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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 1
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- REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT January 7, 1919 Activities of the University War Committee for the Autumn Quarter, September—December, 1918. Under the effective plan of organization developed by Dean Kinley the activities of the university community in relation to the War were, subject to the general supervision of the central War Committee, directed by a number of divisional committees largely composed of members of the faculty but enlisting to a considerable 4 extent also the cooperation of students. The opening of the current year brought a radical change in the whole University situation and naturally affected the work of the War Committee itself. With the establishment of the Students Army Training Corps, the University administration and teaching staff became virtually a "committee of the whole'' for war purposes. A large part of the work of spreading information regarding the War and its issues was taken over by the new Committee on the War Issues Course, since a considerable majority of the student body was registered in the S. A. C. T. for which that course was a requirement. Finally, in the middle of the quarter there came the announcement of the armistice, making unnecessary, or less important, certain previous activities of the committee. Keeping in mind these changed conditions, I note briefly: (1) work actually done during this period either by the War Committee itself or by agencies more or less connected with it; (2) phases of the work which may profitably be continued during the remainder of the year. I. Actual Service during the First Quarter. (1) War Loan Committee. This committee under the energetic chairmanship of Professor C. M. Thompson was largely responsible for the remarkable success of the University drive for the Fourth Liberty Loan. No definite quota was assigned to the University, individual members of the University staff and students making their subscriptions for the most part through the same agencies as other citizens. University subscribers were, however, asked to report their subscriptions to the Loan Committee so that a fairly complete record of the University contribution was secured. The following is a summary of the result which is I believe as good a showing as that made by any other University in the country: Chicago Schools and Colleges Faculty and Students Urbana Schools and Colleges $ 63,950 SSS* ^ Employees 5 5 137,000 8>900
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