Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-23
COLLEGE PLANS
SUBJECT At c.
OF c. LUNCHEON
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN AND
THE COLLEGE FUTURE TOLD
OF BY SPEAK ERS.
Roller Mil Is
Under Discussion

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est, crowd that has yet attended
noon day luncheon of the Alma
Chamber of Commerce, was present
at the luncheon yesterday noon. and
listened with considerable interest to
three speakers from Alma College
and also to an exhortation by two or
three others regarding the use Of
Alma Bread flour if Alma expects
that the Alma Roller Mills will con-
tinue to operate under the manage
ment of J. Hale g. Sons Of Ionia.
Immediately following the lunch
con music was furnished by a male
quartet consisting of Joseph Wins
low, c. A. Robinson, Leon Stinchcomb
and G. V. Wright.
A letter relative to the Roller Mills
and the prospects Tor its continued
operation from J. Hale G. Sons Of
Ionia was read by President Babcock
of the Chamber of Commerce. j. d.
Sullivan called attention to the fact
that the mill has purchased 100000
worth of produce in the past five
months, and 1000 in the past week.
Ten thousand bushels of oats, alone,
have been shipped out by the mill, he
stated, in showing that the mill is
aiding in making Alma a market cen
ter again. w. W. Cushing suggested
that the wives of the city be urged
to purchase Alma Bread flour and
that demonstration be held TO show
the fine results that can be secured
from this flour. The two newspapers
of the city offered free advertising
space in the promotion of such de-
monstration.
A. 3. Sheldon Of Alma College
spoke briefly Of the results that have
50 far been achieved in the college
endowment campaign. lie said that
total of $354,000 has been subscrib-
ed Internationally and $l25,00O con-
dtionally, this including the $4,000
pledge of the General Education
Board, or Rockefeller foundation,
and the $4,000 pledge of the Carnc-
gle Corporation. He spoke Of the
work that is now being done out in
the state and expressed the hope that
the campaign would be successful.
Professor Roy Hamilton called at
tention to the fact that in the west
end of the city there was million
dollar corporation and urged that IL
being given loyal support. He spoke
of the steady growth Of the college
during the past few years and pre-
dicted that Alma would soon be
college Of five hundred students, at
which point the attendance would
probably be limited
President II. NJ. Crooks spoke Of
the campaign in Gratiot a year ago
and the amount secured for the gym
nasium which made S88,000 available
for the building. He stated that the
final plans have been approved and
the architects are now preparing thc
specifications for the contractors to
bid upon, and that these would prCb-
ably be ready about the middle of
April. BY the middle of May activi-
tes should be started, he said. lie
( spoke briefly Of the advantages that
the gymnasium would have, but that
! ioi NHt present III WOulu not nave the
natatorium or swimming pool.
He then turned 10 the college of
the future and explained to the gath
ering the architects plan for the
Alma College of foturc years. He
said that by 1925 the collections on
the endowment campaign would be in
and that in 1926 new campaign
for a million dollars might be start
ed. He spoke of the difficulty in get
ting people TO make personal gifts to
the college the first time, and then Of
the large number Of large individual
gifts in the present campaign.
He gave briefly the plan for coll
lege expansion during the coming ten
years, the construction of the gym
nasium, finishing Of the chemistry
building and repair of the heating
plant this year at cost of about
$4,000. In 1923 the completing of
the fourth floor in Wright Hall, max
ing number of additional rooms, Is
the plan, together with an expendi-
ture of about $4,000 on the athletic
field, then the library annex, the
science building. completion Of the
gymnasium by the addition of the
swimming pool, new mems and WON
ems dormitories, etc.