The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Frederick Haskln's Letter
tspsedal Correspondents Of Fhe Arvus3
Taking Fen,inisn to the Orient.
lspecial Correspoudence Of !

ala ana Japan. From these bos,A
a Joint committee on the ~. :
Christian Colleges for the ~ -
OF the Orient was formed - -
colleges were accepted to h. =
benenciaTieS of the coons... .-s
boards. but before tneir nm, '-'-'s
ceptance Miss Pendletop. WsJIr,.aaee'
president, at the invitation ~ !.
committee. went to China ana =, =
pan and made a thorough st,,I, - !.
the colleges. Upon her return 81. =
Pendleton gave the colleeas - :.
unqualified endorsement ana -
were accordingly accepted by Is
cooperating boards. The ss,.s
colleges are Ginning COLLEGE NJ
king, China; Yenching COLLEGE =
king, China; Woman's Union M
cal college. Picking, China W.
ans Christian college. Madras - =
dia; Union Missionary Nssis-,
School for Women. Vellore ina ma
Isabella Thohurn college. Lacsross
Indian; Woman's Christian coils.
Tokyo, Japan.
Plan to Raise Money.
Mrs. Henry ". Peabody Of Rss
ton, sMass-, was made chairman :,
the building committee. for tAe -
operating boards, and after caT.is.
consideration Of what native 60
ernments had done for the n
leges it should be stated tbat /,
every instance the native COVER
ments have given their warnsr
support to the embryo colleges
Mrs. Peabody and her commit,s,
found that it would require s. oaf
600 to establish and equip The n.
stitutiou6 on a self-runniug has,
The matter was then laid bsfors
the trustees of the Laura Spelmsr
Rockefeller Memorial fund-s nm
which was created by John n
Rockefeller in memory Of MS vii.
The trustees Of the Memorial fups
took the proposition of the COLLEGE,
under consideration. and later pro.
posed to the committee that if Tia.
body would raise 1000 .Oa0 tHs
Memorial fund would contriSup
S1,0O0,000 to the colleges. The Of
fer was accepted, and $4,000 a.
the $4,000. 600 has already been ps{
in, which amount was increased by
a gift of s250,000 from the Memo
rial fund.
The building committee Is nor
planning, through the church AMI
club women of the country. to raise
the remaining s1.5OO,000 by a swift
and concerted effort The womens
colleges of the United States hare
taken a keen interest in the seven
oriental colleges. Wellsley has
adopted as a sister college ths
Yenching college at Picking, Vasss,
has adopted the college at Tokyo,
Smith has adopted Ginning college
at Marking and Mount HolyOke has
adopted the colleges at Madras
Vellore and Ginning The COLLEGE
and church women Throughout The
country are cooperating with Ms
Pea body and her committee in The
plan whereby they hope to raise
the remainder Of the $2,0000l
within short time
Briefly outlined the plan is thai
a hundred cities throughout tts
United States will take pledges fo'
the Women's Union Christian col
leges during the next 30 days ID
many cities the sweep for sub
scriptions will be made in two o.
three weeks prior to a day thai g
to be called college day" Ths
effort for subscriptions will culn-
nate at a luncheon which is to be
held on a date selected By the Re
speCtive towns. when the pledges
will be turned in. In other Citlss
there will be no organization az.
those who are interested will Civ
through their church and co.lega
organizations. All sQbscripti0T;
will be sent to the building COZ.
mittee, 500 Ford building, Boston
Mass.