Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-12-14
McKINLEYS PROPOSAL MAY
MEAN COMM MUnITY BUILDING
0RY.M.C.A. FOR CHAMPAIGN

4. the last meeting of the Board 0
motors of the Chamber OF Com
- p.lss'g sf Champaign the special com
me-, me- building committee reportes
a.'s, ~ fogoWine 10 said board Of direc
''is. Campaign, Ill.,, Nov. 30, 1928.
?. ,he BOARD of Directors,
~ .Cbarber of Commerce,
Campaign, Illinois. :.
your committee on Communit,
R.il3irg having reliable informatiof
%, senator Mckinley has offered Il
- -, proper Community Building
s-s.tsd 80 by this city, with 1000 an
s,'al s,eN'I maintenance fund. feels, in view
~ .be Information received regard.
'ag Mr.. McKinley's offer, that .
brsssd inquiry should be made as tc
the desires of the community te
snance such a building as would be
naesssary 10 obtain the endowment
|snhoned; and in order that such ar
synression shall as nearly as possible
be obtained,
We suggest that;
This committee be relieved and that
Large Committee composed OF
conservative Citizens of Champaign,
hs appointed as a Community Build
mg committee by President Amsbary
and that he retain the chairmanship
AZ said committee, also that the chair
man shall have full power over the
size place and time of meetings and
arrangement of the subject for dis
eussion at such meetings.
1Sigped:1 Chas. J. Mullikin
A. M. Burke
d, S. Dobbins,
Special Community Building
Committee.
Acting on the report which the
board had adopted President Ans
barry appointed the following COM
mittee:
W Lewis, A. NJ. Burke, Charles
Muikin, D. c. Dobbins, c. d. Brow
nell. Harry Grant, William Berry
man, Prof, H. A. Hollister. P. w.
Wright, Frank Brown, Charles M.
Stahl, John Stipes, Thomas Smith,
|. NJ. Bilderback, Clarence Lloyd,
N. NJ. Harris, Ike Kuhn, Walter Stern,
Ross MATHS, Mayor George M. Babb,
Albert Eisner, Harry J. Millard,
George Farrar, A. w. Spaulding,
Charles Killer, Harry Willis, George
Maths, Prof. J. NJ. White, John Son.
mers, John B. Prettyman, H. s.
Capron, George Huff, Dan Morrissey,
L. +. Getman, William Wood, c. L.
Nser, NJ. S. Burr, ID. G. Swannell,
Dr. D. c. Dodds.
Thirty-five of these men met at the
Inman hotel last Friday night and
discussed the merits of the proposal
that Mr.. Mckinley has made. All
agreed that his offer of endowment is
liberal and that it ought to meet with
response from the citizens of Cham
paign. Many ideas were advanced and
every one of the 35 members of the
committee expressed themselves on
the proposition.
Mr.. Amsbary after expressing his
appreciation of the response to his
appointment and invitation to the
committee, explained what a COM
munlty building might be made to en-
body as follows: "My idea of COM
'''"i.9 baiiudllS is one WHICH Snoulu
contain a convention hall as well as
office rooms to house the Chamber of
Commerce. the Farm Bureau, the
United Charities, Boy Scouts, Girl
scouts, the Red Cross the Ant-Tu-
enulosis Society as well as other
Kindred organizations. 1t should con-
tain Comfort Station, Gymnasium,
I. Swimming Pool and other recrea-
nonal rooms" Mr.. Mckinley's offer
lsS rare and so elaborate that | want
to get full expression from everyone.
feel that from Mr.. McKinley's pro-
posed endowment and rentals from
cvc organizations a building can be
Prof. j. NJ. White, university archi-