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Show Monday, February 20, 1984 The Thxmderbird Page 5 College gains unusual donations and gifts Donations to SUSC, which reached a staggering high last year of 1.5 million dollars, came not only in the form of checks and cash but also in gifts of many sorts. Jack Bishop, director of development here at SUSC said that gifts in kind range from stock animals to antique tables. Bishop said this includes a fair amount of property. One individual gave the school some property in Fiddlers Canyon. We traded this with the county for the old jail house and some cash. Then in turn we traded the old jail house to the city for more money. The school came up with about $211,000 in the deal. ..There are some interesting transactions that go on over here. Last year they received eight gifts from several ranchers that One individual gave the school some property in Fiddlers Canyon. We traded this with the county for the old jailhouse and some cash. Then , in turn, we traded the old jailhouse to the city for more money... were aquired through interesting means. These ranchers donated to the school the breeding fees from many of their finest horses. These fees are very large so the amount of the gifts were very high, said Bishop. We also receive a lot of stock which we in turn sell off. Another gift recently donated to the school was an old dump truck, which was given to the operations plant. Bishop said the school appreciates gifts like these because of the money saved on equipment costs. There are several different types of equipment donated every year, most of which is used by the operations plant. Other recent donations have been rock collections, antique tables, a kiln for the art department, and lots of old books. Bishop said that many of these have been quite valuable. With these and other cash gifts, donations for scholarships increased 375 percent over last year, to about $400,000. This figure includes all endowments, which are special scholarships given from certain individuals with the donors name on it. Donations for the new Centrum come to a total of $1.8 million. $50,000 was given to the library and $100,000 to the Shakespearean department. Bishop said they feel very good about these figures and hope to see them increase in the next few years. The increase in donations over the last little while have been mostly due to the fund raising effort for the special events center, and the appearance of President Sherratt on campus, said Bishop. The philosophy of the development office and of President Sherratt is that people want to be associated with the college and they want to give, so well let them. We really believe that most people give donations because they want that association, some do give just for the tax writeoff, but a lot of them give just for the joy of giving. Some of the people want recognition and some dont. For the small size of the community and school, our donations are well above average. On the national average donations to SUSC are much higher than most schools could ever hope to have, this really makes Cedar City look good. Although many of the donations are unique, Bishop said that they are all very needed and are put to good use. Donations come from all sorts of people from all walks of life, and each one of them leaves every one concerned with a very good feeling. r- - ic p U IP' PN STUDENT DIRECTORIES C o ONLY 75" regularly SI.50 u p Get yours at The Bookstore NOW! o N ATTENTION: Students take your applications for executive council to Susan's desk by Feb.27, 5:00 p.m.. Appointed positions will be interviewed by new officers. Rockys Pant Depot 506 N. 200 W. 586-260- 1 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 3 Blocks North of Leigh Furniture Buy a sweater vest at the regular price; get an oxford shirt free! All Jeans on Sale 1 2 99 tn 1 A 99 Sweaters 20 off! CAlifoRNiA Ivy, MIO ik Open Line Communication Between Govn. : Students Open Forums Fc Student input Restructured A' SC Budget Greater Awac ness C; issues On Co nis i Explore Regie on Efficiency Jid Political Advertisement f, ti |