Alfred University - Kanakadea Yearbook (Alfred, NY)

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QC rsenarsence DQ? A1fred's New Era by President BooT1-:E COLWELL DAVIS, LL. D. ITH. the opening of its eighty-fifth year, Alfred University became a . Million Dollar corporation and 1tS annual budget reaches the sum of Sf, f, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Three-quarters of this growth i . i is in the last quarter ofa century. Q55 M kts -- we I 4 fl The salaries of Alfred's professors have been increased twenty-five per cent and professors are now eligible to a retiring allowance under F' the plan of the Carnegie Foundation. ' Gym 'NG ' 1l Alfred holds a place among the standard colleges of the country, both according to the standards of the Association of American Colleges and also the higher standards adopted by the State of New York and by the Association of Colleges of the Middle States. il Alfred's faculty bring to their tasks an unusual equipment of graduate study and advanced degrees. The present faculty have never been equalled in that respect by any previous faculty. 1lAthletics have been reorganized under a Professor of Physical Education who is also Coach of Athletics. An Alumni Advisory Board has been appointed, and athletics are put on a sound educational and ethical basis. 1l A freshman class above seventy-five and a college enrollment exceeding two hundred are prophetic of a student body soon to tax to its utmost the present equipment. il To meet this enlarging demand, the Trustees have adopted a new forward-looking Million Dollar Program. This is designed to double the present resources and capacity of the Col- lege, by raising: I. A three hundred thousand dollar endowment fund to cover costs ofincreased salaries, retiring allowances, and enlarged operating expenses. ' 5,300,000 2. Endowments for four professorships now without endowment, viz: English, Romance . Languages, Chemistry, and Biology, each fifty thousand dollars. 200,000 3. Endowment for the President's Chair 75,000 4. Endowment for the LibraryCPurchase of booksl 50,000 5. Endowment for General Purposes 50,000 6. New Buildings and Equipment: Heating and Lighting Plant S 50,000 Gymnasium 50,000 Science Laboratory 100,000 Auditorium 100,000 Nliscellaneous Equipment 25,000 325,000 Total 51,000,000 H Of the first item of 3,300,000 in this Million Dollar Program, f200,000 has already been subscribed, fIO0,000 by the General Educational Board QRockefeller Fundl. fl Toward the Heating and Lighting Plant about twelve thousand dollars has been sub- scribed, and toward the Gymnasium, about two thousand dollars. fl It is great to live, but it is a greater thing to grow!

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Alma Mater NES'I'I,ED away 'mid the Empire State Hills, 'Neath the watch-care of sentinel pines, Wlhere the murmuring song of the brook hums along, And the favoring sun ever shines, In a valley so fair where the forest trees share, Dominion o 'er hillside and glen, Stands the Pioneer College of Western New York, Alfred, THE MOTHER or MEN. Chorus Hail to thee, Alfred, thou guide of our youth, Sweet, benign mother, all hail. Sing on thy anthems of duty'and truth, May thy clear ringing music ne 'er fall. She was founded in toil, cemented with blood, And nurtured through yearnings and tears, Her treasure the hearts of brave heroes who stood Undaunted throughout trying years. Each stone was a prayer and her battle- ments there Have memory of purposes strong. Staunch daughters and sons are her monu- ments fair, And they lift up the grateful song. GSB, 42, Others may boast of prestige and sue Of numbers and treasures and fame, But Alfredls pride lies in manhood's clear eyes, And womanhood's high stainless name, Old Alfred, we say, Alfred now and for aye, Kenyon and Allen and Main, And the gallant young leader we honor today Her honor and power maintain.

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Boo'rHE C. IDAVIS, Prc.vin'c11t