The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-30
MARYVILLE COLLEGE
CENTENNIAL WEEK

$4,000 contributed by the people OF
Blount County. A number of other
generous gifts designated by
the donors, to meet various needs
had also been made to the Centen.
nial Fund when the entrance of the
United States into the Great War
stopped the campaign for the period
of the war. The General Education
Board very generously extended to
June l, 1919 the time limit for the
securing of gifts or pledges covering
the total amount of the Fund.
After the signing of the armistice
on November IL, 1918, work on the
Forward Fund was resumed. The
abnormal conditions created by the
war inevitably added greatly to the
financial burdens of the College,
while the new norm of maintenance
in the after-war period will of neces
sity be higher than was the case dur
ing pre-war times. 1t is all the more
important, therefore, that the Cen
tennial Forward Fund be completed
within the next month, not only
in order to secure the $4,000
pledged by the General Education
Board, but also to guarantee to the
College the ability to enter it's
Second Century unhampered by
many of its present embarrassments.
Some of the most urgent needs of
the College that would be provided
for by the securing of this Centennial
Fund are the following: (1( The
increase of the now inadequate sal
aries of the teaching force to more
nearly living-wage standard. At
present the members of the college
faculty receive salaries considerably
below what they would receive in the
high schools throughout the greater
part of our country; while the pre-
paratory teachers receive much
smaller salaries than they would
command in regular high-school work.
1t is not right that these faithful and
efficient men IND women. whose
moral purpose and college loyalty
alone hold them in their positions of
instruction at Maryville, should be
so poorly paid that anxiety and self
sacrifice must be their lot. More
over, as the cost of living advances,
it is becoming increasingly difficult
for the College, with its low salaries,
TO secure the services of suitable and
competent additional professors as
they are needed. The high standards
of the institution as well as justice to
the people who teach are both i'm
periled by the inadequate salaries
that are now paid. (2) Endow-
nent for manual training depart
nent. Too long has this important
department. been delayed. 90 En-
dowment for an agricultural depart
ment. The clientage of Maryville,
.he rapid and cheering development
Of rural life in the South, the need
hat present-day public school teach
ers have of training in agriculture,
and the trend of the times all demand
his new department. A modest be-
ginning has been made in this de.
partment, but further development
awaits the imperatively needed funds.
(4 A hospital endowment to pro-
vide the salary of the nurse. The
hospital is proving invaluable, and
,he nurse is necessary, and the stu
tents are unable to pay for one.
Thus far, $1647 has been paid in on
his fund. (5) Additional endow-
nent for the library, the general
laboratory and workshop of all de-
,artments of the College. The pres
mt endowment is about eight thous-
md dollars. (6) Endowment to
,ay the administrative expenses of
he Cooperative Boarding Club so as
o keep the cost of board at mini
mum. Thousands of students have
,een enabled to attend college be-
,ause of this remarkable club.
Board is $2.35 a week. This year
more than five hundred students have
,een members of the Club. A new
for the Club is also need,
he supply of which can not long be
deferred. (D Endowment for the
latural science departments to help
,rovide annual supplies. (8) A
lew central recitation building. All
lvailable recitation space is utilized,
md yet the work is sorely cramped.
The only recitation buildings are the
Id original Anderson Hall and the
Science Hall. (9)
Another dormitory for young women.
Both dormitories are crowded, IN
pite of the fact that rooms for fifty
additional young women were pro-
.ided last summer by the finishing of
he hitherto unused fourth floor of
'earson's Hail. (10) Annexes to