Evening star., 1921-02-23
ENDOWMENT PLEA
MADE FOR C. v. u.
| afam Bruce King Declares
r Address District Should
Aid University.

An appeal to the people of the Dis
tffct to provide for George Washington
University a magnificent endowment
20 enable it to fulfill it's local duty and
develop into a national university, sup
ported by men of wealth throughout the
country, was made by William Bruce
King of the board of trustees in
commemorative address at the centen-
NAL convocation exercises of the institu-
tion yesterday afternoon at Central High
School
1--WE are not a wealthy city," he said,
.sbut there is sufficient wealth to give
the university a reasonable endowment
which will pay the faculty better. en-
large the teaching staff. furnish plain
but sufficient accommodations for the
5 students and to relieve the administra-
tive officers from the pressing fear of
deficits which always hangs over them
and which chills all efforts for needed
expansion"
National in Scope.
Mr.. King stated that he regarded the
university as having two great RESPONSE
biiities The first to the boys and girls
of Washington who desire college ed
ucation, and the second is national in
scope There are thousands of young
people from every state in the Union
who enter the government service mere
and desire to utilize their life IN WASH
ington for a few wears fitting them
selves for broader citizenship at their
homes" he said. The responsibility
for the continuance and extension of the
university is primarily with the citlzens
of the District"
Needs of the university. Mr.. King
classified are lecture and recitation
hall, additional laboratories and large
teaching staff. Sufficient real estate
is held by the institution for erection
of all of these needed structures, he
said.
VIII Depend on Ability.
The permanency of America will
DEPEND upon our ability to meet the
Z Changing conditions without chang
ing the vital principles or uprooting
the deep-set traditions formed out of
the costly experience and the accu-
mulated wisdom of the past. Dr..
Charles A. Richmond declared in the
convocation address. 1T is the mis-
sion OF education to aid in this work
/ of higher conservation he said 1T
kf1 the special task of every man who
loves his country to save for our own
and succeeding generations of Amer1-
cans the wonderful inheritance which
s has come to US from the hands of the
dead, who lived and wrought and
sacrificed and died. and who have be-
osaeathed to US the fruit of their pa
!. fient labor and their willing sacri-
nee"
Or. Richmond made vigorous plea
<Se purEing educational institutions
Ekhe poison of national prejudice
1kred, which is breeding in the
minds of students the lust for new
wars.
Shall this country of ours become
the worlds breeding place for the
perpetuation of ancient feuds and the
field for the sowing of the dragons
feaff of war? Even now the sacred
names of Washington and Lincoln are
used as the cover of conspiracy of
Wholesale murder. This is the very
pegtilence that walketh in darkness
and the destruction that wasteth at
MONDAY"
Den0unees Greed for Gold.
DR.. Richmond warned against plac-
ing undue emphasis upon the value
OF what Is termed a practical educa-
tion. stating that the results Of that
kind OF a policy have been astonish-
ing. He also denounced the greed
Tor gold that Is regarded by many
~ the primal motive of life.
The addresses were delivered be-
fore an audience that taxed the high
school auditorium nearly to its
capacity. Occupying seats of honor
we're centennial delegates from 100
coiieges, twenty-seven recipients of
honorary degrees and thirty members
6 tie midyear graduating class DR.
W1utam Miller Collier. president of
- university. presiding. conferred the
degrees.