Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
PRINCETON ENDOWMENT
CAMPAIGN PROGRESSES
Chairman H. B. Thompson Re,
ports Over S6,000,OO0 Pledged
by Graduates and Friends.

Chairman Henry b. Thompson of the
Princeton endowment committee, issued
the following statement today:
In the six months that have elapsed
since Princeton undertook her campaign
for an increased endowment, subscrip-
tions amounting to So ,059, 703.63 have
been pledged by graduates and friends OF
the university to. the endowment fund.
OF the 4,035 contributions received, nearly
500 have come from persons other than
Princeton graduates.
The average subscription to the fund is
81 sol, while the subscriptions themselves
range from 81 up to $3.50, 900. The most
frequent contribution has been in sums OF
$500, while the second most popular sub
scription IS 500; 81 900 comes next; $50
is fourth $1,000 is fifth, and $1,000. sixth.
The New York district. which takes in
both New York City and State, and which
contains 2,726 Primo graduates, has
subscribed 81. SOC. .435. 10 Subscriptions
have been received in this district from
.296 graduates or az per cent of the total
number of alumni in New York.
New Jersey with 1882 alumni, has sub
scribed S76O, ,593. II. Subscriptions have
been received from 3S.7 per cent OF the
Princeton men in New Jersey. 4,
The Pittsburg district comes next, wlth
subscriptions amounting TO SOL ~. .ou- .
Chicago is fourth, with S475,0S4.S'.
There are 574 Nassau Alumni IN chicago,
of whom 1872 have subscribed to the fund.
Philadelphia, which has the third iarg-
est number of alumni OF any Irinceton
center, has subscribed S46S, ,424.|Z.
The other regions of the country follow
in the order named: Cincinnati, S349,29 !;
New England, SI60.4 Baltimore, Sl4S,-
SSS 1GR- NJ | NrIFs
s54 SIS: Texas. S53, ,925. Atlanta, S5l SOS:
Minneapolis. S45, $40; Colorado, $50, ,6S5;
Detroit. S2I 600 foreign, SS,635.50, and
miscellaneous. S226, ,919.S4.
In the competition between classes, the
alumni who graduated III the spring OF
1888. are far In the lead. having thus far
given S631 ,357 so to the endowment COM
mttee. The class of 1877 follows, with
subscriptions totallng S35O,O50. Third
position is held bv 1908, with contrlbu-
tions amounting TO S337 ,62S.05. Other
classes which have contributed Literally to
the fund are. 1857. S297 80 1879, Sl70,-
$50: 1895, S154, ,I99: 1881. SAG, ,440' 1900,
SI42, $40.
The class which graduated in 1916 has
one remaining member, Judge Bennett
Van Syckel, whose contribution TO the
fund gave that class one hundred per
cent SuDSCflttlon. 4 lit titioS VI ACSJ lido
seven surviving members. Of whom four
have gwen to the fund.
OF the younger classes, 1906 leads in the
percentage of subscriptions, $50 OF the $50
members having given.
A junior Princeton endowment drive
has been undertaken by the sons Of
graduates who have not vet entered the
university, but who intend to matnculate
at Princeton at some future date. The
youngest class represented in the junior
drive is l943, of which class one prospective
member has subscribed SlO0 Contribu-
lions have been received from classes from
1916 up to 1913.
The undergraduate es Of the university
N drive on the campus, which has been
completed, contributed Sl50,000 TO the
fund. The students undertook the cam
paign on their own initiative, and set out
20 raise 100000, which quota was over
subscribed by 30 per cent.