The Washington herald., 1922-02-12

the school. The remaining $50, 600
per year of operating expense, over
and above endowment income and
small student fees. comes from
friends of the Institution in the
form of voluntary contributions.
To meet urgent present needs
and future development. DR.. George
A. HubbeI. the president, declares
there should be maintenance and
development fund of s2,00o,OO0 for
additional buildings, supervision
and moderate operating capital for
the varied industries the school
must maintain for students to earn
their expenses, in whole or in part.
Today movement. national in
scope. Is being launched to secure
this sum through gifts of philan-
thropic persons.
Immediate physical needs of the
school. says DR.. HubbelI, are two
more dormitories for boys and one
for girls to accommodate the 500
additional students who would come
to the university were there the
housing facilities and means of
employment to meet their expenses.
The construction of these and other
buildings. one or two a year, would
provide employment for many stu
dents. When Avery Hall. a dor
mitory. was erected, students burned
the rough brick for the walls and
lime for the mortar. They poured
Concrete and laid brick when the
modern Seiberling dairy barn, the
hnest in Tennessee, was erected
four years ago. They laid brick
and made all the wood work for
the interior finish of the D. A. r.
dormitory completed, last year, cut
ting the timber in the forest, saw
ing Ii into lumber and manufac-
turing 1t into joists. flooring, case
ments, doors, window sash and
other interior trim, and then built
the chairs, tables, student desks
and other furniture for the rooms,
real quartered-oak furniture that
would grace any high-class fur
niture or office equipment store.
The buildings on which these stu
dents labored compare most favor
ably with similar structures built
by contract in the cities, where
tnere Is every facility of mill and
skilled labor for perfect construc-
ton.
Need Gymnasium.
The boys and girls get plenty of
exercise in their work on the uni
Versity farm, in the gardens, dairy
and shops and doing chores in the
dormitories and college buildings.
But. says DR.. Hubbell, they do need
modern gymnasium for the sys-
tematic and symmetrical building
of their bodies under scientific dI-
rect1on. Another need for their
physical welfare Is small hospital
and dispensary. They are a healthy
and hardy lot. but every educa-
tional institution should have faci-
lities for teaching health subjects
and for properly ministering to
those who. from time to time, be-
come ILL.,
A central administration and
academic building Is another urgent
need. Present offices and recitation
halls are taxed to capacity. A
separate building Is needed for the
academy department and another
for the opportunity school. This
latter is exactly what its name i'm
plies--a school where those Of IS to
30 who are not prepared for high
school and college. can. through in
tensive instruction, make up their
deficiency and not be forced to
forego an education for lack of
fundamental ground work. There
are some minor needs. such as, a
central laundry plant, an ice plant,
ETC., for economy of operation and
maintenance.
And then a modern and stately
auditorium with a seating capacity
for 1000 or more. The school has
an auditorium now with seating
CAPACITY for $50. The students