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Development Group
Defines Three Aims
Promotion of Interest in 'U',
Are Purposes of Council and
Fund Raising
Subdivisions
By JANE HOWARD
University growth isn't all dra-
matic and deafening.
While rising scaffolds andl
climbing crews of workmen testi-
fy visibly and audibly to campus
expansion, there's a quiet side.
This side, sometimes measuring
its progress in intangibles, has its4
headquarters in the Alumni Me-I
morial Hall office of the Develop-1
ment Council-focal point for a
nationwide network of personnel
engaged in a year-round program
to "develop" the University.-
Few Tangiblesj
"Development" is a nebulous
concept, and Council officials are
quick to assure onlookers that
there is little of the tangible in
their work. Motivated by long-
range objectives, the Council's
r groups carry on permanent work
directed toward three aims:
(1) Stimulating interest of al-
umni and friends in the Univer-
sity's development;
(2) Assisting in University pub-
lic relations, wit a special eye
Total Assets
Of U' Double
In1OYears
In the last ten years the Uni-
versity has done what originally
took it 128 years to do.
Accoring to the financial reports
of the University, the value of ed-
ucational plant assets-including
lands, buildings, land improve-
ments and .equipment-was $62,-
198,789.05 on June 30, 1945.
Double in 10 Years
On the same date in 1954, the
value of University assets was
$118,886,819.32 - almost double
in less than ten years. At the end
of the ten-year period this June,
the figure is sure to be more than
doubled.
This multi-million dollar pool of
assets all stemmed from the origi-
nal 40-acre farm given as the
starting point for the University in
1837
No figures are available for the
exact valuation of this property,
but it probably was not worth
more than a few hundred dollars
by 1837 standards.
First Report in 1917
No financial reports were pub-
lished by the University until well
into the twentieth century. The
first report was made in 1917-
as the United States entered the
"war to make the world safe for
democracy"-showed the Univer-
sity with assets. valued at $7,697,-
912.92.
Ten years later, in the Roaring
Twenties, the value had quad-
rupled to a healthy $29,176,-
251.54. In spite of the great de-
pression of the 30's, the University
increased its worth to $48,574,-
449.87, accoring to the 1937 finan-
cial report.
Continued Rise
In the four additional years be-
fore World War II began, the
University's 1 a n d s, buildings,
equipment a n d improvements
jumped to near 60 million dollars
in value.
Building and expansion were se-
verely restricted when the nation
turned to the task of defeating the
Axis powers, and when the war
was nearly over in June, 1945, the
financial report showed an in-
creased value of only about three
million, up to $62,198,789.05.
But in the last ten years,
prompted by the "veteran's bulge"
as ex-servicemen returned to col-
- lege under the GI Bill of Rights,
the University has done in ten
years what it took 128 years to
do before.
toward improved financial sup-
port;
(3) Coordinating the Univer-
sity's special fund-raising pro-
grams.
History of Council
Historically, the Council is one
of the University's youngest
groups-with a three-year history
tracing its formation as an out-
growth of the Phoenix Project.
Members, however, say its real
background started in the 1920's,
when University officials . and
friends first saw the need for such
an organization.
Viewing with respect the pro-
gress of the University which has
resulted from legislative approp-
riations, the Council has outlined
procedures for encouraging private
support to the University to pro-
vide the important "extras" not
available through public funds.
Private support has already
given the University many of its
claims to a favorable world-wide
reputation. The Stellfield Collec-
tion or Musicology, purchased in
Belgium through Prof. Louise Cuy-
ler of the School of Music, stands
as one example of a priceless Uni-
versity possession which wouldn't
have been possible without Coun-
cil funds-available at the right
time.
Needs Committee
In its early stages the Council
set up a group now known as the
University Needs Committee, to
make an extensive survey of the
needs of all University divisions.
Results of this survey have served
as the basis of many current
Council programs.
One.outcome of the Needs com-
mittee's work is the launching of
the new scholarship program for
out-of-state students-an area
long neglected, but now broaden-
ed to contribute to tuition costs of
15 of next fall's freshmen from
outside Michigan.
Need for student aid, the com-
mittee found, isn't limited to the
undergraduate level. A $250,000
program to provide graduate fel-
lowships in all branches of the
University has the current full
attention of the Council's Direc-
tors and Advisory Committee
chairmen throughout the country.
Faculty Increase Needed
Increased fellowship aid will, ac-
cording to the Council, be instru-
mental in assuring that rapidly-
increasing student enrollments will
be paralleled by corresponding in-
creases in faculty. Too many qual-
ified potential teachers, it has
been pointed out, must turn to
business and industry for their
careers-because of more immed-
iately alluring financial prospects
in these fields.
A program to stimulate recur-
ring, undesignated support is di-
rected by the Michigan Alumni
Fund Board, one of the Council's
essential subdivisions.
Frequent appeals of the Alum-
ni Fund to the University's 150,-
000 alumni stress the "annual giv-
ing" idea. Emphasis is put on the
See DEVELOPMENT, page 9
UNIVERSITY PANORAMA-To meet expanding enrollment, the University has filled in nearly every part of its original 40-acre tract
and the immediately adjacent area. Top center of this aerial shot shows the sprawling North Campus, purchased as a site for future
buildings.
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Regents Approve
Five-Year Plan
Cons traction, Remodeling Projects
Need State Legislatures Approval
By WALLY EBERHARD
Five years from now. a 1955 graduate may not recognize the
University campus, if all phases of a long-term building program are
carried out.
The five year "capital outlay program" approved Aug. 6, 1954,
by the Board of Regents, calls for appropriations of $74,508,000 from
the State Legislature.
It includes funds for everything from construction of an Automo-
tive Engineering Building on North Campus to repair and remodeling
of the University heating plant.
Gov. G. Mennen Williams asked for the estimate' in order that the
State might plan ahead for the 4
projected needs of the University.
However, inclin in thea fiveL D c d
building will be constructed. Each
item has to be approved at a fu-
tore date by the State Legislature. Show s R apid
Changes on Campus *1
In addition to the new buildingsR
and remodeling work to be done'
many more changes in the cam- Since 1945, the University has
pus as other funds are utilized to been in a hurry to catch up with
add to University facilities, itself
In 1955-1956 the plan requests For almost 20 years before 1945,
$9,061,000 for new building con- no funds for new buildings were
struction and $2,320,000 for re- appropriated by the State Legisla-
modeling. ture. With two major exceptions,
This request is now before the the modest campus of one of the
State Legislature in Lansing. nation's outstanding state univer-
Included is $1,028,000 for con- sities remained unchanged.
struction of an Automotive Engi-
neering Bldg. on North Campus. Generosity of Two
Plans for the Auto Bldg. have al- The generosity of two men, Wil-
ready been drawn. An additional iam Cook and Horace Rackham,
$80,000 is included for planning brightened up these quiet years.
future engineering laboratories on Cook gave his entire fortune of
North Campus. $16,000,000 to the University. It
Oter Corhp muwas used to build the Law School
Other North Campus Plans quadrangle.
Several other North Campus From Rackham's estate, $5,000,-
structures are included in the first 000 was willed for construction of
year's request. A School of Music the graduate studies center on the
Building costing $1,180,000; a syn- Mall.
chrotron and cyclotron costing Little for Classrooms
$925,000; and a fire station and Very little was done to add to
training center costing $300,000 the classroom and laboratory fa-
are all planned for North Cam- cilities outside these projects.
pus. ' . When the post-war tidal wave of
An Undergraduate Library cost- veterans engulfed the University,
ing $2,560,000 will stand on the site much was needed in a short time.
of the present Automotive Engi- Among the first buildings to get
e neering Laboratory, on S. Univer- the go ahead after the war were
e sity. the Administration Bldg., Business
Near the University Hospital the Administration School Bldg., and
first unit of a Medical Science the Chemistry Bldg. addition.
Building has been provided for Ground for the Administration
with $1,780,000. Funds for start- Building was broken in 1946, and
ing a Dental Building -- $628,00- original costs were set at $1,500,-
have been approved by the Re- 000. By the time the salmon-pink
- gents. . brick building was put into use in
Planning funds for future build- the fall of 1948, the total costs ran
ings include Children's Hospital closer to $2,500,000.
Pediatrics Unit, $200,000; School Business Administration
of Education Building, $140,000;A builessromstat-
and Physical Science Building, Also built rom e-apprp
n $140,000. riated funds, the Business Admin-
In addition, funds for remodel- istration School building was orig-
- ing and additions were requested inally sized up as a $1,800,000
.as follows: General Library, $200,- See LAST, Page9
e 000; Heating Plant, $650,000; Uni-
versity Hospital, $1,000,000; and(r d
e West and East Engineering Build- 'Pd
ings, $470,000.,
- Plans for 1956-57 P lan .School's
The 1956-1957 section of the
e five year capital outlay program D evelopmient
i calls for $16,470,000 broken down
y into $1,530,000 for remodeling and
A additions and $14,940,000 for new Harlan H. Hatcher became the
t construction.. tenth University president when
-On North Campus, a $1,920,000 he took office in fall, 1951.
Engineering Laboratory is plan- He was directly preceded by Al-
ned, along with $2,820,000 for the exander Grant Ruthven, who had
e School of Music Building as well a great hand in establishing the
S as $160,000 for planning of an University as we now know it.
7 Architecture Building. Clarence Cook Little
d -Continuing funds for the first l Before Ruthven took over in
r unit of the Medical. Science Build- 1929, Clarence Cook Little, termed
ing include $4,000,000, as well as "an active and progressive think-
e $280,000 for planning of the sec- er." had been in office for four
n and unit.F years.
n The Dental Bldg., will continue Marion LeRoy Burton preceded
h with $1,500,000 and construction Cook. Burton's gift as a speaker
- of the School of Education and and personal magnetism won a
Physical Sciences Buildings will great degree of support for the
o start with $2,000,000 each. University.
- Planning costs of $80,000 for the Burton took over in 1920 from
- Pharmacy Bldg. have also been Harry Burns Hutchins, who was
tentatively requested for 1956 57 acting president in 1897, and be-
Due for remodeling and addition came official president in 1910.
James Burrill Angell was Hutch-
in the 1956-57 period are the Gen- ins' predecessor, administering the
eral Library. $500,000; University office for 38 years, serving also as
Hospital, $650,000; West and East United States Minister to China in
Engineering Buildings, $255,000; 1881 and to Turke in 1897.
and Neuropsychiatric Clinic, $125,- Frieze, Haven, Tappan
a 000. DuringeAngell's administration
Plans for 1957-58ha i o 'v Simmns Frie
By JIM DYGERT
Sixteen University buildings
were reported as having been con-
demned by the State Fire Marshall
at the December meeting of the
Board of Regents.
Since then, the Tool Storage
Building has been razed, leaving
15 condemned buildings still
standing. Original cost of these
was approximately $1,073,000. Al-
together, they provide about 503,-
000 square feet for offices, class-
rooms, and research.
Of the 15, seven are scheduled
to be razed or replaced and two
modernized. Time of razing will
be dependent upon completion of
other projects such as the reha-
bilitation of the recently pur-
chased Ann Arbor High School
Building and North Campus con-
struction.
For six of the 15 there are no
present plans for replacement, ac-
cording to University Vice-Presi-
dent Wilbur K. Pierpont.
Romance Language Building
Probably the riost notorious in
student minds is the Romance
Language Building which was
built in 1880 at a cost of $46,000
and provides more than 25,000
square feet for offices and class-
rooms.
It was first classified as fire haz-
ardous in 1943 when a recommen-
dation was made to reconstruct
it. In 1944 it was classified as
combustible. In 1951 the recom-
mendation was to replace it and in
1954, to raze it.
The University's present plans;
are to raze the Romance Language
Building after the Ann Arbor High
School Building has been secured,
rehabilitated and enlarged for use
by the romance language depart-
ment, other literary college units
and the social work school.
Funds for the acquisition,, reha-
bilitation and enlarging of the
high school building have been in-
cluded in the request to the Stave
Legislature for the current year.
West Engineering Annex
Another structure faced with
demolition is the West Engineering
Annex. Built in 1885 at a cost of
$43,000, the Annex has 42,000
square feet used for offices, class-
rooms and research.
The Annex was classified as in
a dilapidated condition in 1943
and as combustible in 1944. The
year 1947 brought a recommenda-
tion that it be razed. In 1951, and
again in 1954, it was recommended3
that the building be replaced.
When the new Automotive Lab-
oratory now under construction on
the North Campus is completed
late in the fall or early in 1956,
the West Engineering Annex will
be demolished.
Pharmacology, Economics
The Fire Marshall's list contains!
another structure familiar to 'diag
strollers-the Pharmacology and
Economics Building. The original
building of 1856 and several laterl
additions cost the University $50,-1
000 and provide 43,000 square feet
of space.
Offices, classrooms and animal
quarters occupy the Pharmacology
portion of the building. The Eco-
nomics portion has offices and
classrooms.
The building was classified as
dilapidated in 1943 and combus-
tible in 1944. In 1947 the Fire
Marshall said the Economics por-
tion should not be used for class-
rooms and the Pharmacology part
should be replaced. The years 1951
and 1954 brought recommenda-
tionb saying the entire building
should be razed.
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According to present intentions
the Pharmacology portion of th
building will be razed when th
Medical Science Building first unit
is constructed in the Medical Cen-
ter.
Plans for the first unit are now
being prepared and construction
funds have been requested from
the Legislature. There are no pres-
ent plans for replacing the Eco-
nomics part of the building.
West Medical Building
The West Medical Building
built in 1904 at a cost of $160,000
was listed as combustible both in
1943 and 1944. In 1951 it was rec
ommended to be razed. A com
plete overhaul was asked in 1954
Its 75,000 square feet houses th
Medical School's administrative
offices, the pathology and bio
chemistry departments and the
natural resources school's conser
vation department.
Present plans call for rehabili
tation and modernization of the
building for use by the natura
resources school and the literary
college when the Medical Schoo
departments move intn the firs
unit of the Medical Science Build
ing.
Engineering Research Annex
A much smaller structure, th
Engineering Research Annex, wa
recommended for razing in 194
and for replacement in 1951 and
1954. It was acquired in 1926 fo
$16,000.
Its 85,000 square feet houses th
ally used as housing for wome
students. In 1950, it was taken
over by the Engineering Research
Institute for administrative serv
ices and offices.
The University hopes soon t
replace the building with new con
struction for activities of the In
stitute.
See BUILDINGS, page 6
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To tU' in 1837
A tongue-twister became pro,
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STILL SERVES UNIVERSITY:
Ruthven Retires to Farm Near City
. . :. .:By DAVE BAAD
Four years have passed since Alexander Ruthven left the presi
dent's South University residence and moved permanently to his re
tirement mansion north of Dexter.
To see him sitting leisurely in his reading room overlooking the'
expanses of his estate one could mistakenly think the former Univer-
sity president has withdrawn to a life of relaxation and oblivion to,
the outside world.I
Two minutes with Ruthven dispelled any such misapprehension.
Still Busy at 73
Now 73 years old and preparing for his fifth year of retirement,
<<:: "the only slightly greying educator claims he is "busy as ever."r
Besides being consultant to the Universtiy Development Council,
Ruthven serves as director of the Ann Arbor Trust Co., as a director of
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