Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-13
eIvEs saso TO COLLEGE.
Anne Wood Elder<in Chapter, D. A. R., Donates Gift Toward Fund for Windbam Hall.

The first meeting of the season for | Anne Wood Elderlin chapter. No. z3 l D. A. R., was held Tuesday afternoon | in the ladies' parlors of the Congre- gational church house. The new re- gent, Mrs. Almeda French. presided. Routine business was transacted, after which Mrs. French reported on the state convention of regents held at Windsor recently.
 Some time ago the chapter voted the gum of $250 for the Connecticut Wo- mans college at New London. and | that amount was turned over Tuesday, | to be used in the work of building | Windham hall
 The meeting was then turned over | to the committee for the afternoon, | Mrs Asher, Mrs Holt, Mrs. Pomeroy, l Mrs. Boss, Mrs. Bishop, Miss Poneroy, l Mrs. Remington, Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Fuller.
 The subject was Old Trails, and very interesting paper prepared by Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers of Norwich, chairman of the state committee. was read by Mrs. George F. Taylor. The paper was illustrated by views and postcards of historic places and build ings along the old post road from Bos- ton to New York A social time and l refreshments followed.
 During the afternoon Mrs. c. c. Case read letter from President Sykes of the Connecticut Woman's college, in regard to the need of money and the ) plans for Windham hall portion of } which follows:
 When Connecticut college for wo- men opened it's doors on Sept. 27 it could boast the largest freshman class
 and the biggest endowment with which
 any woman's college ever started. MT,
 Morton Plants endowment of a mill
 lion dollars and an entering class of
 over 100, make it unique among high
 CT institutions for the training of wo- men. It also has the finest situation of any college for women in the coun- !. try, with its wide views of wooded hills, broad river. Long Island sound and distant sea.
 , Ut had the distinction too; of being the first college for women to combine so much technical and vocational work with the usual academic courses
 There will be training in landscape
 gardening, artistic photography, cos tune design. secretarial and library
 work. dietetics and Q number of other practical studies. so that a girl on 7 i graduating will have not only the gen. . eFal culture obtained from art, music : literature, languages and history, but she will also be able to support her , and has a home of her own she will
 prove herself an efficient scientifically trained housel1eeper and mother.
 Although there are three colleges TOT men m the state, connecticut col
 lege is the only place that offers high
 ed education to girls. Last year 35t
 Connecticut girls went to colleges out
 side their state. It is not generally
 known, perhaps, that over 1,500 girls
 every year are turned away from the
 larger wQman's colleges for lack o1
 room. Connecticut college will there
 fore fill a long-feit want.
 Already, however. the new college . needs more dornitories. The two beau-
 tiful houses that MT. Plant has giver
 in memory of his father and mother
 can accommodate only the present
 class. The problem of housing next
 years freshmen Is a serious one. Ar
 effort is being made in Windham
 county to raise $50. 900 for a dormitorS
 to be called Windham hall. MT. David
 Hale Tanning of Worcester, Mass
 (formerly of Jewett City). has so fai
 been the largest donor, contributing tt of women has been formed from va rious towns in the county, Mrs. Chris
 topher c. Case representing Williman-
 tic. This committee is devoting much
 time and thought to the cause, and fl
 Is hoped that>before the year is over !, that the whole amount may be raised | so that Connecticut college will no 2 have to begin its career by turning
 away, for lack of room. girls who sC
 earnestly desire a higher education.
 "Windham county wishes the dis tinction of being the first county il
 Connecticut to erect building at Con ? necticut college"