The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-03-26
GENERAL MOVE TO
AID WELLESLEY
CALL FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS IN
SMALL AMOUNTS TO REPLACE
BURNED STRUCTURE.
Movement Received Instant RecOgni.
ton In Moscow and Expected That
Colleges Will Join.

The genuine ana great sympathy
everywhere aroused by the news OF
the terrible calamity which some days
ago befell Wellesley College. this
morning took a practical turn in Mos
COW when a movement was set on
foot to raise sum of money by means
of small, voluntary contributions to
be sent to the relief of one of the old
est and noblest institutions in the
United States for the higher education
of women. If the plans of those who
today took the matter in hand do not
miscarry, the university students and
faculty. as well as the townspeople,
will, within the week, send to the un-
fortunate college resolutions of SYM
pathy and a substantial gift.
Boxes have been placed in the Bur-
sar's office at the university and at
the Corner Drug Store down town in
to which all who wish to contribute
are asked to drop coin. 1t is par
ticularly urged that no gift be with
held because it must be small. 1t is
desired that every one who wishes to
show concern for the preservation
of the fine Wellesley tradition should
clearly understand that every penny
given will be important in the crisis
the college now faces.
Was a Severe Loss.
1t has been learned that in the de-
struction of it's huge College Hall,
Wellesley College sustained a much
heavier loss than was at first suppos-
ed. Indeed, grave doubts have arisen
as to whether, with the funds avail
able, the existence of the college can
be continued Bishop Lawrence OF
the president OF the
board of trustees, has given out Of
fetal statements to the effect that it
is too soon to speak with finality, but
that there is no doubt that the life
of the college Is hanging In the bal
ance, and that If help does not come
to the trustees from sources they now
know nothing of, they will despair OF
being able to proceed with the replac-
ing of even so much as will barely
enable the work of the college to go
on. The building and its contents
were valued at figure we'll over
million and a half, but the insurance
was based not on this value but upon
the tax assessors appraisement, $780,
900. Even at the lower valuation, the
sum for which College Hall was in
sured seems unusually, perhaps
small. The amount of
money that will be available for the
of a new building or
group of buildings will be inadequate
10 meet the needs Of students who
now number nearly 1000.
Many Valuables Gone.
In College Hall were all the admin
stration offices with the students rec
,rds, most of this class rooms, din
ng-hall and kitchen which took care |
If more than 400 persons, sleeping |
luarters for the same number, and, on |
he fifth floor, the laboratories in |
which has been done the great sci |
,ntific work which has made Wellesley |
The laboratories for
he departments of astronomy, psy-
biology, physics, and, most particular
y, of biology, contained immensely
aluable apparatus and other equip
nent besides the famous collections
altered and classified during the past
orty years by group of scientists
f the first rank. Their specimens,
ecords, observations, and thousands
nd thousands of slides are now
one. Much that made College Hall
vast treasure house can not be re-
laced by the expenditure of any sum
owever large. But much of it can
Q replaced; and whatever Is lacking
y reason of the relatively small sum
,r which 1t was insured should be
,ade up. 1t is felt, by the legion of
-iends and admirers who honor the
ollege for what 1t has stood for in I