Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Foundation Series - Bulletin 2 (1936) [PAGE 4]

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f T ^ H E University of Illinois, while it has received a relatively smaller number of gifts from its alumni and friends than several of its prominent state university neighbors, has had a number of generous contributors during its development. The most generous of these was an alumnus, William B. McKinley of the class of 76, United States Senator for many years from his native state and the creator and developer of an important traction system. Mr. McKinley gave to the University not only generously of his time but also in more material ways. He created a loan fund of over $40,000, gave the University the hospital which bears his name at a cost of $226,000, endowed a professorship in economics at a cost of $105,000, and in addition to this donated a number of buildings which stimulated the development of the region adjoining the campus, such buildings as the McKinley Y.W.C.A. Hall and the McKinley Presbyterian Church and social center being

LEFT—SENIOR BENCH AND LIGHT PILlar. memorial to class of 1912, situated north of Lincoln Hall, Portico of Woman's Building shown in background. RIGHT—THE TINA WEEDON SMITH music hall, given by Captain Thomas J. Smith as a memorial to his wife. ABOVE—LAW B U I L D I N G T O W E R , IN which are mounted the fifteen-bell chimes and console (see insets) presented by the classes of 1914 to 1922 inclusive.

Alumni Memorials That Show the Way

notable examples. The McKinley Hospital has proved a most beneficent gift to the University. Through its facilities university students and faculty members are able to obtain at a nominal cost the best of hospital accommodations by paying a small fee yearly for a membership in the Hospital Association. A picture of the hospital is shown on this page. Captain Thomas J. Smith provided $190,000 for the Smith Music Building in honor of his wife, Tina Weedon Smith. This building houses the music department of the University and in addition to offices and small soundproof studios, it has a splendid recital hall seating about one thousand and containing also a fine organ. Captain Smith also endowed four music scholarships for women. Mr. Wenzel Morava of the class of 7 8 at his death in 1932 bequeathed to the University a fund of $80,000, the annual income from which is to provide scholarships for deserving students, one of which shall preferably be of CzechoSlovakian origin. The family of John Philip Sousa presented to the University his entire library of over three thousand compositions. This gift is also referred to on Page 6 of this bulletin. Boetius H. Sullivan gave to the University as a memorial to his father, Roger C. Sullivan, $40,000 for a radio broadcasting station. Francis J. Plym of the class of '97 has given something over $50,000 to. provide one fellowship in architecture, competition prizes for sketches in architectural engineering and a foreign scholarship in architectural engineering. The fellowship stipend is $1200 awarded annually by competition and the holder of this fellowship is required to spend a year in study abroad. The Athletic Department has given to the University a number of very substantial gifts, including additions to the Stadium totaling $382,400, grading and planting around the Stadium $90,000, and the Skating Rink including the land $325,000. The Athletic Association also provided the funds for financing the Stadium campaign, which amounted to approximately $250,000. Robert F. Carr has endowed a fellowship in chemistry with a gift of $25,000. There are innumerable small gifts which, while not large from a financial point of view, show a broad interest in the University on the part of many alumni and friends. Class memorials have been many and varied and are listed herewith, together with the approximate value of each:

72—Tablet on University Hall, $25.00; 77— Tree and stone marker near Law Building, $50.00; 78—Clock in University Hall Tower, $300.00; '94—Stone tablet on Engineering Hall, $50.00; '95—Class of 1895 Loan Fund, $100.00; '00—Senior bench north of University Hall, $250.00; '02—Boulder fountain north of University Hall, $100.00; '04— Flagstaff base in front of Gymnasium Annex, $500.00; '05—Lantern over entrance to Law Building, $150.00; '06—Sun Dial, $400.00; '07—Bust of Longfellow, in Woman's Building, $500.00; '09—Fountain at south entrance to Illinois Field, $700.00; '10— Celebration Urn in center of Illinois Field, $500.00; '11—Trophy cases in Old Men's Gym, $505.60; '12—Bench north of Lincoln Hall, $1,000.00; '13—Lincoln Hall Gateway, $2,500.00. The classes of 1914 to 1922 made possible

the erection of the bells in the tower of the present Law Building contributing gifts as follows: '14, $1,050.00; '15, $800.00; '16, $900.00; '17, $897.02; '18, $363.97; '19, $825.00; '20, $2,262.69; '21, $2,735.79; '22, $2,283.50; '18, also Tree Fund for "President James Avenue", $60.00; and '22, also contributed to tablet at the base of Law Building tower, $200.00. From '23 to '29 the graduating classes gave contributions as listed to the Alumni Fund, which contributions were applied during the 1928-29 campaign for the alma mater statue. Contributions are as follows: '23, $2,702.00; '24, $2,509.89; '25, $2,505.50; '26, $1,362.57; '27, $1,501.62; '28, $1,766.98; '29, $733.50.

Two major campaigns have been inaugurated among the alumni and friends of the University, one for the Memorial Stadium resulting in contributions of $1,591,635 from alumni and $144,000 from friends; and the alma mater group, outside of class funds already mentioned, contributions from alumni only amounting to $22,877. The total sum for gifts from all sources is $4,411,000.

EXTREME LEFT—WEST TOWER OF UNIversity Hall, showing old clock given by the class of '78. L E F T — U N I V E R S I T Y S K A T I N G R I N K . SIZE of floor approximately 200 by 125 feet. This was given to the University by the Athletic Department and furnishes a very adequate and much appreciated form of exercise for the student body. I t has been the scene of many interesting hockey games as well as several effective ice carnivals. This view shows the floor decorations for the 1935 carnival, with a group of skaters on the floor and the galleries packed to capacity. RIGHT — M E M O R I A L STADIUM, F I L L E D to capacity (69,000) at its dedication in 1924 on the occasion of the Michigan-Illinois football game. This concrete structure is completely finished in brick and stone with one hundred stone columns on each side dedicated to students who died in the World War. E X T R E M E R I G H T — T A F T ALMA MATER Statue, donated by the sculptor, alumni and the classes of 1923 to 1929.

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