STETSON-LETTER
VOL 2. NO. 1
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DeLAND, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 1953
Alumni Lauded
For Record of
'Proxy' Giving
By G. E. GILLILAND
Director of Alumni Affairs
All of us are mighty proud of the
record Stetson alumni have made in
the second year of the United Stetson
Alumni's "proxy" endowment campaign.
This year 33% more alumni contributed than gave last year.
The total amount of endowment
represented is $244,905 greater than
it was last year.
The "interest" on the endowment for
which the alumni are standing proxy is
$12,245 more than it was last year.
Such a record would stand out as
tremendously encouraging in any college fund-raising undertaking. Many
colleges which have had their alumni
fund campaigns in operation for years
would envy such progress. And we expect to make the Stetson record even
more thrilling next year!
Our amazing progress this year has
been due to two things: (1) the unusual
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Smith Asks For
County Chairmen
A chairman in every county in Florida and one for every state outside
of Florida is the goal for 1954 of the
Stetson Alumni Association, Walter B.
Smith said at Homecoming when he
accepted the gaval from the association's president G. E. "Eddie" Gilliland.
Earl W. Brown was chosen presidentelect and Mrs. Paul Fearington was
elected secretary.
Mrs. A. B. Conley, Jacksonville, was
named director for District II; James
Snelling, director, and Sidney Single-
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ARCHITECT'S SKETCH OF NEW DORMS ON STETSON CAMPUS
Campus Homes Planned
Next Year For 250 Men
Campus homes for 250 men are to be
provided with the construction of five
new dormitories at Stetson University.
Costing $600,000, the buildings are
scheduled for occupancy with beginning of the fall term in 1954, according to Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds. Construction is to start by January 1.
Two of the new buildings will be
on the southwest corner of Amelia
and Minnesota Avenues and three will
be on the southeast corner of the same
intersection. Property on the southeast corner has been owned by the
University for several years and the
southwest corner was recently acquired
from Mrs. Philip Buck.
One heating plant will serve all five
dormitories and parking areas will be
constructed in the rear of each building. Four dormitories will be two-story
and the fifth will have three stories
and will house the heating plant.
Lounges and conference rooms will
be provided and a large recreation
room will be located in the basement
of the three-story dormitory. With the
exception of beds and chairs, all furniture will be built in and each room
will be designed to accomodate two
men. There will be an apartment in
one of the dormitories for Prof. Carl
H. Johnson, director of men's housing.
Designed to be self-liquidating at
rental fees now prevailing in university-operated dormitories, the project
is being financed through the House
and Home Finance Agency, federal
source of funds for housing only. Preliminary approval has been received
by Dr. Edmunds.
Architecture will be the same as
that of Allen Hall, a style adopted for
all future buildings on the campuS.
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