d ana ever rowm g ' g ,... ■Ill ■ill fill llll t ' s A. Dana Science Laboratories The drive begun in the cailv 1900 ' s for expansion of the Davidson College plant and increasing the endow- ment reached an almost feverish pace under the adminis- tration of Dr. John R. Cunningham, 1941-57. During this 16-year period the college ' s assets showed a 142 per cent increase to nearly $14 million, including the con- struction of a new college church, gymnasium, and dormitory. In 1956-57, Dr. Cunningham, before his departure, joined with D. Grier Martin, then college treasurer, to formulate a tentati ' e Ten Year Plan for further develop- ment of the school. Original goals called for a $9 million increase in endowment funds plus $2 million in plant expansion funds and six hundred thousand dollars for non-recurring projects. By 1959 a new dormitory and a new library wing had been completed, and a language laboratory and a developmental reading laboratory added in Chambers Building. Original plans had called for an addition to the Martin Science Building, but here |)hilanthropist Charles A. Dana entered the picture with a challenge program, offering four hundred thousand dollars toward construction of a new science building and another dormi- tory if the college would raise the additional seven hun- dred thousand dollars. The challenge program was successful, as the Dana Science Laboratories are now in use, and construction of the new dormitory is nearing completion. Since the chal- lenge, Mr. Dana has also contributed to the fine arts building fund, to an endowment for the Dana Lalxira- tories, and to a five-year Dana Scholarship Program. Constantly changing needs require periodic re isions in the original program, but as of the spring, 1960, o -er $2 million had been raised for plant expansion and a like sum for endowment. With seven years to go, the present goals of an additional $7.5 million in endowment and five hundred thousand dollars for plant improve- ments and additions seem well within reach. Traditional fine taste enliances campus heaal Page Twelve
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