Evening journal., 1920-01-29
Smith COLLEGE
ASkS4 Millions
Delaware Will Be Expected
to Give $16,e74 of Much
Needed Money
"a FORMER STUDENTS
In THIS STATE

In line with the country-wlde move
meni 10 Increase teachers salaries. be
they college professors or kindergarten
crs. to an amount bsAttlng the dignity
Of the profession, and TO maintain
buildings and equipment in these days
OF high costs at the customary hish
standard OF American educational insti-
tutions. Smith Collcse viii raise a fund
OF four million dollars 10 increase its
endowment.
The quota for Delaware is Si6,9Ii.
Quotas have been based not only upon
/ the number Of smith College women.
but also upon the estimated giving
ability Of each state as shown In the
/ last two Liberty Loans. The quota for
the Philadelphia district, including Del
aware, Eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. is s2iiO0O.
] In Wilmington and other parts Of
! Delaware there are twenty-four former
students Of Smith, the largest women's
| college in the country, and the first TO
/ be endowed exclusively for women. The
smith women In Delaware are the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. William w. Pussy 3D., Mrs Ed
wand VI Philips, Marjorie r. Odell'
Mary u. A. Mather, Mrs. sherman G.
! LLOYD. Elizabeth r. Jackson, Elizabeth
| Massey Jackson, Mrs. Frederic G. sea-
man. Mrs. George ; Capelle, Jr.. Mar
gerry Bedinger, Mrs. Barnett +.
/ Dodge. AIrs. Gertrude Cranston, Mrs.
II. Hayward. Mrs. Edward NJ Brown
Dorothy Wolf. Mrs. William Denney'
Mrs. Frederick E. stone, Lorena 3. En-
mons. Dorothea Z. simmons. Mrs san
ford Sawin, Miriam w. Webb MILDRED
r. Taylor, Dorothy Margaretta Taylor
! Dorothy L. Hawkins, Mrs. Thomas W.
q Wilson.
Mrs. Thomas w. Wilson, who mas
been appointed as chairman TOT Deia-
ware and treasurer for the Phlladel-
mia District for the endowment iunn'
Yesterday afternoon entertained me
| smith College women OF Delaware at
lea ln her apartment in ahe Hotel du-
Pont. Many suggestions were maze
in regard TO raising the Delaware quota.
The fund is 10 be subscribed within the
next six weeks, but i've years VIII De
/ allowed for full payment OF tue pledges
each subscriber designating ule pay
ment periods desired.
The Delaware Smith Collese women
will he 100 per cent. loyal TO their Slma
mater In this drive, each one pledgins
what she can give before asking sub
soriptions from others. The State wo-
men feel confident that the quotas VIII
be raised in this state. In Philadelphia,
and the total reached by the college.
On Tuesday, President William Allen
Nelson, OF Smith College, attended a
meetin gof this district in Philadel-
pha. Mrs. Thomas w. Wilson, State
chairman. and Miss Dorothy Woln, IN
saructor in biology al the Women 8
College at Newark were local smith
alumnae who attended the meeting ond
reception. Dr. w. owen Sypherd, OF
the Delaware College faculty was also
present. Or. Sypherd was a student in
President Nelson's clases when the
latter was professor Of English, at Har-
ward University before faking Che pres
ldency Of Smith. College.
During the war the Smith College
unit distinguished itself in work abroad.
The Delaware alumnae feels that there
Is a mutual interest between the inst-
tuition and this state and that the -
can cooperate in many ways. In ad-
dition 20 salary Increases the college
Is in special need Of dormhories, half
OF its students living away from the
campus.