The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-27
A NOBLE GIFT
Miss COrdelia p. MOnnet Gives I
Thousand Acres of Land to Chi
cago Training School

"
OF the old residents of Reusse.
luer, Indiana, has donated
thousand acres of land to the
Chicago Training school for city,
home and foreign missions, at
4949 Indiana Ave. This land is
situated in Jasper county, Indi
ana, in one of the best sections
OF the famous corn belt. The
donor will make her home in the
institution at Chicago, and will
receive a suitable annuity in
cash as long as she liyes.
At Miss Monnett request a
building will be erected as one of
the Halls of this rapidly growing
school, in memory of her mother,
who died in 1880. The building
will bear the following lnscrip-
tion: "Mary Delamar KIM ear
Monnett Memorial Building, er-
ected by her daughter, Cordelia
P. Mcnnett." Mrs. Monnett
was woman of strong individ-
uality, and left the impress OF
her rare character on all about
her. Her memory is deeply re-
vered by this devoted daughter,
who rejoices in consecrating her
wealth to the building which
shall at the same time nobly
memorialize the memory of q
remarkable woman and be most
valuable in advancing the prac.
tical work of God on earth.
The Chicago Training School
has rightly been called "a won.
derful institution" 1t began it's
work in the humblest way. Or.
ened IN 1885 in a small rented
house, few people knew of it's ex-
istence, and the mum Der of those
really interested could be count
on ones fingers. But friends
gathered about it, the mum Der of
its students increased and the
property was gradually acquired.
At the present time it's annual
enrolment is considerably over
200, and it owns property to the
value of nearly a quarter of a
million dollars. 1t has trained
about twenty-five hundred wo-
men and ! as given o the mission
tield-home. foreign and deac-
oness-more than thirteen hun
dred women. 1t was the pioneer
in women's schools of this char
sracter, aud has done much
toward the creation of a senti-
ment for special prepar alton for
women in religious work. 1t
was established under great
stress of soul on the part of it's
founders, aud from the first day
to the present not a dollar has
been paid out for salary. Its
specially trained teachers, six of
the twelve resident holding
bachelors or doctors degrees.
donating their services on the
"deaconness basis" Its grad
yates include hundreds OF city
missionaries, who are giving
their lives to the noble work of
helping the poor, finding employ.
ment for those who need it, Civ
ing the poverty stricken sick the
comforts they should haye, saw
ing girls who need just a little
friendliness to keep them from
going wrong, and gathering
homeless children into places of
comfort and safety. This work
is one of the most beautiful and
practio al forms of charity.
"To him that hath shall be
gwen. This was not a new law
created by d dictum of Christ,
but statement by the master of
a fundamental principle of hu-
man experience. We have all |
known illustrations. 'It's the |
first thousand dollars that costs"
is business proverb. In the
light of this principle this great
school is entering upon time of
arger things than ever before
1t has from the first been the
eading religious school for
women of American Protestant
SIN. With the new Monnet Hall
IS a dornlitory for about a hun
lred more students, larger
chapel and library facilities are
needed. The endow-
uent fund, which at the present
ime is only $1,000, must be
increased. The money
or these improvements is not
pledged; indeed it is not IN any
way assured, but, because of the
great need, it must come. A
multitude of small gifts has for
many years attested the loving
interest felt by many devoted
men and women in this institu.
ion where deaconesses aud mis-
'lonaries are given practical
for their WOrk-an