Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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• .ijiy : f - ' Jivi:! - : ' .ii!i t ' . ' ' j ai jti»iiivfial i Library and Addition The Kiwanis clubs of Indiana have completed their campaign for subscriptions totaling $150,000. The Rotary clubs of Indiana almost have completed their drive, which had as its goal the raising of $250,- 000. Another addition to the medi- cal school was made a reality by the William H. Coleman gift of $250,- 000, to be used to construct a hos- pital for women. The new homes of the Greek letter organizations contribute greatly to the appearance of campus surround- ings, the greater number of which have been built in the new $500,000 Quad- rangle on Jordan avenue. Seven houses now are complete and two more have been promised by the opening of school next fall. The entire plot will be land- scaped and trees and shrubs planted. And now the workings of a group organized this year whose indefatigable diligence has produced the most noteworthy of all results: results which go fur- thest in bringing the light of a new day to Indiana university. This is the uni- versity Interests committee. Its object was to carry to the people of the state the needs of their state educational institutions. A thorough organization was perfected early in the year under the direction of W. A. Alexander, the director of three successful memorial drives, and under the leadership of Hilbert Rust, Dorothy Donald, James Elliott and Vivian Crates. The greater part of the personal contact work was done in the Christ- mas vacation. The inherent dignity of the task and the invincible optimism of the loyal workers brought about the inevitable verdict. The appropriations made for the maintenance of the school provide $270,000 a year more than the last biennium. Although this was not the amount requested it was a great step forward and is expected to set a precedent for other legislatures. Increased amounts of money also were given other state schools. ' ii ' u. ' of thf New Quadrangle [Page 20] ■ ■ ' ■■• ' ' - ' ■■ ■ ' • ■ ' ■ mtM mL,

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James Elliott Assistant Head Charles Miles Memorial Leader Vivian Crates Assistant Head funds with which to erect three lasting memorials to the sons of Indiana who died for their country in the great war was completed, under the direction of W. A. Alexander, and the leadership of Charles Mile s and Esther Freeman. Fresh- men and sophomores challenged the alumni and friends of the school to raise $50,000 and provided that they then would subscribe the remaining $100,000 needed to culminate the Memorial project. Alumni, friends and students again rallied to the Cream and Crimson and far over-reached the goal. Construction of the new Union Building, the final step in the Memorial program, is expected to be started in the autumn. An important item in the materialistic achievements of the past year was an addition to the university Library, completed during the first semester, which nearly doubled its previous capacity. One of the most important parts of Indiana university is the medical school, and one of the most beneficial parts of the medical school is the James Whitcomb Riley hospital for children. A financial campaign completed in May, 1926, re- sulted in total pledges of $1,800,000, including the $500,000 gift of the Ball brothers, of Muncie, for the purpose of establishing the Nurses ' Home and Train- ing School in connection with the university hospitals. The All-Campus Committee, Memorial Drive [Page 19]

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During the Memorial Drive Still another boon to education was passed by the state legislature. The Pittenger-Harris-Claycomb- Chamberlain bill provides for a two-cent general property tax levy for ten years. This will net about $10,000,000 and will be used for building purposes by the state schools. Indiana university will re- ceive about $350,000 annually. The ten-year period will start in 1928. Some of the improvements which may be made during the next decade as a result of the state tax levy are the general improvement and modernizing of the present buildings, the construction of an auditorium, administration building, building for the school of music, a power plant, addition to Wylie hall, building for the school of education, addition to Owen hall, building for geology, zool- ogy, botany and museum, and a group of small buildings. Additions also will be made at the medical and dental schools. All funds, however, will not be used for brick and stone. The salaries of our many under-paid professors and officials will be raised. Casting a carefully appraising eye over the preceding evidences of progress and achievement it is superfluous to say that the university has taken a deter- minate swing forward. We need have no apprehension as to the future. Students will be quickened and enriched by the new contacts with life and truth and will leave with a spacious sense of the amplitude of life ' s possibilities. With these looming certainties it is safe to say that not only will Indiana ' s sons and daughters praise the greater university but it will be the dispassionate judg- ment of all that the university is fulfilling its greatest possibilities. And so, believing as we do, we do not feel it is too much to say that our uni- versity is entering a more glorious era of PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT The Riley Hospital for Children [Page 21]