The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-04
Topeka Girls College VIII Re-
ceive 100000 Endowment.
More Teachers To Be Added
Quarter Million for Buildings.
TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL
New Structures Include Both
DOrmitOries, Glass Rooms.
Funds To Be Raised in National
Episcopal Campaign.

Bethany college will receive an en-
dowment of $500, 00e for improves
ments from the fund to be raised in
the nationwide campaign of tho
Episcopal church. it was announced
by Dean ]. P. Deb. Kaye. of Grace
| cathedral. at a vestry meeting Monday
night.
This will mean a tremendous extern
sion of the girls college. A training
school for teachers will be organized
and instructors obtained at cost of
$4,000. The remaining s250.000 will
be expended for additional buildings
1 to accommodate the scholars of the
institution. Both dormitories and
| class rooms will be butt.
| When the Episcopal church made
| its recent national survey to ascertain
its needs. Miss Miranda Davis, super
| intendent of Bethany college, made
application for the funds to further
educational work here The general
board of religious education made a
similar request on behalf of Bethany.
with the result that the financial
needs of the college were included in
the national budget of the church.
| Alleviate Teacher Shortage.
There has recently been a great
scarcity of teachers any many girls
| schools over the country have been
compelled to close for this rea son.
With the extension of the Bethany
normal school, however. this difficulty
can be largely overcome. There are
I now zoo day pupils at the college and
6S boarders. A arge waiting list will
be admitted as soon as proper facili-
ties are at hand.
| improvements at Bethany will prob
ably begin shortly after the first of the
year The nationwide campaign to
raise S56s000,000 begins December Z.
The vestry of Grace Cathedral at the
meeting last night obtained vision of
bigger things. The budget which last
year was $4,000 for the cathedral and
its missions was Increased to 5000 a
year for the next three years. This
increase was made necessary by the
adoption of a wider program. includ-
ing the addition of another clergyman
| to assist the dean and attract non-
churchgoing people A trained wo-
man church worker to work among
women and girls will also be added
An increase in salaries and missions
is also on the program.
Value Now Half Million.
The value of Bethany college and
the grounds today, not including Grace
Cathedral. will top half million dol
lars, it was said. The college was
founded sixty years ago by Bishop
/ Vail, who raised the money in
the east. The first building was be-
gun at Tecumseh at the time when II
: was believed that town would remain
the capital of the state. But when the
/ state offices were brought to Topeka
t the present site was donated and the
buildings erected one at a time.
: The institution was called the Epis-
/ copal Female seminary and was To-
: Gated in the old building which was
| recently razed. Bethany was at that
! time the only girls school in the west
Not Bethany alone, but all Kansas
, will benefit from the Episcopal CAM
paign. Every college town in Kansas
is to receive money to erect student
I houses. b
Behind the national campaign are
H B. Davis, who directed the Red
!, Cross campaign during the war: Lewis
: Franklin, who had charge of the lib
erty and victory loan campaigns: and
: I Franklin K. Lane. secretary Of the in
terror