Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
WELLESLEY'S BAPTISM OF FIRE AND FAITH
The Splendid Story of Toll and SSacrce by Which Aumn
Students Raised the Restoration Fund
BY II. T. CLAUS

literally from comfort-loving and slesDIs
companions for the service entailed In aAa
ting bedroom windows on frosty mosnkg
Then there's the vacuum cleaner which \
made Wellesley famous, the cleaner for vhs
every student was an agent. The coll,s
stipulated share OF the sales Of these sr
mics of dirt amounted to hundreds
dollars.
Some Of the girls, too, had the agent
for crackers and other dainties. One ri
whose home is in Texas, had her father ss
some of the nuts for which the Lone ST
State is famous. These she disposed Of \
her fellow students at almost tRbuis:
prices. There was plenty to eat on cclaF
Hill, and all ate heartily on the theory u
digestion might suffer, but the college wof
be the gamer.
For such a campaign as Wellesley NJ
just concluded there is much to be said
has, for one thing, made the college oa
great big family, each member thereof coa
tributing something to the general weliiFs
The girls have sewed for each other-ia
a consideration; done each others laundHI
at so much per garment; shined shoss al
a nickel shoe, washed hair at 81 hed
another was alert enough to take pIciusI
of College Hall while it was in flames, Hl
sold hundreds of the snapshots and cuhl
tributed $12O to the fund, Still another ds'
voted her leisure time to giving dancing II
sons and fourth took the somewhat m1
direct money-raising method of mailhs
thousands Of give a quarter cards,
JItiIiziuO the Movies
If the students have been active in ain
matters behalf, SO, too, have been the graz
ates. Alumnae everywhere have been 81
ing Dances bridge parties. plays and teaI
Those living in the West have stood spoHI
sors for the publication of cook bo'I
containing old reliable wellesley recipe
The class of 1908 compiled booldet !
poems by Wellesley authors, which nelii|
$500. In many cities moving picture shoF|
of typical Wellesley scenes were put
often in the regular theatres on percea'1
age basis. AS the college owned these nlra,
the expense was trifling and any retuIEI
almost clear gain.
No story of this remarkable financial cam
paign would be complete without at leas
a mention OF the sad fact that within &
course of the past few months Wellesl4
has even gone so far as to forget the aet
religious principles on which each insllst
tion of learning is supposed to be POUNDS
The students "raffled off" q. talking macns'.
actually sold shares. incidentally the pFp
ceeding netted $40, and the girls are consol
ing themselves with the comforting though
that the end justifies the means.
= It is, of course, idle to assert that mos
of the Restoration Fund has been raise
by such methods as the students employs
Nothing could be farther from the truti
for there were some really sizable eon'H'
buttons. Concerning Individual gifts nota
ing has yet been made public but It i 2
secret that some of the alumnae-or spsH
husbands-dug pretty deeply into iaF'
pockets.
Bryn Mawr Helped
Then. again, the performance OF -
Brummell," given in Boston by the Juhs
class netted more than $4,000. the lo'a
Wellesley Princeton Glee Club eoneert
New York city showed profit Of $500 f9
more than $500 was made as the result
two concerts by sousa's Band in Hoss'z
One of the pleasing features OF the VIE.
campaign has been the willingness on e
EeEAN u HNA~SArS . HA1tPA AoA<aN@
her Vassar, Smith. Bryn Mawr MaHa
Holyoke and Radcliffe have all. thropl
their undergraduate bodies. made substsa
tiai contributions to the fund.
Though the affair has distinctly hume
Gus side, no one living at a distances n9'
the college has any idea OF the burden ta
students and faculty have borne IN the g.
nine months. l happened 70 be at tns -
lege during the closing hours of the ee
patgn. There was still E considerabis ~
to be raised but an enormous mail Va
hand, and there was conhdenes on es
side that the fund would be completed. A'a'
Of the students were away on thelf ssf
tions. bat The relief on the faces e z
members of the faculty told plainly n3
glad sfefs one vas thal the sna eea
ksisIn9 qeee9a had been hero work f
p eHe va teas fiat saofI W
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