Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Q sooo on on - to sfo 'W THE UNIVERSITY BY ROBERT XY. CNAMPBELL ill- Years ago a group of energetic and far-sighted young men founded in the brush and cornfields of the new northwest Northwestern University. The founders planned then that Northwestern University should be one of the outstanding universities in America and in the world. A never ending line of such men since then have been in charge of this growing university and that responsibility. They have carried on the plans and visions of those foundersfeven to greater glory than might ever have been an- ticipated in that day and age. We today are charged with the responsibility of building North- western for tomorrow. Recently plans were made for Northwestern which today are becoming realitiesffand are the personal joy of every student. alumnus. and friend of Northwestern. Among these are the Mcliinlock Campus with its educational buildings devoted to the service of man: the Dyche stadium in Evanston, a mon- ument to the effort and sacrifice of one who has done as much as any other person for Northwestern. ln addition we are about to complete one of the finest quad- rangles in which to house the women students of the Evanston campus. Hoi-xi-Jar W C.xxiPm:LL Pri sul, nl tif' lln Iffmrfl nf Trusht Q All our realizations have DOI been of a material nature. Wie have seen the successes of our teachers in the class room and the laboratory. Wie have seen Northwestern students go out into life's work as responsible and successful citizens. ln addition we have seen the students realize campus dreams. notable of which was the great victory of our football team last fall. Wie are not content. however, to rest upon the achievements of the pastg we must do more to build the University of our dreams. Our faculties in every school and department of the University are performing services of which we are proud. Wie must. however. provide them with adequate salaries and equipment if they are to carry on in their service to humanity. Other necessary buildings upon the Evanston Campus are also required. t Northwestern is making plans now to raise ten million dollars to bring to Evanston the greatest school of Engineering in the Middle West. Plans are also being made for hospitals for the lVlcKinlock Campus and for funds necessary to provide professorships for distinguished men in the several departments of the University. The Alumni believe in Northwestern Liniversity and are now completing plans to contribute annually to the University through the Northwestern University Foundation. This is one of the most notable movements ever fostered by the Alumni and will be a great help to the University. ADMINISTRATION Tif'UiI1l'lu'u : Q Q L Li if mi Q,',ZaS2'Tf5 D

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ca 9 pxstffiggiull HB T H ,QDYHETQQ3 IV.-XLTER DILL SCOTT Prvsfflenl of Ulf' l'r11'z'wrsz'fy A STEP TOWARD REALIZATION BY WALTER DILL SCOTT A dream, like smoke, cannot pick up the tiniest stone-Hake from the chisel of a workmang yet the dreams of Northwestern University have raised stone and steel into the towering beauties of the lVIcKinlock Campus. An ideal has no hands for toolsg it has nothing with which to work except the persuasive attractiveness of the truth which may be in it. Yet in Chicago the ideals of this University have clothed themselves in an appropriate physical beauty and have provided the physical means for their own fulfillment. It is impossible to look out from the tower of the W7ard Memorial and not realize the power and truth of the ideas which have produced this body and spirit of a university. This accomplishment has come about through the appealing power of ideas to enlist strength for their own fulfillment. It has brought a realization of dreams but it must be remembered that it is only a partial realization. There is more to be realized in Chicago where the responsibilities have been so enlarged, and there are many dreams to be made tangible for Evanston, where inadequacy still cramps. The reality of the McKinlock Campus, Dyche Stadium, and the VVomen's Quadrangle, is proof of the living power of the ideals of Northwestern University, and stirs a confident courage to challenge those remaining obstacles which stand between the University and the fulfllment of its potentialities. ADMINISTRATION Tzverziy-urw T sl D5 T 5 3 1 71 D

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5 1 C 0 in Pqgllaihuvi .- I 2 Q50 l 1 THE BUSINESS OFFICE BY VVILLIAM A. Dvcr-IE The year 1926 saw many dreams for North- western realized. Chief among these was the opening on Alexander lVIcKinlock Memorial Campus of three magnificent buildings for the use of the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Law, and Commerce These buildings mean much more to the University than the comfort and convenience of the professional schools. Their presence in the heart of Chicago has called the attention of the entire country to the service Northwestern is prepared to offer. Another achievement which brings to real- ization a dream of years is the erection of the stadium This structure was in use for all of , the football games last season, and on Dedica- ,, i tion Day accommodated a crowd of forty-seven thousand enthusiasts Blmmssuamlw Still another realization of long-cherished hopes is the starting of the work on fourteen sorority houses and two open dormitories on the VVomen's Quadrangle. This will be one of the most beautiful groups of build- ings of its kind to be found anywhere, and will greatly strengthen the University in caring for its women students. These sorority houses as well as the fraternity houses on the upper campus have been made possible by generous gifts of alumni, thus enabling the University to finance their cost. The work of the alumnae in raising money given to the University to help bear the cost of these sorority houses is the greatest contribu- tion ever made to the University by any group of old students. But our interest is not now in the realizations that have been brought about. It is rather in planning and working for still greater progress. The growth of the University brings new responsibilities. To continue to serve more effectively, each year new and generous friends must be found. VVe picture a new and modern library on the Evanston campus, a great chem- ical laboratory, a chapel, a woman's building, new recitation halls, a music build- ing, and the preservation and beautifying of the campus itself. And on lVIcKinlock Campus in Chicago we see a great general hospital, a companion building to Montgomery Ward Memorialg three or four other hospitals owned and operated by the University itself, and others affiliated with it, all for teaching purposes. We look for a great dental clinic for children, of enlarged service in the School of Commerce, and we know that our Law School will one day be a leader in the great movement for simpler laws and a better judiciary. But beyond all these things there is another element,-the human element. No university can ever rise above the level of its faculty. If the faculties of the future are to equal the faculties of the past they must receive a more adequate monetary reward. Therefore, my most cherished dream for the future is a sufficient endowment. to the end that Northwestern University may set an example in the payment of its instructional staff which will be an incentive to every other educational in- stitution in the country. The will to believe, the courage to do will bring all these dreams to realization. ADMINISTRATION TNILLIAM .-X. DYCHE Twenfy-llzreeg