University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Ik upon which the millage tax is based and upon which the university ' s income depends, have remained practically stationary for the past two years. There has been a decrease even, resulting in the dimunition of the university ' s income in 1923 as compared to that of 1 92 1 of $28,000. Buildings are needed : a library, an auditorium, general classroom and laboratory buildings, a men ' s gymnasium, an infirmary ' , a museum ; money is necessary for research, fellowships, loan funds ; the campus should be enlarged and beautified ; more instructors are and will be needed. So the campaign for gifts. Gifts to supplement state-raised income to the end that all qualified high school graduates may obtain an education at their own state university. It would be harsh to restrict attendance. But education must not be wholesaled ; the right proportion of instructors to students must be maintained so a to insure personal supervision and instruction. President Campbell recognized the situation as long ago as Commencement, 192 1. He told the Board of Regents about it during that year. He commenced laying the ground work for the present campaign. In the fall of 1922, the first guns were fired and wnthin a few days, alumni and citizens of Eugene and members of the faculty sub- scribed $28,000 to finance such a campaign. One person, who prefers to be known as A Friend, put up $10,000 of the total. A corporation, the Universitj ' of Oregon Alumni Holding company, was organized for the purpose of handling the campaign. The members of the Board of Trustees of the company are : President Campbell, F. L. Chambers, W. K. Newell, Robert B. Kuykendall and Campbell Church. Presi- dent Campbell is president of the board, Mr. Newell is secretary, L. H. Johnson treasurer, and A. L. Ingalls assistant treasurer. Mr. Newell was appointed director of the campaign headquarters and has gathered a mass of information concerning the resources of Oregon. Miss Grace Edgington, Pioposed Memorial Court I ' age 19

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alumni secretary and editor of Old Oregox ' is a member of the campaign staff, as is also the writer who is director of the field work. Miss Louise Davis is attached to the staff in a secretarial capacity. In embarking upon a campaign for private gifts the university is only keeping in step with other institutions of the country. California and Michigan have met with marked success in interesting private givers. The University of Oregon started with a gift: Deady Hall, the donation of the Lane County Pioneers. Henry Villard created an endowment fund ; graduating classes, since the beginning, have left memorials; Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner gave the beautiful collection of Oriental Art; Sir. Joseph N. Teal placed The Pioneer on the campus, a source of inspiration for generations to come; Mrs. George T. Gerlinger initiated and headed the movement which resulted in the Woman ' s building; Judge W. D. Fenton donated his splendid law library to the Law School; the Rockefeller Foundation gave $1 63,000 to the Medical School. Many other gifts have been made. The success of the campaign is assured once the people of the state are conscious of the contribution that is being made to the development of the state by the university. Trained men and women are needed more and more because modern life is becoming increasingly complex and intricate. The demand is vastly greater than the supply. Oregon should have an institution that will train men and women who will be able to take an intelligent part in the development of her resources and in the upbuilding of the state. ii SOU Hi BCJtKlTOfeT a l ' pXIiNtfcl ,.! ! Page 20