Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Proposed Union Building The Million T ollar Memorial T rhe THE movement to raise a Memorial Fund at Indiana University had its origin within the ranks of the alumni and former students. The Alumni Council, meeting June 7, 1921, adopted the following resolution that paved the way for the inception of the fund: Resolved, that a movement be immediately inaugurated among the grad- uates, former students and friends of Indiana University to raise by voluntary contributions a Memorial Fund of one million dollars as a gift to the University. The Council originally provided that this fund should be appropriated in the following way : For a Union Building $500,000 For an Athletic Stadium 250,000 For Women ' s Dormitories 250,000 The first step in the inauguration of the campaign was the appointment of a director or executive secretary. W. A. Alexander, ' 01, University librarian, and formerly dean at Swarthmore College, was named director October 18, 1921. He had held a similar position in a similar movement at Swarthmore College. From the moment of his appointment, Mr. Alexander assumed direct charge of all the diversified phases of the project. Soon after the appointment of Mr. Alexander, an executive committee was appointed for the movement. Its personnel included the following: William L. Bryan, ' 84, chairman; U. H. Smith, ' 93, treasurer; W. A. Alexander, ' 01, executive secretary; Mrs. James K. Beck, ' 76; Prof. Lillian G. Berry, ' 99; Noble C. Butler, ' 22; John W. Cravens, ' 97 ; James W. Fesler, ' 87 ; Wiley J. Huddle, ' 01 ; Elisabeth Johnston, ' 23; Isidor Kahn, ' 08; Frank H. Levell, ' 20; Uz McMurtrie, ' 08; Allen G. Mes- sick, ' 12; Dick Miller, ' 94; Charles M. Niezer, ' 99; Robert E. O ' Brien, U. S. [Page 8]

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Proposed Girls ' Dormitory M. A., ' 08 ; Charles J. Sembower, ' 92 ; W. E. Showers, ' 02 ; H. Lester Smith, ' 98 ; Miss Agnes E. Wells, Michigan, ' 03, and James A. Woodburn, ' 76. Later addi- tions to the committee were Mrs. Walter S. Greenough, ' 11; Miss Etelka Rock- enbach, ' 06, and Mrs. Frank D. Hatfield, ' 13. By general agreement, it was decided that the initial effort of the campaign should be made on the campus. With that purpose in mind. Noble C. Butler, ' 22, of Indianapolis, and Elisabeth Johnston, ' 23, of Bloomington, were named by President Bryan, in December, 1921, as student directors for the opening phase of the movement. Following their appointment, the two student executives immediately began the planning of a movement to raise the initial offering of the entire project. Their first attention was directed toward perfecting an organization among the student body to effectively launch and carry such a campaign through to a suc- cessful completion. Many conferences were held and voluminous material was collected from other schools that had conducted similar enterprises. No day went by without something being done to speed up the machinery for the first student campaign. The organization consisted in the main of two large committees, a men ' s and a w ' omen ' s, large enough in their composition to canvass the entire student body. They were given titles of Women ' s All-Campus Committee and Men ' s All- Campus Committee. The personnel of these committees was announced Janu- ary 24, 1921. Early in the campaign, by unanimous endorsement of all workers, it was announced that positively no coercion would be used to force any student to give to the fund. Meetings of the Men ' s and Women ' s All-Campus committees were held from time to time for the purpose of instructing the members in the details and pur- poses of the movement and to acquaint them with the work before them. Vari- ous sub-committees such as publicity, ways and means, estimates, groups, non-or- [ Page 9 ]