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ses ssosss unaiismaysa - the tas& OF
b..iia,ug AZ the fund which TO-DAY
sm0ants 10 shs crsdIssbie sum If s7i5. a.
including tive Scholarships which were
given oatrlghf % ztsseents II the school,.
THIS money i loaned 10 the girls upon
the Recommendation Of two responsisse
persons. each applicant being also
recommended BY the president Of she
institution.
There L. ne secarity asked other than
the girls o~n written PROMISE 10 pay
back the principal. without interest IN
monthly payments or otherwise when
she sraduates and begins to earn money.
That there may be no interference
with the wholesome and democratic
spirit Of the school. Il Il deemed best to
Keep the names Of the girls confidential,
unless they themselves wish TO give the
matter publicity.
The fund is kept IN almost perpetual
motion. for a. soon as one girl pays
back. an0sher is ready to receive, So
that while the chairman has enjoyed
days Of ease when circumstances were
almost sfFiuent. she has also had nights
Of unrest because the treasury was 20
near extinction that she feared some
deserving girl would be obliged to dis
continue her work for lack of funds.
But while her personal account has oc-
casionally bad to carry the over-drsft,
il was not for long. rs something al
ways turned up just in time to keep the
account at safe distance from the red
ink bottle.
Since the organization about two
years ago, our treasurer has written
forty checks ranging in value from six
dollars to seventy-five. Fifteen girls
have paid back their entire indebted
ness. five have not yet been able to be
gin paying back We are carrying
seven this year, and our waiting hist al
ready shows the names of five who are
asking for help for next year.
Statistics show that there are in the
state Of Colorado, more than 800 stu
dents working their way wholly or in
part, through the higher institutions of
learning that they may upon gradua-
ton become self-supporting. In the
natural order of things the largest
number of such cases are found in our
normal schools as the supreme purpose
of graduation from those schools is
profitable employment. During the |
first year in the normal school outside
work can be done with little or no dis
advantage to the school work, but dur
ing the senior year it is almost impos-
sible for the most ambitious girl TO com
plete the work without financial aid
from some source. So that if anything
happens by way of illness to herself or
family, anything that prevents her from
earning money during the summer vaca-
ton she must of necessity drop out of
her class, unless aid, that she may re-
ceive with no forfeiture of self respect
u iof lhCOtiliiS.
1t may seem strange to the unthink-
ing person that girl who has lived all
her life perhaps in one community, has
the respect and good will of all who
know her, graduates with honor from
her home high school, and yet in her
circle of friends finds no one ready to
help her temporarily, to reach the goal
which her worthy aims has set within
the horizon of her vision and smilingly
beckons her on to its attainment.
In the wisdom of experience sou and
| know that the world has few men or
women who feel it is their duty to turn
over to any girl the money necessary to
carry her through the higher institu-
tions of learning, when she has abso-
lutely no security to offer. If you
think this is overdrawn try to borrow a
sum of money under those conditions
Money is money and the average citizen
does not allow himself to be separated
from it unless he has more than a fair
prospect of its making the return trip
in safety. And as a matter Of fact this
is right, for the average busy msn has
neither the time nor the inclination to
investigate individual cases and SO he