Evening star., 1924-02-09
IO3d ANNIVERSARY OF G.. ", II!
: DEVOTED TO DRIVE FOR FUND
500 Workers, Abandoning Usual Business Lunch
con, Seek to Dra,o Nearer Million.Dollar
Coal.

tday. when. 500 workers renewed their
efforts in the campaign to secure
a $1,000, 900. endowment fund for the
institution.
On February 3. 1921. James Monroe
signed the bill which gave the uni
tversity it's charter. Among the DON
ors to the building erected were
John Quincy Adams. Henry Clay.
John Calhoun and thirty-two MEM
bers of Congress.
With hard work. from President
William Mather Lewis. down 10 the
most ''frosh" of freshmen and in
;cluding the 500 campaigners, mostly
local business and professional men.
celebrated today.
Holding no business luncheon. the
workers devoted their entire time to-
day to securing subscriptions to add
to- the total Of $2S9.930 already OBJ
| tanned. The million-dollar fund'is the
national objective. although it is ex-
pected that ultimately the National
Capital will contribute the bulk of it.
Lewis Gives Two Addresses.
President Lewis addressed the Ma
tional Press Club at noon, and shortly
thereafter the City Clup, setting forth
| the place Of the university in the life
| curing the endowment and building
| fund.
Out of a city of nearly 500. 900 per-
| sons approximately 1,100 have sub
scribed to date, John B. Larner. treas
urer. announced. The average gift
| thus far is about S152. So, it is real
! lied how much room there is left to
get hundreds of more persons inter-
ested in education to subscribe.
The final business luncheon of the
! intensive campaign will be held at
| 1880 o'clock Monday at the New Eb
| bitt Hotel.
Results to Date.
! The amounts announced by teams
yesterday was $20.049. Results by di-
visions SO far are: Division /, David
A. Baer. s9.63S; Division 2. Charles l.
| Corby, sS,s6i.5O: Division 8, William
Bruce King, 1s1O,2SO: Division 4, Judge
J. Wilmer Latimer, s24,s51: Division
5: Hugh Miller. $10,211: Division 6, DR..
Thomas A. Groover, $500: Division
Z, Mrs. J. p. Earnest and Mrs. Joshua
Evans, jr., s14,677; Division s. Mrs.
W. e. Chamberlain and Mrs. otto l..
Eeerhoff, 1896, and Division 9, Miss
Evelyn Jones and Miss Elizabeth
Webb Wilson. s11,536.
The executive committee of the
| campaign has now reported a total
of S119.7l2. Students and faculty
individual quota for each alumnus isl
$500, which he is asked to "get orr
give" in five years.
Results by divisions to date are:
Total, s9.63s: team 1, Philip Ersch-
Ter, s1,S25; team 2. Erskine Gordon,
$3.50; team 8. H. Latane Lewis, 1865;
team I. H. H. Semmes, s53s: team 5.
n; II; LinRins: $l,4o0; team 6. Joseph
/ Division 9 Charles T. Corhy 1eader
Total. ss.s64.5O: team 8, DR.. H.
w Jaeger. $4,000; team 8. W.
". Ross. sl:155: team 10, J. w.
Drauner. saoo: team II. d. Hyde
$4,000.
Division - William Bruce King,
leader Total. s10,2sO; team IS,
Rev; Paul sperry; s2,5o5; team a.
Dunbar. .s1.56O: team 10. DR.. o. b.
Hunter, $5.i05
Division 4. Judge Wilmer J. Lati-
mer, me leader = Total, s24,s51: team
-, r. T. Haycraft. ss45: team %,
Charles s. Collier, s1.o25: team 81,
DR.. J. W. Bovee. s2.1oO: team 81,
J: W. Burch. $3.50; team 3s, W. b.
Ham $500: team 80, c. NJ. Updegraff,
696
Division ). Hugh Miller. leader
Total, sl0.2ll; team 81. Prof. II: G..
Doyle. S3.265: team %. Mai 4. NJ
Prentiss. s3.260: team 26. D. II. Smith.
SI'lS6; team q, William c. Van
Division 6. DR.. Thomas A. Grower
leader-Total 5000; team 90, DR.. r.
NJ. Ellison, s1.505; team 90. Dr. J.
Mallory: $l.9S5; team 81. DR.. d. r.
RnIv,, sirtwell, sS:o05; team 81. DR.. F. \.
Pagan. $3.50; team S5. DR.. n. NJ
Smiller, s795.
Division I. Mrs. J. r. Earnest and
Mrs. Joshua Evans. jr.-Total s14.677:
team 81. pr O. Josenhine Baird. $3.50:
team So. Mrs. r. c. Brandenburg. $3.50:
team 81. Mrs. II. G. Doyle. s2,410;
team 55, Mrs. Elizabeth Earnest,
s4,61o: team 81. Mrs. Virgil B. Jack
s227O. " -'' % "
lain and Mrs. Otto L. veerhoffmsS, ,s66;
team So. Miss Henryette Brum, sl,215;
team team Co. Miss Leila Hardell. ,ss75;
SLIGO; team SO. Miss olive Prescott,
s755: team 65. Miss Rhoda Watkins,
sl,615; team As, Mrs Walter R. Tuck
srmaVi Tan Week, si,oss; $50. team g. Mrs W. C.
Division 9. Miss Evelyn Jones and
Miss Elizabeth Webb Wilson-s11, $50;
team 66, Miss Freda Egbert, s1,s25:
team 6s, Miss Julia McCord. s7S5;
team So. Mrs. Charles G. Morgan.
sSSS; team 20. Miss Agnes Messer
S2,450; team II, Miss Meta Neuman
$1,41S; team 72, Miss Margaret Smith
$3.50; team 73, Miss Martha Waring,
$3.50.
Campaign Ends Monday.
George Washington University is
functioning as great service school
for the civil branch of the govern
ment, much as West Point and An
napolis serve the military and naval
branches. according to John T. Doyle,
secretary of the Civil Service Com
mission.
Secretary Doyle today explained the
important relation of George Wash
ington University to the government
departments, as members of the
teams which are working to secure a
million dollar endowment for the in
stitution continued their efforts. The
intensiye campaign here ends Mon
day;
as well as the arts of war" ex-
planned Mr.. Doyle, who is a former
trustee of George Washington Uni
versity. contributions to the uni
versity not merely aid the human
tiles; they aid the progress Of de-
mocracy by eQuipping public en-
ployes in politics and sociology"
Continuing his discussion of the re-
lation Of the university to the civil
service, Secretary Doyle said:
THE method of appointment and
promotion in the government service
has changed with the growth of the
merit system. The energy that used
to go into pull or personal persiS-
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