Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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K N O X conusce 10 B N D O W M E N T THE GALE NINETEEN-TEN MENTION or MEN O review of the campaign for a quarter of a million that did not record the special services of President McClelland and Professor Grifhth would be complete or just. To the former's far-sighted business judgment, courage, and faith in the worth of the cause and in the mettle of Knox friends and alumni were due the determination to inaugurate the campaign during the year 1908. To t'he exhaustless enthusiasm and untiring energy of both men were due, in large part, the splendid response made by Knox's constituency to the appeal to stand by the college in the crisis that was faced. Dr. McClelland carried the burden of re- sponsibility which always comes to the leader of a great enterprise, and with it all was tireless in carrying out the actual work of the campaign. Professor Griffith came into close personal touch with the hundreds of alumni and former students of the institution whose earnest efforts and generous gifts in her behalf gave to the campaign its deepest significance. Both men gave years of their lives in the exhausting labor and intense nervous strain of the final months: both of them, un- doubtedly, will see rich reward in the increased usefulness possible to Knox in the era to come. To each the institution owes a lasting debt of gratitude. Knox was ably served in the campaign also by Kellogg D. McClelland, '05. The head of a man of forty combined with the enthusiastic energy of youthf' was the tribute paid 'him at the height of the battle by a prominent co-worker. Mr. McClelland's knowledge of Knox people, Knox tradition-his harmony with the spirit of the college, together with his keen business judgment and systematic Work in planning and pushing the campaign, made his services invaluable to Knox.

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THE'GALE NINETEEN-TEN MEANING OF THE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN By DR. T1-1oMAs lVlCCl.lil.I.AND I I-IE campaign for the Quarter of a Million has become a matter of history. But while the strenuous efforts of those who we1'e immediately concerned in its success and the loyal and generous support of the friends of Knox every- where are still fresh in memory, it may be well to ask ourselves what the addition of S250,000, or rather S2ti0,000, to whichlthe momentum acquired by the canvass has carried us, means for the future of the institution. In the Hrst place, it relieves the college from a debt which 'has been accumu- lating for many years, it gives an income sufncient to meet the annual expenses, With, perhaps, a slight margin for expansion, it provides for a 3550.000 Science Hall, the erection of which will begin this season. It demands and gives promise of a still larger endowment and a still better equipment in the near future. but its value cannot be measured in terms of money nor in buildings and apparatus. Of deeper and more lasting value than any material asset is the fact that the college holds a place iu the minds and hearts of multitudes of friends throughout the length and breadth of the land which it never occupied before. This is the greateSt asset which the financial campaign, the success of which was announced on that never to be forgotten night of February 15, 1909, has given us. As the editorial in the E7lC7l'fll'-Q Mail of February lfith put it: The college to-day stands on a hilltop with the eyes of the nation upon it. From sea to sea. and from the Canadian plains to the waters of the Gulf. the name of Knox has been sounded. The slumbering affection of alumni and old friends 'has been awakened anew and friends unknown before have held out a helping hand. The 15th of February, 1909, was Founders' Day in a new sense. From it the college will date a new era. Then was revealed in an unmistakable way the fad that the spirit of the founders still lives. Witli this assured the future of the larger and better Knox is secure. I-Ier sons and daug'hters will see to it that her ex- pansion will meet the demands which new conditions may impose. K N OX col.LrGE 9 ,.....- ,-,...-. E N D O W M E N T

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THE GALE NINETEEN-TEN I I Q' ff PRliSIIlICN'l' TIIOM.-xs NlCCLELLAND K N O X COLLEGE 11 E N D O W M E N 'r