Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Mary Thornton 1923 Wwnen ' s Director Dale Cox 1923 Men ' s Director The ICJ23 T rive The current chapter of the Memorial movement was written March 7, 1923, when freshmen and new students of the University definitely put the project over the million dollar mark, the original quota of the fund. Near the end of the first semester of the current school year, freshmen and new students asked to have the movement extended to them. Machinei-y was put in motion at the opening of the second semester to organize the campus for a third student movement. In the latter part of December, Dale Cox, ' 24, and Mary Thornton, ' 24, of Bloomington, were named by President W. L. Bryan to be the two student direc- tors in the new campaign. They chose as their assistants Edward P. Fillion, ' 24, of Indianapolis and Elizabeth Overman, ' 24, of Marion. Page 2 1 J

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The Mass Meeting the largest single donation made during the campaign to date. The work contin- ued with vigor and still goes forward with success in Indianapolis. From there the movement spread to New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincin- nati, St. Louis and to all the counties of the state. Work among the alumni must necessarily be slow, but it is going forward steadily. Each day sees a consider- able quota of alumni pledges forwarded to the Memorial headquarters. The alumni will do their share just as the students have done. After the Mass Meeting I Page 20

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First Student Memorial In the latter part of February, the board of trustees of the University, meeting in Indianapolis, voted to begin immediate work on the planning and erection of a temporary athletic field on the site of the Memorial stadium, and to hire competent architects to draw up plans for each of the Memorial build- ings. Their action was heralded as the forerunner of the beginning of construc- tion, the shaping of the Memorial build- ings into realities of stone. Their deci- sion lent a decided impetus to the move- ment both on and off the campus. The two student committees estab- lished $150,000 as the quota for the freshman campaign, and decided to so- licit on the historic anniversary of the first student campaign, March 7. Once again the solicitation period was opened with a gigantic mass meeting. Two trustees of the University were here to speak. Active solicitation among the prospective donors began at 12 :30 p. m., March 7, and continued until midnight. On the stroke of 12 the workers in the latest student eflfort had gone over the top with total subscriptions of $150,320. A celebration surpassing the one in 1922 was staged. The campus was alive with students. Glar- ing fireworks illuminated the heavens, a swirling bon- fire leaped skyward, and, in the clear light of the stars, W. A. Alexander, director of the fund, wrote the fig- ures $1,000,339.12 on the Memorial signboard. Once again James Adams made his famous sun-dial speech, once again the student body was jubilant over their suc- cess. A vacation of two days was declared as a fit- ting climax to the victory. The final chapter in the great book of the Memorial is yet to be written. Its wording is yet to take shape. Will its theme be Success, ultimate and complete Success? The signs of the times say Yes. Those who hold Indiana dear are determined that her soldier heroes shall be properly honored and their memory preserved forever to those who fol- low after them and tread the corridors and campus paths they once trod. e Memorial [ ,P A G E 2 2]