The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-21

er, You need yield to none in the matter
of large giving and cooperative giving.
&C. G. Fencil, director of the Barre hos
pital campaign.
Mr. Fenel was performing the super
human task Of doing two things at once
when Times man called on him this
forenoon. While he was busily getting
ready to leave the city at noon. he
talked to the reporter and gave direc-
tions to the corps of assistants who are
still engaged in cleaning up the odds and
ends of the campaign. "The hospital
campaign AS we have lately seen it in
operation is one of the evolutionary re-
suits of u NJ. c. A. propaganda. 1t in
wolves all of the methods used in rails
ing Y. NJ c. A. subscriptions and more.
1t is highly systematized plan for COW
ering a large territory in a short term.
In word it is a practical application
of the law OF averages. Taking the fig
ures resulting from some OF the other
campaigns which have been conducted,
have struck an average that cannot fail.
"Was | at any time skeptical of the
outcome in your territory? No, human
nature is the same in Barre as elsewhere.
This much | may say, however, your
workers in Barre and outside towns pos
sess a faculty for getting down to hard
work that | would like to see EN- lated
in some OF the other fields which | shall
enter, On the day after | arrived, pre-
paratory work that usually takes a
week to accomplish was completed an
the way was opened for the other pre-
liminary details. Barre has shown she is
capable OF doing big things. My stay
here will be one which / shall not soon
forget
Several Of the largest hospital cam
paigns in the country have been d.
rected by Mr., Fencil, Among his later
successes in this hne are the following:
Englewood ~ j.. Sl33,000; MontcIair,
n. j. S23l 900; Far Rockaway, n. j.,
$25,000 Danbury, Conn, S67 900; Hack
ensack, n. j., $4,000; Easton, Md, $43,-
600.
Mr. Fencil has been engaged in this
work for four years. The pioneer hos
pita campaigner is w. A. Bowen of Wa
teryille, Me. He tried the plan in lit
tie Maine town and it worked so well
that other cities induced him to at
tempt to do the same thing for them.
Other energetic men took up the work
and now there are nine in the field. Mr..
Fencil is one of the earlier ones, al
though he has been conducting cam
paigns of this sort only four years. In
1898 he began work as stenographer
with the Pennsylvania state Y. NJ. G. A.
committee. He rose to successive posi-
tions OF responsibility and was finally
put in charge of the committees finance
There he gained his first
insight into the methods of raising funds
for public institutions and civic pur-
poses. His experience in the Y. NJ. c, A.
field has been invaluable
Personally, he is possessed of large
for management. a resource
full mind indomitable courage and
that wins him friends
wherever he goes. His energy his tire
less devotion to duty and his unfail
ing good nature have stood him in ex
cellent stead And 200 Barre workers,
or therea bouts. are ready to testify that
these solid qualities have been best man
ifested when hope during the campaign
was at its lowest ebb.
To-day Mr.. Fencil went to Boston,
where he has been engaged to direct
for funds for the Massachu-
setts state Progressive party. His work
there win last several weeks. After
wards he plans TO 90 to his home in
to stay with his family
for a time.