Roosevelt University - Vanguard Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Lowell F. HueIster, Vice-President and Treasurer Office of the Controller Administration A $1,825 000 capital gifts and stabilization campaign high- lighted the 1956-57 administrative year. The fund drive received its official kick-off at a dinner in the Palmer House, March 5 where approximately 1,000 business and civic leaders heard the appeal made by the University s Development Council and Page 16 Board of Trustees

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The once-renowned recital hall of Roosevelt University was dedicated to Rudolph Ganz in honor of his 30th birthday, February 2b. The hall, built by Adler and Sullivan at the end of the last century, was called the 3anqueting Hall of the Auditorium Hotel and was k known as one of the most beautiful rooms in the country A contemporary sums up his long description of the room by saying: There is every reason for believing that this Banqueting Hall is now, and will continue to be, for generations, a constant fountain of inspiration to all who love art No one has ever visited it with- out feeling that Chicago was a much better place than he had believed. Joseph Creanza Director of Chicago Musical College Restoring the room as a recital hall and dedicating it to Rudolph Ganz on his 80th birthday was the idea of Joseph Creanza, Direc- tor of the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University. A year ago, the campaign was launched to secure the $75,000 needed for the project under the co-chairmanship of Mr. Theodore Steinway and Mrs. John VI under the co-chairmanship of Mr. Theodore Steinway and Mrs. John V. Spachner. At the dedication, Mrs. Spachner reported that over $75,000 had been donated and pledged to the campaign. The goal of the drive was reached within a year. Page 15

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Mayor Daley, one of the principal speakers at the dinner, which also marked the 120th anniversary of the incorporation of Chicago as a city, said that Roosevelt came up the hard way .«against odds that often seemed insurmountable. He also predicted that Roosevelt wi.ll have to be ready to teach some 9,000 persons in the next three years, compared to the present 6,000 enrollment. Wilson M. Compton, president. Council for Financial Aid to Education, Inc., New York, another of the guest speakers at the dinner, said, Here in this capital of the American Middle West, we are in the very shadow of three great universities which deserved recognition through- out the nation and even around the world. Yet...institutions like Roosevelt University, more and more throughout recent years, have been opening up college opportunity to thousands to whom the doors heretofore had largely been closed. It is the great credit of this institution that it has ventured to be different — different in its campus surroundings, differ- ent in its organization, different in the nature and scope of its appeal to the public. The University’s Board of Trustees announced its own contribu- tion as $100,000, to kick off the campaign. Another $272,000 in advance gifts and pledges from friends of the University was announced by Jerome Stone, speaking for the Board of Trustees. One million dollars of the campaign money will go principally into rehabilitation of the University building, enlarged classroom and laboratory space, library facilities for the graduate division, subsidies Page 17