The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11
PLEDGES COME IN
More Than $1,000 Given to
Washburn Fund Today.
Total for Two Days Is Now
$7,5OO-$6O,OOO Needed.
HORACE HALL GAVE ST, 600
And More Large Amounts
Have Been Promised.
Former Subscribers Are More
Willing to Donate.
HORACE HALL GAVE $1,000

The noon rally today of the Wash
burn endowment workers was the
largest and most enthusiastic that has
been held. The first full team that
went to work made it's first report
today. 1t was the team of women
headed by Mrs. McEachron- In re-
porting almost double the amount of
subscriptions of the day before Mrs.
McEachron said that every member of
her team was at work for the first
time today.
Tinkham Veale handed out an ulti-
matum to the members of his team.
At the rally he was able to announce
subscriptions of just double the
amount of the day before. Il have
served notice on those helping me that
we must double our report every day
of the campaign" said Mr.. Veale. If
they do not get double the amount
each day there will be no lunch for
them until they get the subscriptions
required to make up the amount
A total of $3.50 was reported by
the workers as the result of the work
during the morning. In the division
of the work and making up of the
teams it has just been discovered that
there is going to be a great deal OF
leg" work necessary to accomplish
comparatively little and at the rally
steps were taken to change the system
to some extent to save unnecessary
work. The work was divided accord
ing to the teams and>it happens that
the members of two teams were work
ing in the same block at the same
time. Then one of the teams might
go to another block or go several
blocks away under the scheme in use
NJ; E. r1ln ut
covered until today and as far as pos
sible this duplication of work will be
stopped as far as possible by teams
changing cards. This will make it pos
sible for the teams to accomplish more
in a day, as much time and much hard
work will be saved everyone.
Old Subscribers Best.
Reports today indicate that it is
much easier to secure pledges from
former subscribers than from new
residents of Topeka. The team of
women reported that eleven of the
twelve pledges secured were of sub
scribers in the former campaign and
Seth Cox for the alumni workers re-
ported that eight of the ten pledges
his team had secured came from old
subscribers. E. H. Crosby told the
workers that the business men his
team had visited found very liberal
response from those who had given
quite literally before.
The workers reported more encour-
aging prospects than the total pledges
secured would indicate. President
Womer and many of the other work.
ers said that they had been given
promises of substantial subscriptions
to be reported in few days. Some
were from business firms where 9TH
ers besides the active managers had
to be consulted before the exact
amount of the subscription would be
known. In some instances pledges of
several hundred" dollars have been
secured, contingent upon the o. K. of
some other interested person.
The largest subscription reported
today was that of Horace L. Hall, who
gave $1,000. A considerable numb
of subscribers have already paid their
pledges, numerous checks, some dated
in advance. were given the workers.
The following are the pledges reported
at the meeting today: