Roosevelt University - Vanguard Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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for faculty research, increased faculty salaries and the establishment of a student center and recreational area. The long-range goal of the Development Council is to raise a total of 16 million dollars to meet the future educational needs of the community served by Roosevelt University, as its contribution to the future growth and expansion of Chicago. Roosevelt's 300 member ’-.’omen's Scholarship Organization pledged to raise $100,000 in the next three years for education, at the organization's second annual meeting and tea, January 30. A goal of $h0,000 was set for 1997. Of this money, to be applied to the Roosevelt University Scholarship Fund, a total of approximately $11,800 has been raised since September 1, 1956. The Association elected its officers and Board of Directors for the coming year, including Mrs. Jean Dago, Mrs. Allison Davis, Mrs. Sam Diamond, Mrs. Earl Dickerson, Mrs. William Gibbs, Mrs. Wendell Phillips, Mrs. George Prince, Mrs. John Sehgstacke, and Mrs. Katie Thompson, all members of the Board of Directors. The Women's Scholarship Association, established in 19££ was organized the same year that Roosevelt University celebrated its tenth anniversary. Since that time, it has raised over $61,000, and has helped more than 200 men and women go to college. Page 18