Evening journal., 1918-05-14
DELAWARE AVAAE"
Given TO COLLEGE
Liberty Loan Prize Winning
Poster is Presented
10 Women
ARE DELIGHTED
WITH THE GIFT

The presentation Of the Liberty Loan
Nomcns College, Of Delaware. as a gift
from the Womens Liberty Loan Com
mitice, took place yesterday and was
the last and one OF the mosi delightful
incidents Of the drive Mrs Otho Now
land, chairman OF the committee, made
The presentation at the college. when
the girls were assembled for morning
chapel The picture was placed at the
side OF the platform with the Delaware
state nag draped beside &C. and after
Mrs. Nowland had been presented by
Dean Winfield j. Robinson, she spoke
briefly about the picture and its
donors Miss Brown painted this
picture, Mrs. Rowland said. "as an in
spiraiion FOR the woman. and such it
proved Go be our work has been
recognized at Washington. and Della
ware, the banner state, has been asked
90 tell how they did IT, This picture
helped the Wilmington women to sell
s36i7. $50 worth Of bonds This group
Of women was so Interested in the pic
turc that they felt 10 should be In the
Women's College, and so I am present
Ing it TO you today. bringing 1t 10 you
. nN GA ilANllN hNiNNs AUl iuNnNN iANll Jus
prize 10. YOU cannot help but love Il for
its beauty and It's worth 10 hreaihes
a prayer that an women OF Delaware
may De aroused to their duty. TO their
state. Co their county. TO their Cod
Miss Augusta La Motto. chairman Of
/ the publicity committee, spoke OF the
poster feature Of the campaign as
unique In Delaware, and said that The
committee had no idea, when they
started out OF getting such splendid
works Of art as the artists so gener-
ously contributed as a Liberty Loan
/ contribution, later TO be sold and be
/ come contribution FOR the Red Cross.
+ She then explained how the posters had
i been sold and a thousand-d0llar Lib
erty Bond FOR the Red Cross. purchased
with the proceeds, and how the college
had benefited by receiving Miss Browns
poster. and the Y. NJ. G.. A. by receiving
Wyeih's over the Top
Miss Brown, the artist. was intro
duced by Dean Robinson, and told how
she had painted the poster to show that
women didn't realize what they could
do 90 help, till the need came, and the
woman in the picture symbollzcd The
suddenly inspiredsw0mon NJ the State
The appreciation OF the student:
was voiced by Miss MacDougal who
said that The girls looked upon it as
particularly appropriate because OF the
college being SO representative or th'
woman Of the state and because tn
artist Is o Delaware woman. Miss Wins
low. instructor In the history Of art a
the college, also eXpressd appreciation
p and stated that the girls were so gls'
10 see Miss Brown, because they hai
, been wanting her to talk to them eve
since they went TO the exhibition o
the Wilmington Society OF the Fin
Arts last fall. and voted for one Of he
pictures,
Last OF all the dean spoke her de
light and pleasure IN the picture
This Is called an engineers war, sh
said. "and a chemists war; it Is, too.
woman's war and the thought behin
the picture is, all one body. all work
Ing together for one thing
I, At the conclusion OF the exercises th
! party representing the Women's Libert
Loan Committee weer entertained a
luncheon by Dean Robinson