The San Francisco call., 1908-12-02
$4,000 GIVEN TO
OAKLAND CHARITIES
Tag Day Committee Distributes
Funds and Awards Tro-
pEiies to Workers
Berkeley Receives 5000 for Stu
dents Enfirmary Out of
$1,000 Collected

OAKLAND, Dec. Twenty thousand
Oakland, was distributed to charities.
this afternoon at a meeting of the COM
mittee held in the Key Route hotel.
Awards were made TO the schools for
their share in the work, and the indi-
vidual trophy, given bysH Morton, was
awarded to Miss Zoe Ackerman for the
sale of the largest number of the tags.
Her efforts contributed $132.80 to the
fund. representing the tagging of 1928
persons in the district between Sixth,
Eighth, Harrison and Jefferson streets.
When the total returns of the day
had been checked this afternoon it was
found that the expenses of the crusade
for charity were less than $500. By
agreement Berkeley was to receive one
half of the money turned in from the
college town district which aggre-
gated 81 GOO. Having deducted the ex-
penses, the committee voted to repay
to the Berkeley workers $500, which
will be added to the Students infirmary
endowments.
DIVISION OF PROCEEDS
This left $4,000 to be distributed
among the charitable organizations for
which the tag day was held. One-half
of the residue was assigned to the
associated free kindergartens fund.-
There are FIVE of these institutions, and
each will receive $4,000.
The remaining $4,000 the committee
equally divided between the Ladies
relief society and Providence hospital.
The relief society will utilize its share
in charity work. The $4,000 devoted
to Providence hospital will be used to
endow bed in the institution, to be
known as tag day bed. TO be maintained
as long as the hospital shall exist
The final reckoning showed that the
amount contributed by schools of this
city and vicinity was s5,2o4.79. For the
competitive efforts of the pupils were
awarded trophies, as follows:
Clawson school was given the first
trophy for the greatest amount con-
tributed per capita, the total being
$216.35, and the amount for each pupil,
$3.50.
GRANT SCHOOL WINS PRIZE
Grant school received the second
award for the largest sum contributed
by a. school regardless of the attend
ance. having turned in s490.44.
The Dewey school in Fruitvale. rails
ing S297. received the trophy for. the
largest amount turned in by school
outside the city limits
The Manual Framing and Commercial
high school received fourth prize for
the largest high school contribution,
which was S34S.0S.
The fifth prize was divided between
St. Joseph's academy and ST. Francis
de Sales school 1t was offered to the
returns per capita, and the two insti-
tutiohs mentioned tied on the ratio per
pupil, though there was a difference
between the full sums.
FERRY BOAT COLLECTIONS
. The ferry boats proved to have been
one of the most lucrative fields of en-
deavor. Mrs. Prentiss Selby had charge
of this brigade. The largest amount on
one boat was collected by Mrs. William
Hall, Mrs. B. S. Hubbard and Mrs J. III.
Porchest. who increased the days re-
ceipts $500. The full amount collected
on the ferry systems was $2,7S6.73. 1t
was collected on the different lines by
the women named below:
Oakland mole-Mrs s. p. Hall, Mrs. Samuel
Prather Mrs. George Downey. Mrs. Frank Wat
son. Mrs. A. a. Long, 81 .0So.60.
Alameda mois-Mrs Walter Morgan Mrs. John
Gordon, Mrs. J. Marter, Mrs. j. F. Virgins,
$3.50 63.
Key Route system Mrs Nora RiIe. Mrs.
Mary Bon. Mrs. William Hall. Mrs. f. S. Hub
bard and Mrs. J. H. Porchest $s04 .65.
The apparent discrepancies in the
totals attributed to schools, ferry boats
and corps of workers and the whole
proceeds of tag day were due to the
many large contributions from indi-
viduals which could not be credited
to any particular worker. This was the
explanation made by Miss Emma Ma
hony, director general of the day,
who issued the statements of the re-
turns.
SOME LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS
Among the large contributions which
increased the receipts above the amount