The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-03-06
COLLEGES ASK
FOR MILLIONS
Nearly IS institutions of Learn
ing in the Country Now
Seek Funds.
LARGEST sum IS $25,000,o00
Northwestern Wants $4,000, 900 for
Buildings AIone-Higher Pay for
Professors Promised by Al
Campaign Committees.

New YOrk.-Nearly sevelty-five col
leges throughout the country are con-
Quoting campaigss for endowment
funds to Increase the pay of their pro-
fessors and to provide new buildings
and facilities. 1t is estimated that the
total sought is more than $500, OOO, 600.
Five Of the largest institutions in
the country-Harvard, Princeton, Cor
nell, Northwestern and New York uni
versity-are engaged in campaigns,
and the total sought by these five uni
versities alone is $7O,7OO,OOO. North
western seeks $25,OO0,00O. Harvard
already has promises of $4,000, 900,
0GO. COrnell's goal is $1O,OOOO 900.
Princeton desires $14,OOO,OOO, and New
York university has set $6,45O,OOO as
her minimum in campaign to be
launched late this month.
Pittsburgh Wants 100000
Other large sums sought by some of
the smaller colleges carry the total
above $100,0O0,OOO before the first ten
| campaigns are enumerated. Boston
| university also wants $10,OOO,OOO. The
University of Pittsburgh intends to
raise $16,OO0,000 in the next five years.
Oberlin college Of Ohio is to raise
$5,2S5, 900, and ten other colleges are
| campaigning for individual funds of
100000 each.
Although Columbia university here
| has announced no plans for a cam
paign for funds, her president, Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, has fntimated
! that money might be sought for the
| completion of the institutions building
programs. Two of Columbia's associ-
| ated institutions, Barnard college and
Teachers college, are appealing for
| funds. Teachers college seeks S3,OOO,-
| 600, $1,50O,O0O Of which Is to be used
for a new library building, and the
alumnae committee of Barnard asks
| 100000 to complete the 100000 en-
| dowment fund.
! All of the large eastern colleges
! have committees at work in this city,
| and Hunter College for Women and
! New York university intend to push
| their campaign for funds in the guer-
rilla warfare way because most Of
their graduates live in the city. Hun
ter college is seeking $4,000 for an
alumnae hall, and is running it's cam
| paign as part of the celebration Of the
fiftieth anniversary of it's foundation.
| Organizations Of graduates of the va
| rious colleges have been requested to
! subscribe certain quotas, and the cam
| paign has been carried directly to the
purse Of each graduate.
Varying Amounts Sought.
Sums sought by the smaller and
! specialized institutions range down
! from the SS,O0O,OOO sought by the Mas
! sachusetts Institute of Technology to
| the $1O,0OO,OOO to be raised by Ford
ham university of this city for q me-
| mortal to it's graduates who persisted
in the war. Joining, too, in the cam
! paigns are some of the women's COL
| leges, including Mount Holyoke, Bryn
Mawr and Smith college. Phillips tx
eter academy and Andover academy
also are on the list.
! Ihree or the institutions that had
planned elaborate campaigns for large
endowment funds received large sums
under the will Of Henry G. Frick. To
! Princeton was left $1O,OOO,OOO, Har-
ward received S5OOO,OOO, and SIS, 600 900
also was bequeathed to the Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology. Massa-
chusetts "Tech" also has received In
It's campaign promises of large sums
from T. Coleman Dupont on condition
that specific additional sums be SUBJ
scribed by others during the campaign.
By far the largest sum is sought by
Northwestern university in Chicago.
Her goal is S25,OOO,OOO, including s1O,-
100000 for new buildings and an en-
dowment fund for their maintenance.
Intended expansion of work is to be
covered by fund of $1,000 and
the remaining $4,OOO,OOO is to be used
in carrying on the present curricu-
lums. According to information fur
nished to the Vanderbilt Alumnus
! the publication Of the graduates of
Vanderbilt university, the scale of pro-
fessors' pay at Northwestern also will