Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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' ft l¥ ■M!! Afj) -j- , v H d M yr.w . f IHK AIJ.CWIPI S COMMITTEE aiumni. One hour after the meeting; was adjourned, teams composed of the 200 committee members took the field to solicit pledges, and in thirty hours had received subscripti()n amountino; to $413,958. ll ln|;i | n |)|. I l .s MI.KI INC [8]

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■ Tf tpr r III jir ' n - -«» «rp- - £:? ' v ' -C a;- - «!L:-v . PROPOSED DORMITORY FOR GIRLS Following the appointment of W. A. Alexander as executive secretary of the Memorial Fund in October, 1921, active preparations for the campus campaign were begun. Com- mittee appointments were announced, plans for the actual solicitation were formulated, and an intensive educational and publicity campaign carried on on the campus. Direction of the work among men students was in the hands of Noble C. Butler, ' 22, and his assistant, George H. Neff, ' 22, while the women ' s campaign was directed by Elisabeth Johnston. ' 23, and Blanche Davidson, ' 22. All-campus committees, composed of approxi- niatelv 200 men and women, were named to carry the project to the undergraduates. Many subscriptions, totaling about $42,000, were received from campus organizations prior to the opening of the solicitation campaign. With this nucleus the drive for the campus goal of .$400,000 was launched on the afternoon of March 7. Governor Warren T. McCray officially opened the program with an address at the greatest student mass meeting in the history of the school. Speeches were made by undergraduate leaders and by representative PROPOSED ATHLETIC STADIUM [7]

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