New-York tribune., 1898-01-28
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
MISS GOULD, OF BOSTON. TELLS HOW n
MAY BE MADE POSSIBLE TO BUILD IT.
THE $1,000 LEFT BY THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
FOUND AN INSTITUTION MIGHT NOW


FOUND AN INSTITUTION MIGHT NOW
BE 100000
Fort Greene Chapter Daughters Of the American
Revolution. met yesterday afternoon At Rems.n
Hal. Brooklyn. 10 hear paper by Miss Elisabeth
Porter Gould, Of Boston on the ''Washington Ne
mortal University and Woman's Work In Connec.
ton with Raising the Fund 70 Pay the Nations
Deot OF Honor The hall was han nlsomely deco
ra'ed with flags and banners and on the platform
STOOD a huge bunch OF pink roses
ihe opening exercises consisted OF tho singing
OF the 'star-Spsngled Banner by Miss Annie L.
walker. soprano OF the Second Presbyterian
'hurch with accompaniment by Miss s p Rogers
oisdhi't or the church The audience folned In tho
chorus Mrs Samuel Bovine Duryea regent OF the
chapter. introduced the speaker
MISS Gould gave most interesting sketch OF
Nashing'ons ideas as 20 higher education His
'housht she said. was far ahead OF that OF other
men or mis- time. He wed fifty shares Of stock Of
the Potomac Canal Company to form al endow-
ihent tund for n Postgraduate university. These
shares were valued al $4,000 and had they NOT
deprecated would at the present time be worth
sf~pV0 But the old canal company va, la,ar
absorbed In the Chesapeake and Onto Canal Com
p,aIyi People are now asking II that corporation
shouiu not make up the first value Of ins nifty
erIment toward the University fund Wasnineton
secured plot OF ground for the University SIT
uated In the outskirts OF the National captsi ana
.s s.i heid IN trust by the Government All tho
lions In iurtherance OF George Washington ban
En1 % .ne National Education Society mas man,
requests Tor the same. but nothing OF inporf4nca
VS. % done untii In April 1877 wnen the Washinston
hrancbss "a aSsoc'~l'Vn OF Women was formed. with
p, IL VIII work with The Mems COMMITTEES Of One
the Administration building may be laid on DecenI-
per ~ iSv Just one hundred years after Wash
ihhston oeYuest was made. II each member OF all
the patriotic societies would give one penny and
escn OF the school children the same small ann
sufcient money would be raised to erect tho
The women have taken this up partly in com.
nemoratlon OF Washnstons c1valrous regard
IoE women and partly from a desire have az he
wished. University absolutely free from all sec
uUmal or partisan spirit or religious bias 1t 10
great museums and Libraries. which need TO Be
st. died under the guidance OF trained instructors
All college presidents are in favor Il this move.
meHt except those OF Yale and Harvard"
A Inc conclusion OF the address Mrs. Henry r.
represented the association in New York State and
that all contributions toward the fund should be
Heghs ifa fsT BToofyn e her address, No. i2 Columbia
William G Mills told Of the Leagu. Of the Red
o, the borough. many Of whom OF foreign par
fss ffnasf s sh9 have f 0ngd the league BY ne
spapgled h Bsnnsr s = ode ode to The Flag Hail Co
'-a Af5er G sd and addfss.e. Rsd White and Bus
Franklin W Hopkins Miss Ida d7 Boek CF' Ny. NJ ~ AZ.
Miss Becker Mrs. Thomas II. Harbour ana Mrs
W,iiam vi h G. Clapp Mrs Duryea invited all 70 this
Chapter was one Of those that
Sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea
Among the strangers present were Mrs Dwight
Pufalo and Mrs. Lowell Palmer, guests OF Mrs.
Henry Chathed Miss Nettie Taylor md Mss Alice
i,nF secretary Of Rebecea Mott Chapter. sue'fs ot
bacon ss Isr guests M 1f Mrs f{ne0R aSy nd s M
J. Lyman and Miss Lyman, Of Hartford. Conn.
and Miss Bronson. guests OF Mrs Henry Day Az
thaniel Mckay.