Law School Fund Lacks $1,000,000 For Three Year Grad Center Drive

The Law School's intense three-year drive to pay its share of the Graduate Center fell nearly $1,000,000 short of its $2,500,000 goal, Wesley Bevins, director of the Fund, revealed yesterday.

Bevins said this was not unusual, since only the Business School has met its fund goals. Netting a total of $1,514,629.36, the fund consisted of 6,311 gifts.

One million, two hundred thousand dollars--all the money not earmarked for scholarships, library, teaching fellows, and research--will be used to meet the building expenses of the Graduate Center. The Law School's quota is somewhere above this $1,200,000 and below $1,650,000, the original estimate.

Two States Top Quotas

Louisiana and Utah were the only states that exceeded their quotas, Louisiana raising 147.5 percent of its goal and Utah 109.4 percent. Montana met its quota exactly, while New York raised $543,322.99 or 95.1 percent. Hawaii had the best record of participation, with all its graduates giving a gift. In 1949, 988 law students contributed $28,289.90 to the fund.

Bevins said that the annual Law School drive has been proceeding successfully since the end of the three-year campaign. Exactly 797 contributions, totalling $23,927.40, have been received since December under the Annual Giving Drive.