Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Laying Cornerstone of Commerce Building of $100,000 for the summer project and set July 19 as the day to open actual solicitation. As in the first student campaign, the period of solicitation was opened with a gigantic mass meeting, this time beneath the beeches in the amphitheater. Senator Samuel M. Ralston and Mrs. Ralston were the principal speakers. A group of alumni and student speakers completed the program. Following the meeting the student so- licitors took the field for contributions. They worked hard and long for more than two days. The result of their labor was $50,000 raised, to be added to the grand total of the fund. The task before them was great, and the results they achieved were very gratifying. From far and wide came words of congratulation. Presi- dent Bryan, traveling in the west in the interest of the Memorial, telegraphed his greetings upon the success of the Summer Session movement. The campaign ended with a Memorial dance m the amphitheater. [Page 16 ]

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Speakei-s at Memorial Convocation, July 19, 1922 The zAIiimni Thrive Early in the summer, work was begun in preparation for extending the movement to the alumni. A careful mailing and publicity campaign was carried on throughout the summer, and in September, 1923, the movement began to get under way in the various alumni centers. Each county in Indiana and every state in the union was organized on the same basis as was the student body for the various student campaigns. Some states, where alumni reside in large numbers, were divided into sections, each with separate chairmen. The Summer All-Campus Committee I Page 18]