The New York herald., 1921-01-27
MISSING BARNARD
GIRL FOUND In ART
SCHOOL in CANADA
Father Leaves to Bring
Blanche Spellman Back
to New York.
COLLEGE DAYS OVER
Need Not Resume Hated
Studies That Drove Her
Away, He Says.
DEPARTURE EXPLAINED
Bought Outfit and Left After
Long Nights Study for
Examinations.
DAYS OVER
DEPARTURE EXPLAINED

The three bOgies--aStrOnOnly, trlgo-
nometry and biology-whose heads are
question marks which rear menacingly
over the girls OF Barnard College at
midterm exams this week drove
Blanche Spellman, an eighteen-year-
old student, from an otherwise happy
home last Monday morning. A letter
from the girl from Canada. received
yesterday afternon by her father, Ben
jamin +. Spellnan, lawyer of 11o
Broadway. solved the mystery per-
picking the police and tn, family and
friends Of the girl.
just before he started last night for
Canada to bring his daughter, who had
fed to an art school, back to her
anxious mother and brother and sister,
Mr.. Spellman let it be known that as
far as his daughter is concerned, the
three bogies OF her life are laid for
ever.
At his office Mr. Spelln,an issued a
formal statement and later added the IN
formation concerning the bogies. The
statement follows:
''We have just received letter from
Blanche advising us that she safely ar
rived at her destination, mentioning the
place. From the tone Of her letter We
judged that she must have written
previous one. We carefully searched
our home and found the missing letter.
1t was behind our foyer table, on which
mail is usually placed. It had evidently
fallen down. This previous letter told
us that she was going out of the city.
mentioning the place. with the idea OF
establishing herself in q well known art
school. In the letter she expressed the
hope that her course would meet with
our full appreciation, as she was anxious
to make immediate preparation for her
chosen career instead of waiting until
she had spent another three and half
years at college. Had this letter not
been mislaid we would have had no -oc-
casion to be worried. We always have
had the utmost confidence In her good
judgment and discretion to take care of
herself under all circumstances"
Only an hour before the arrival of
the letter Mr.. Spellman had said that he
believed his daughter had left home Of
her own accord because Of her desire to
plunge Immediately into an art or lit
terary career without waiting for dull
three and half years to elapse. He
had stated. too. that he felt that he had
not realized the depth of her ambition
in this direction, and that IL she re-
turned he would see to II that her de-
sires. even 10 they included work in
movie studio. would be fulfilled
'I know how she feels" Mr.. SPELL
man said. "I graduated from law coll
lege at 90, and 1t was a long wait until
| was 81 and could be admitted 10 the
bar. She need not continue at Barnard
il she does not wish. I am cured of
any desire to keep her there"
II is now possible to trace the girls
whole course. On Sunday afternoon she
went with her family for an automobile
ride, and on Sunday night. despite an
invitation from Nine. Tetrazzini. fam
ily friend, to hear her at a concert at
the Hippodrome, remained at home for
last grapple with astronomy. trigo-
nometry and biology. She felt confident
of passing all her other examinations.
When the family arrived home at IL 80
she was still engaged in the hated strug-
gle and continued until in the morning.
The next day. about IL o'clock, she
left home in the family car to do some
shopping. taking with her sou Dill
which her mother gave her 10 purchase
dress. She bought the dress, which
cost $50, ard then made purchases OF q
modest outfit OF clothes and n valise.
visiting various department stores where
the Spellmans have charge accounts.
BY this time the examinations were
beginning UP at Barnard. Miss Spelman
went to the Hotel Pennsylvania, pre-
surnably for lunch, and there wrote a
hasty note to THE Spellmans' In which
she informed her parents that she hated
to take this step and that she hoped they
would come to her way OF thinking. She
explained that she never would have been
able to pass those three awful examina-
tons had she remained home and hoped
that they would agree to let her follow
her career. She posted this at p. M.
apparently Just before taking the train
20 Canada