Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-02-15
CAMPAIGN MAY Be
SUCCESSFUL HERE
Committees from the College
and Board of Trade Hope
for $50, 900. .O0.
CONTINUES THROUGH WEEK
Some Large Pledges Have Been
Made and Other Large Ones
Are Being Expected.

The Alma college endowment cam
psign in this city is now on. and II
has all the earmarks of a successful
campaign. Ii started in great shape,
and has kept going, but it will need
the unstinted support of everyone IN
Alma. if the fifty thousand dollar
mark is 10 be reached by Saturday
night
Right at the start it was estimated
that $4,000 had been pledged, and
OF Wednesday night the end of the
first full days campaign. the hand
on the clock, which hangs from the
Wright House, showed that $4,000
had been raised This left thirty
thousand dollars 10 be raised in the
last three days of the four-day cam
paign. Immediately after noon today
the Alma Record got in touch with
President Harry Means Crooks of Al
ma college, and he stated that the
amount raised at noon was $4,000,
and that he was confident that anoth-
er three thousand dollars would be
added before night.
On Monday evening. the citizens
committee comprising a represents
tive group Of Alma's business men
gathered al the Presbyterian church
and went over the plans Of the cam
paign with the college endowment
committee The citizens committee
was broken up into small groups OF
three and four members each, and
given list Of prospects TO interview.
The citizens committee was com
posed Of the following Alma resi-
dents:
Board of Trade COmmittee
Executive commttee-Charles &.
Rhodes. chairman; Jotham Allen, C..
+. Brown. d. L. Johnson. Carl Wash
burn, A. =. Cook. J f. Mitchell
Committee-K Adams, w A..
Bahlke, J. W Blakley, Dr. Brainerd,
" A. Drummer. DR.. Carney, V. T..
Cash. A. Chick, f. c. Crandell, p. w.
Creaser, w. W. Cushing, f. II. Doane,
Lloyd Ellison, William Ewing, Foster
Fraker. Or. Gardner, Ford W. Gar
gett, Harry Gerber, Charles Goggir,
Milton Holmes, F. w. Hooper, Fran
els King, DR.. Lamb, George Maier, w.
II. Mason, S Messenger, l. II. Nc
Kinney, George W Moore. Hira G.
Moore, J. NJ. Montigel, J. A. Mulvey,
Frank Pollasky. DR. Pringle, ID. W.
Robinson, J. W. Robinson, j. F. Sar-
tor, Jr., l.. A. Sharp, George Sharrar,
A. F. Schultz. Fred Slater, DR. Sluy
ter, Ezra Smith. p NJ. Smith. Henry
Soule. Charles Ward, G.. V. Wright.
Women's Committee
From the Civic League, the Wom-
er's Club and the Art Club--Mrs. II
C. Moore, Mrs. Ezra Smith, Miss Ed
na Swigart, Mrs J. W. Robinson, Mrs.
G. Sluyter. Miss Olive Smith, Mrs
Walter Vliet. Mrs Merrill Stuckey.
The work of the committee has been
very efficient so far, and from the
way that some of the members are
hustling around there is every indica-
ton that the last two days of the
campaign here will see the committee
doing more than ii did the first couple
days of the fight for $4,000 in Alma.
Among the bigger pledges so far
made, and which have been made pub
lie are some that caused surprise. DR..
Jay Clisbee caused some with his So
900 gift. +. King caused some more
with his 81 900 for every $4,000. or
sl.O0 for every $500 up to a personal
liability Of $4,000 The college fa-
gulty has pledged S3.265. l.. A. Sharp
has made a pledge of $1,000, 9th
ers that aided in swelling the total
are one for 5000. couple for $500
and number for $3.50