Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Last Cent For College Endow
ment Fund Raised at a
Meeting of Citizens
POOR MANS CAMPAIGN
Largest Single Gift Amounted to $685.
900 and Ranged Down to SO Cont
Contribution Of Boy-Publio Meeting
Goes Further and Raises substar-
tial Fund for ltaIy's Relief.
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Special to Mmes-Republican.
Grinnell, Jan. 1.-The endowment
campaign Is closed and Grlnnell has
won. The last dollar was pledged at
the ColoniaA last evening and nearly
$4,000 were secured dn emergency
pledges to make good any shortage
that might arise from unforeseen con-
d1tions that may possibly arise or from
shrinlage from any number OF little
sources. And such jubilee as Grdnnell
held last night until the old year was
zone and the new fairly opened. was
never seen in this city before. Attor-
ney A. C. Lyon was chairman of the
meeting. which opened with about S.
600 still to be pledged, and nearly W.
900 was very speedily raised. Then the
emergency pledges We're passed and
about the same amount pledged in that
way. Then the real jubilee began.
DR.. p. A. Steiner was called upon to
open the ball, which he did In his
characteristically happy manner. There
was plenty of fine music by Blossoms
band from Des Moines and the stage
was decorated with illuminated and
other mottos: "Grinnell can and VIII
has been the motto of the campaign
which 1t was well suggested might
now be made "Grinnell could and did,,
Rev. T. C. Douglass was chosen to
make the appeal for the remaining
sum needed and gave some interesting
facts, The women's clubs Of the CITY
have raised almost $500, and tho
house to house canvass brought IN
nearly $1,000. Letters. phone messages
and kilograms were delivered upon the
stage and each brought the promise OF
money from some friend of the col
lege at distance, Hearts were SO fun
Of JOY that 1T was very difficult for
some of the speakers to command their
feelings sufficiently to make connected
remarks.
President Main was called upon and
gave general review Of the campaign,
stating that this was essentially a
poor mans campaign
A Poor Mans Campaign.
The largest single gift was $4,000.
The next largest was 100000. From
this sum the4 gifts ran down In size
to the so cents that a little fellow came
into the office gone day to give that ne
might have a,personal interest in the
endowment HE laid stress upon the
AZ crov Rim moo
direct and. BY their personal efforts IN
their homes, caused much more to
come In. He also emphasized the fact
Of the immensely larger number OF
people who have been made acquainted
with Iowa College by this campaign
other speakers were Charles Ross OF
Des Moines, II. w. Spaulding, Revs. w.
j. Suckow and D. P. Breed Profs. r.
r.. Amy. w S. HENDERSON. H. w.
Norris, Charles Noble w. j. Rusk, and
j. p. Ryan, and Trustees Dr. Gersaom
Hill and S. A. Merrill, of Des Moines.
and H. w. futile, of Grinnell, and o.
X. Cole, S. H. Crosby and Judge j. p.
Lyman.
The continuation of the evenings ex-
citement came when Professor Ryan
turned the attention of the audience
from their own JOY at this victory to
the terrible anguish of defeat and de-
struction among the sufferers in
southern Italy and Sicily and spoke OF
Dr. Steiner as one who knew by ming
ling with those pepole the conditions
existing.
Aid for Stricken Italy.
When Dr. Steiner stepped to the
front and offered to start q relief fund
with SIS, some one in the audience
tossed a dollar upon the stage and this
was followed by rain of silver and
bills that threatened to submerge him.
Then the hats were passed and when
the collection was counted 1t amounted
to $115. The chair appointed a commit
tee consisting Of DR.. Steiner, A. p.
Haines, Professors Ryan, G.. w. HI.
Boyer and Rev. Elias Handy to take
charge Of this fund and what may be
added to it in the next few days and
see that 1t helps to carry relief to the
suffering as quickly as possible.
Before the meeting closed some one
passed in $50 more to be added to the
fund. At two minutes before the close
of 1908 prayer was offered by DR..
Douglass and as the new year was
ushered into existence the bells and
whistles of the city broke forth and
the audience sang America" and be-
gan to dispense, with congratulations,
good wishes and hand shakings that
reminded one of the old time camp
meetings.