Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-18

The four hundred workers who have
been leaving no stone unturned in
Newark for the last two weeks to
raise a quarter of million dollars for
new Y. w. c. A building are a tired
but happy lot today. Both conditions
are a result of their successful efforts.
They not oniy succeeded noby in OBJ
tanning pledges for the $250.0O0 they
started out to get, but added $4,000
more One OF the workers described
the additional sum as Just tiger
Everybody was so busy today that
there WAS no time to revise the figures
TO find out to a cent just what had
been reported in pledges. actual cash,
money orders, checks. The root of all
good was offered in these various
forms. The exact amount subscribed.
as the adding machine experts figured
it out at the big gathering at the Turn
bull Auditorium last night. was 1921, ,374.
On the spot pledges were made by
some of the workers to make 1t an
even 100000.
Three ResoundinR Cheers.
Three resoundng cheers, the pent-up
enthusiasm that followed the expect
ancyI that filled the workers while the
ditorium when it became known just
what Newark had done to make the
project for a new Y. w. c. A. home a
reality. There were more cheers,
more waving of f1ags, more shouting
for those who had been among the lead
ers in the campaign.
The 400 workers and their numerous
friends went to the auditorium last
evening at o'clock. as they had been
accustomed to do at the noon hour for
the last two weeks. Dinner was ready
for them. Many who have taken big
interest in the plan from the outside
as the campaign began to grow warmer
soon began to fill the aisles. and every
available bit of space around the dooY-
way to see the finish.
Citizens Committee First to Report. ~
M. C. Williams, who had been direct
ing the workers, instructing them as to
the best way 20 go about the WORK
and keeping tally of what they had
done, began to chalk up the figures
on his specially prepared sheet that
covered large section of the wall just
as soon as the diners had finished their
meal Beginning with the citizens
committee, of which Fred T. Ward is
general chairman, he called for the
amounts by teams. That led by George
Brown, jr, was the first to make an
announcement. tn total of their sub
scriptions since Thursday noon was
$780, Even at that average by the forty
teams, there would have been more
than the $3.50, 900 required pledged.
The next four teams on the list re-
ported through their captains various
sums ranging from $500 to almost 5000
each. The average was rising decided
w. Then Theodore s. Fettinger an
nounced that his team had subscrip-
tions totaling $1,O'5. That was the sig
nal for a demonstration But 1t was
not a marker to what occurred when
Chester r. Hoag announced totalspf
s5.576. Nearly everybody stood up and
cheered till the passersby in Market
street stood still and wondered what
was going on The Rev. Robert Scott
Inglis came next, announcing that the
team of which he was the captain hao
pledges for SO, ,266. The last of the cap
tains in this section to report was
Waldo c. Genung, who had slips for
81 $50. The total obtained by the work
ers in the citizens committee was al
most $4,000
BusIuess Mems Committee.
Tho young business mems COMMITTEES
started strong, with s1.172, the resuit
of the efforts of the team led II. Q.
Hines. Harrison Higbie's ten owed
with $1,07s. There were sew split
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