The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-29
Splendid Progress Is Being
Made By Committees
PUBLICITY TO Be PUSHED
Meeting of Those Who Have
Movement In Hand Was
Held Last Night
From Tuesdays Danny.

SltlOH, not as something tndC VIII
bring money, but as something that
will educate the girls and help to
make a better and more intelligent
community of the people of the great
American northwest-thatt this should
be the leading idea of the campaign
for funds for Bethany Ladies' col
lege was strongly brought out at the
second meeting of the general COM
mittee that has this matter in hand
The meeting took place last evening
at the Y. NJ. C. A.
OF course it is recognized that
Mankato merchants and other bust
ness men are bound to benefit from
the development of this college. That
goes without saying. But the idea of
hustling to boost the college, not as
a mere Mankato institution, but as
an institution of Importance to the
people of the whole northwest, and
as a thing that should appeal to all
who have the interest Of American
education at heart
The meeting was called to order
by Judge Lorin Cray, chairman of
the executive committee. He brought
out the fact that executive committee
had decided that publicity was the
first thing to be undertaken. An at
tempt would be made to arouse in
terest in the college on the part of
the officers of the various German
Lutheran synods of this part of the
country. The campaign of publicity
would be carried through Minnesota,
the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Mis-
souri, and other states. There would
be no solicitation for funds in Man
kato, until the general field had been
covered
Work With Various Synods
George w. Sugden, chairman of
the business committee, also spoke
of the plan to work with the various
synods, before commencing the Man
kato campaign. The time was now
ripe to commence the work on the
outside. He said that although Man
kato people responded literally when
funds were collected to help the
college get started, it was probably
possible to raise quite bit of money
here yet, as there were undoubtedly
many Mankato people who had not
contributed anything for the college.
j. E. Reynolds, chairman Of the
publicity committee, said that at a
meeting of that committee the idea
had been suggested of taking the
newspapers articles that were pub
lished, giving an account of the first
meeting of the general committee,
and weld them into one story. This
story, being quite a full account,
should be distributed among the
German newspapers, and other
newspapers of the territory in which
the solicitation was to be carried on.
The German Lutherans and other
people of the northwest at large
should be made to appreciate the
keen interest that the people of
Mankato were taking in the growth
and development of the Bethany
Ladies' college, Other articles should
follow. This system of publicity
would be the means of introducing
the field workers when they begin
the work of solicitation 1t should
be brought out that the people of
Mankato, regardless of religion or
nationality, all had the welfare of
the college at heart. Pictures of the
college buildings should be published
in order to show the people in the
northwest and elsewhere what the
college is like.
Mr.. Reynolds brought out the idea
that the movement to raise funds for
the college should not be looked up
on from a commercial standpoint.
The object in view should be to build
up an institution to educate the Ger
man Lutheran girls and other girls
who might attend the college.
Rev. W. F. Georg, president of
the college, remarked that there
would be little for the committees on
before spring, when the local cam
paign would probably commence.
The committee on organization then
would send out teams to canvass the
local field and the committee on ar
rangements intended to have a ban
quet here, for the purpose Of in
spring the local work, after it had
begun.
Mr.. Georg spoke of several promi-
nent men outside of Mankato, in
Guiding quite a number of the church
officers, with whom he had been
corresponding, and the replies that
he had received were very encourag-
ing.
Report of Ladies' Committee.
Mrs W. J. Morehart, chairman of
the ladies' committee, said she firmly
believed that after the women of
Mankato realized the real import
ance of making the Bethany Ladies'
college what it should be, they would
do active work to push the cause
along. Mrs. Morehart spoke of the
necessity of educating girls, not
only for the duties of wifehood and
motherhood, but for duties as citi-
zens. Who could tell when the wom-
en- of this state would be given
the ballot? Preparation should be
made for that regardless of the
question whether woman suffrage
was right or wrong. 1t might come.
JUDGE Cray remarked that the way
i'm which the committees had taken
hold of the campaign argued well for
it's success.
Miss Ada Ganschow, teacher of
elocution and physical culture at the
college. delightfully."- entertained the
gathering with a recital. "The Lit
tlest Rebel"
Professor, J. R. Brandrup of the