 The institution faced significant financial difficulties as well, as the charter required that 1/3 of the income be spent for the Washington campus and 2/3 to be spent in Canonsburg campus, which left both starved for funds.After the two alumni associations merged on August 7, 1866, they set out to raise $50,000.The effort failed as a result of the hard feelings caused by the merger, as well as the national crisis.