II also may
be stated that the amount It has asked is a bagatee
as compared with the asked for by other colleges
canvass completed by the Harvard Endowment Fund,
shows that there are least hundred American inst-
tutons Of higher education which now either plan
Ming or conducting campaigns for added funds with
which to carry their work.
At conservative estimate without counting the State
universities which are seeking money from their
legislatures these appeals collectively will reach body
Of 10000 college graduates from the shores OF New Eng
land to the coast Of the Pacific.
The list Of needy colleges, which from Harvard
with 5000 living alumni, 10 Reed College, oregon, with
ias includes institutions in all parts Of the country
The amounts they seek vary from 100000 TO si5'2oo-
OOo but their pshts all ake the high cost OF living
with the increased expense Of operating has obliged all
endowed colleges In fairness 10 their faculties and TO
their standards Of Instruction TO so out for more money
In no instance would any institution consider the pos
siby OF meeting the deficit through straight increase
In the tuition fee In order to keep their doors open TO
the rich and poor alike. the endowment fund is consd-
cred the only possible means Of stavng of collapse OF
higher education.
Among the colleges seeking financial aid are Harvard
Yale, Princeton, Columbia Cornell Massachusetts, In
sttuue OF Technology, Fordham, Tufts New York uni
versity Reed College, and Leland Stanford. Nine col
eges ohio banded together their appeals while
several in Colorado and Iowa have taken similar action
Among the smaller colleges is Tusculum. at Greenwich
Tenn. whose 2iO alumni hope 10 raise half million
Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter n. H., heads the list
OF the preparatory schols seeking funds while
the womens colleges planning drives Smith, Bryn
Nawr, Wellesley. vassar. and MI. Hoyoke
is reported that a strong movement s foot among
the state universities TO induce their legislatures 10 vote
hut
State support and there such Will have to raise
the money from their friends and graduates.
Only few OF the colleges have actually launched their
cansassng campaigns. but the initial success OF the
pioneers has given confidence 20 the whole movement
and educators believe that every drive based educa-
tons service the country VIII be marked with
The outstanding example is that OF Harvard University.
which the frst 10 make It's appeal With $4,000 living
alumni which is the largest showing OF any university In
the country she made appeal for the largest OF the
endowment funds s52J00O0 TO date has raised
twothrs OF the amount This showing has led others 10
believe that their colleges making drives on smser
scale, meet with the result.
OF the most striking features OF the campaigns
said has been the response OF teachers who the
very class which 70 benefit from the added endowments
That the Lord helps those who help themselves s
aNom upon which the teachers have been prompt 10 act
and smaller salaries In instances. than
those which the colleges propose TO for the pro
a
generosity
Civ gymen TOO, have been liberal Ia their sfts. we'll
hundreds Of who went 20 college, but who
are apprecatve OF the service which the colleges are
giving the country In the training OF The leaders for the
next generation.
Women have shown In their support OF the drives for
the colleges Of their brothers, sons and husbands that
they keeny alive 10 the value Of the college, and from
the early indications in connection with the campaigns
the womens colleges, the will be obliged extend
themselves in order to outdo the support Of
American education,
On all Sides the endowment movement is regarded by
educators logical longrun investment in real phan
thropy, and a for giving the underpad in
sretor fair deal for his boundess contribution 10 the
counrys Strength in his training Of the minds OF Amer
ics's youth.
II viii be seen from the above that while the money
demand Of Delaware College is small 10 IS part and parcel
Of big national movement OF supreme educational I'M
port and one that should be met