Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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The Cfliiuitlloollt VERY item in Kansas Wesleyans Five-Year Program of Advance is being realized as rapidly as was anticipated by the most hopeful among us. The results of the Victory Memorial Campaign for endowment and building for Kansas Wesleyan University, have been very satisfactory. l-low the Board of Trustees at first hesitatingly set the goal at 35600000.00 and the friends of Wesleyan subscrib- ed so generously as to provide a grand total of One Million including the pledge of 55100000.00 by the General Education Board, is still fthe high water mark of achievement in money raising for the colleges of Methodism. NVhile many of these subscriptions were in the form of annuities, and life endowment pledges, which do not provide immediately for the greatly increased expenses of the institution, nevertheless, the campaign has bzen a great victory for Wesleyan. lt assured many who doubted of the loyalty of the friends of the institution. lt has secured for us the attention and support of a larger constituency throughout the entire country. The receipts from the campaign should provide for the new building and give us at least one-half million dollars of endowment. lt has given every follower of Wesleyan greater hope and courage and will be the nucleus of con- stantly increasing receipts which will mean greater financial stability for the institution in the future. The successful removal of the old administration building to its new location on the cam- pus the past year, accomplished a two-fold purposeg first, additional rooms have been made available for class work by the elevation of the building and raising the basement Hoor. A new foundation, a new heating plant, and new decorations, all combine to make the building at least fifty per cent more serviceable for school work and more permanent as a structure than it formerly was. ln the second place, the removal of the old building opens the center of the campus for the new administration building. This building is to be of maroon brick and gray limestone, and is so planned throughout that when completed it will be one of the most conveniently arranged and commodious buildings of its kind in this section of the country. Kansas Wesleyan will then have six good buildings on the campus and will be as well equipped as any small college in Methodism. These improvements in the material plant. along with added equipment and the greatly increased and exceptionally strong teaching staff, enable Kansas Wesleyan University to offer to college students the very best of educational advantages. The item in the Five-Year Program of Advance providing for One l-lundred Per Cent increase in student enrollment by january first, l9Z5, has already, through the faithful labors of the Student Secretary, almost been realized. The total number of students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts as reported by the catalogue of l920, was loo: for 1921, 284, while the total enrollment in all departments of the colleges of Liberal Arts and Music at this time is 410. The outlook for Kansas Wesleyan in every particular is most encouraging, indeed. Salina, the home of the institution, is near the center of the state of Kansas. There is no other compet- ing college of rank in all Northwest Kansas. The population of this territory is increasing rapidly and is educationally inclined. Therefore, it is very evident that Kansas Wesleyan need only prepare to meet the increasing educational demands of the hour in order to insure its uture. From point of location, the constituency served, the worthy record of the institution and the present outlook, there is every reason to believe that Kansas Wesleyan is destined to become one of the leading institutions of the great Central West. I0 L 4 .,. , . , V. -rig. . T i ig iff

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LARKIN B. BOWERS President Qf Kansas Xv CSZ6j'Gl1. University 9

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Nl. lvl. STOLZ Our Librarian and Friend He always has a kind word. a cheerful smile. a treasure experience, and a deep faith in God. l I l ,, 1 ,. 1 , lvl' fl' ft gy J , of valuable