The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-29
Waslburn College Has Already
Collected $476.5O.
FOOTBALL STAR A WORKER
Jim Perry Helps Get Funds for
Foreign Camps.
AppOrtiOnment of Districts Of
State Announced.

The Y. NJ. C. A, Red Cross and
Liberty Loan, are three of the most
worthy causes for contribution in the
United States. That was the statement
made today by Clifford Pierce, state
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. who is
figuring largely in the state campaign
for S525.0O0. All three are invest
ments, one gives return thru coupon
clipping. the other two bring salts
faction of making trench life beara-
Bile and less hellish, he declares.
V. NJ. Wiley, chairman Of the
State Y. NJ. G. A. drive, left Saturday
for Hutchinson with the SATISFACTION
of knowing that the campaign ma
chinery was in order and groanlng
with Impotence to start on the work.
In Topeka, Clifford Pierce, Fred
Pierce, Charles Elliott, A. H. Tebben,
Fred Caster and A. J. Gregg, all
members of the state executive COM
mittee, will steer the campaign. Inc
county's quota, according to cam
paign figures is $4,000
The campaign program will inclldC
canvasses of theN business and resi-
dence districts. four minute talks
evening lectures, special Y. M. {. "A.
programs at fraternal and social or
ganization meetings and talks in the
schools and colleges of the city.
Washburn Campaign On.
Washburn has already started on its
campaign and reported S476.50 col
lected this morning. A special lee
ture program was held this morning
in the college chapel where many
pledges were made. No report. how
ever, was made of these pledges to
day Miss Genevieve Mcmillan, edl-
tor of the Washburn Review, James
g1al-rY, football star, Dean D. L. Nc
tsohs Of the Washburn faculty, made
up thu speaking program at the
morning chapel exercises.
The school will be canvassed this
weck by the following men and wo-
men Dean Duncan L. McEachron,
Nv Daniel Moses Fisk. DIR. s. C. Hef-
clover, Or. A. r. Kennery, Albert
used. Clare Menningcr. Lawrence
Graves. Lowell Berry. Carl Byers
James Perry, De Vaughn Dean, sam
Heller, John Parkinson, Charles Cal
vert, Walter Cole, Carl Hutchinson,
John TroxeII, Mrs. p. p. Womer. Mrs.
De L McEachron, Miss Charlotte
Ieavitt, Miss Florence Willard. Mrs.
Il. f. Nudge, Miss Edith Troxell,
Miss Gracia Wood, Miss Marguerite
Calvert. Miss Bessie Hanson. Miss
Elizabeth Green, Miss Caroline New
son, Miss Gladys Heath. Miss Mabel
Howard. Miss Louise Bell Miss Gene
We've Mcmillan. Miss Ellen Brett. Miss
Lorena Palmatier. Miss Frances Cav.
Miss Mildred Coughlin. Miss Marian
Lerrfgo, Miss Sabra Eppler, Miss Au-
drie Myers, Miss Edna Smith, Miss
Mabel Jones. Miss Rita Bert. Miss Tel
line Evans. Miss Lilly Wiser, Miss Ma
bel Corning. Miss Helen Neese. Miss
Violet Schlegel. Miss Nally Fox Miss
Marguerite Scott.
Purpose of Campaign.
The purpose of the campaign is to
further the Y. NJ. G.. A work in for
eign military camps where it has be-
come such part of the soldiers life.
The Red Triangle has become known
to every relative of a soldier thru let
ters and mention of their work To
the soldiers it has come to mean ev-
erything that tends toward good fell
lowship and kind guardianship.
Each county of the state has been
allotted its share of the S525,OOO
campaign. Following is the appor-
tionment by districts made of coun-
ties of the state: