The Washington times., 1919-10-10
STILL WILL RECEIVE
HARVARD MONEY
Local Campaign Committee Will
Continue to Take SUbSCrip-
tiOns Despite End of Drive.

! Although the formal drive by the
1 Harvard men Of Washington TO aid in
! raising a Sl5. ,O0O endowment fund
for Harvard University came TO a
close at big rally held last night at
/ the University Club, subscriptions VIII
| continue TO be received for about
week at the campaign headquarters,
room 7I5 Union Trust building, ac-
! cording to announcement today by
/ Walter r. Tuckerman. chairman OF
the local executive committee.
! Many OF the local Harvard men have
not yet had an opportunity to send
their subscriptions TO the committee.
| Members Of the executive committee
believe that when subscriptions now
IN sight and turned In. the total in the
local campaign viii be well above the
S10o, 900 mark, the goal voluntarily set
by the executive committee as the
! Districts quota. The total now
stands at &T1.345. all OF which was
contributed by eiEhty-three persons.
The subscriptions thus have come
from about 10 or 20 per cent Of the
Harvard men Of Washington.
President Lowell Speaks.
DR.. A. Lawrence Lowell, president
OF Harvard DR.. Charles W. Eliot,
! president emeritus; Eliot WadBWoTth,
/ OF New York, chairman Of the national
| endowment fund campaign; Dean
I lie Baron r. Briggs, rs; John W.
HallowelI, assistant to the Secretary
Of the Interior and vice chairman OF
the local executive committee, and
Mr.. Tuclzerman were the speakers at
the rally last night, which was held
under auspices Of the Harvard Club
Of Washington.
'If Harvard. without the ondow-
ment now being sought, had been
to pay its professors higher salaries
during the war" said DR., Lowell, ''the
university would have gone bankrupt.
And If the professors had gone on
strike. the university would have
been compelled 70 shut down COM
pletely. Fortunately Harvard pro-
fessors have as yet no exalted opinion
as to their duty to strike if the sal
airy IS not exactly to their liking. But
IL the work Of the university is to be
carried on, the endowment fund must
be supplied. The university is produc-
ing men and ideas, and the country
needs both OF these now"
The need Of advanced education IS
great" declared DR.. Eliot. "If you had
sat with me as a member Of the
Presidents industrial conference dur
ing the last four days you would have
been convinced Of the fact"
DR.. Eliot expressed the opinion that
there would be no strike Of professors
at Harvard even 81 the salaries were
not increased. He said that most OF
the professors are in a calling to
which they feel suited and which they
like and that they would deem IL their
duty and their preference to continue
"a "a nm 81 "a Enr
had become so attached.
Hard to Get Young Men.
Dean. Briggs agreed with DR.. Eliot 1
In that there was no danger Of losing
the older professors because Of the
small salaries, but he declared it was
becoming increasingly difficult to OBJ
tain recruits for the teaching force. +
BE said that unless salaries. were ,
made more attractive, the university I
would be compelled to rely upon me
diocrity for its teachers.
The ideals OF democracy. fostered At /
Harvard were stressed by Dean {
Briggs.
Wealth counts for something at I
Harvard among the student body" he .
said, but counts far less than IL does
elsewhere. Family prestige also
counts some, but lack Of such pres !
tige does not handicap a student"
Mr. WadswOrth explained the needs /
Of the university and told Of the pur- !
poses Of the campaign. He said that /
the war had cut the value Of the !
dollar in half and that as a result 4
Harvard's endowment was equal 70 |
just about half what IL once was.
Despite popular belief, Harvard is /
no longer a wealthy university" he .
said.
Mr.. Wadsworth reported that ap-
proNimately $4,000, 900 had been raised /
in the nationwide campaign.
'Unles this endowment fund IS
he said, we will be forced 70
see a steady decline in the quality
OF Harvard's teachers. Raising the |
salaries Of professors is essential. /
even IL the size Of the faculty has u
to be cut and the student body has A
to be limited. Such procedure, which /.
probably will be necessary if the I.
endowment fund is not raised, would n
put Harvard on the waiting-list L
basis"
Has Educated Public. n
Mr.. Hallowell told Of the value Of 4
the campaign in educating the public II
as TO Harvard. He also expressed II
pride in the fact that there had been II
no strike on the part OF the faculty 4
despite the fact that professors have II
not received a salary increase in four II
teen years.
1T is inconceivable that such a
situation could exist in any business
or Industry" he said.
Air. Tuckerman told Of the work OF
the local committee and expressed II
confidence that the District would II
raise more than 100000. II
Congressman Winslow Of Massa-
chusetts, president Of the Harvard
Club Of Washington, presided. Major
Charles 7. Tittman, Of the class Of