Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17

campaign OF Richmond and Westhamp-
ton COLLEGES for 100000 on Monday,
an open lottcr has been prepared by
twenty representative Richmond bust
ness men calling on the other business
men OF the city to support the drive
100000 which is being sought here.
The campaign will last for ten days.
During this period. teams OF business
sale sections. Men widely known COM
mcrcially VIII captain several Of the
capyassing teams
The campaign has the Endorsement
OF the Chamber OF Commerce. the Re
tan Merchants Association. the Rotary
club and other organizations. Each
Of these. bodies has appointed a COL
lese campaign committee. comprising
business mems committees will CO.
operate with the field secretaries and
tho other workers.
Starting next Tuesday, the workers
will gather each day for LUNCHEON in
campaign headquarters in room in
The basement OF the Mutual Building.
Reports read at these gatherings will
progress of the drive. President F.
w Boatwrisht. OF Richmond College, is
Directing the campaign.
The open letter to Richmond bust
ness men follows:
Ten years ago Richmond College
asked the business men Of Richmond to
= rebuilding and enia iySe eD fund Of
S5o0,0oo. In a ten-day campaign in
November l9es, the money was pledged
ana AM, by January 1919. it had been
paign. the college corporation began
70 erect on spacious grounds about
Westhampton lake substantial build
new coordinate college for women.
called Westhampton College. The build
ings and iheiS go equipment cost approx
pied from the fan OF 1914 until june,
1918, when, at the request of the War
Department, they were vacated by the
colleges for use by the surgeon-gcn
eral as hospital for wounded soldiers
from overseas.
Although the new campus was spa
cions and attractive and the Gothic
IL was expected that removal would
cause decrease in city attendance
and mat for some years enrolment
would increase but little. Official re-
ports show. however. that in the ten
years from the time of the last Ricn-
mond campaign in 1908 to the present
session the total attendance OF stu
dents increased from go to 6S4. Tho
dorInitories and labora tories at West
hampton arc today inadequate 10 ac-
commodate the present body of stu
dents.
Foreseeins two years ago that there
must be carly enlargement OF facul-
ties, dormitories and all equipment. the
G Io,4 trustees launched in, April,
- L.
100000. OF this amount 100000 was
designated for permanent endowment
$4,000 for additional dormitories and
tuition scholarships. The war, with its
demands upon philanthropy, and also
the recent epidemic of influenza have
but already the college ofTiciais report
over 100000.
This time the business men of Rich
mr. hn frfo
this city are asked to give 100000,
In. addition to what has already been
pledged II this is done. the college
fund Will be speedily completed The
whole amount will be spent or invested
In Richmond for the benefit of higher
education. as Was the 100000 raised
ten years ago. 1t is reasonable to eS-
Pect that as soon as this money Is
paid and the new buildings erected
that Richmond will have group OF
1000 Students
1t is worth reca Hing in this connec-
tion that the majority of young people
their homes or they GO Without college
advantage Great and renowned as
Is Harvard University, 81 per cent Of
rs students come. from a radius OF
nifty miles. Since. the majority Of Rich
mond boys and girls Will either attend
Richmond and Westhampton Colleges
or not enter college at all. it is to the
VI SNelS cillZcn tn9t these COL
leges have able teachers and be pro
vided with all needed facilities of in
struction. 4 great and growing city
REQUIRES great and growing institu-
lion OF higher learning. 1t is also to
The advantage OF every citizen that
this group OF colleges shall attract to
our city an increasing group of stu
dents from other sections for the four
years OF college work
While Richmond College has shown
remarkab bic growth in recent years, its
available income has not kept pace
with the enrolment of students The
most serious financial handicap has
been the inability OF the trustees to
market the old campus on West Broad
Street, and the consequent neCessity of
borrowing money to pay for the great
at Westhampton. The
total value OF al land in the old coll
iege CAMPUS, whether sold or unsold,
has gone into the new buildings While
waiting for the old campus TO be sold
IN Its entirety the college is paying
heavy interest and taxes. On this ac-
count the years Of war have been for
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