The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-15
Nearly IS institutions Of Learn
ing in the Country Now
Seek Funds:
LARGEST SUM IS S25,00O,00O
Northwestern Wants $4,000, 900 for
Buildings Alone--Higher Pay for
Professors Promised by All
Campaign Committees.

leSeS tuIOuSlOuk lHc GUILTY. dAC SOkt-
Quoting campaigns 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,0OO.
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 $70,7OO,OOO. North
western seeks $25,OOO,O00.. Harvard
already has promises of $12,OOO,OOO,
toward her desired fund of $15,25O,
900. Cornells goal is $1O,OOOOOO.
Princeton desires S14 100000, and New
York university has set $6,45O,OOO as
her minimum in campaign to be
launched late this month. ..r.s
Pittsburgh Wants $16,0o0Oo0.
Other large sums sought by some of
the smaller colleges carry the total
above S1OO,OOO,0OO before the first ten
campaigns. are enumerated. Boston
university also wants $1O,OOO,OOO. The
University of Pittsburgh intends to
raise $4,000, 600 i'm the next five years.
Oberlin college Of Ohio is to raise
S5,2S5, 900, and ten other colleges are
campaigning for individual funds of
$3OOO,OOO each. u
Although Columbia university here
has announcer no plans for a cam
paign for funds. her president, DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, has intimated
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 $4,000
600, 81, 100000 of which is to be used
for new library building, and the
alumnae committee Of Barnard asks
S5OO,O00 to- complete the $1NO,OOO 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. Hum
ter college is seeking $150,OOO for an
alumnae hall, and is running it's cam
paign as part Of the celebration of the
tiftieth 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. IS
Varying Amounts Sought. 4
Sums sought by the smaller and
specialized institutions range down
from the $S,OOO,OOO sought by the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology to
the $1O.OOO,OOO to be raised by Ford
ham university Of this city fog a 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, Brya
Mawr and Smith college. Phillips Ex-
eter academy and Andover academy
also are on the list.
Three Of the institutions that had
planned elaborate campaigns for large
endowment funds received large sums
under the will Of Henry c.. Prick. To
Princeton was left $1O,OOO,OOO. Har.
ward received S5,OOO,OOO, and $5,OO0,0OO
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 sub
scribed by others during the campaign
BY far the largest sum is sought by
Northwestern university In Chicago
Her goal is S25,OO0,OOO, including $40,
100000 for new buildings and an en-
dowment fund for their, maintenance
7 Intended expansion of work is to b.
| covered by fund Of 1900, 900, anc
the remaining $4,O0OO0O Is to be uset
in carrying on the present curricu
lums According to information fur
nished TO the Vanderbilt Alumni!
the publication Of the graduates o
Vanderbilt university the scale of pro
fessors' pay at Northwestern also vii
! he increased. ... 81