The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-17
SCHOOL CHILDREN AID WILSON
FOUNDATION.

Thousands of schools throughout the
country and hundreds of colleges will
take steps this week to participate in
the raising OF a fund of 100000 or
more to endow the woodrow Wilson
awards for public service. Prof. Ste
phen r. Duggan, of the College of the
City OF New York, who is at the head
OF the educational committee of the
woodrow Wilson Foundation, said to-
day that great enthusiasm in every
state has greeted his invitation to col
leges and schools to take their place in
the nation wide tribute to "a former
great school teacher, who was for eight
years president of Princeton univer-
sity'
A formal appeal has been sent to
the schools of higher education in
vitlng their assistance, but the public
and private schools of elementary and
secondary grade have in a large num-
Der of cases offered the services OF
their teachers and students in the
work In New York City an appeal
has been circulated among the mem
bers of the teaching profession by
Thomas w. Churchill. former president
OF the board OF education. who is now
GiAeil Aiitiil VI tAt NutiplAoAA 80 NAAAS 10y :
Teachers College, New York, was
cited by Prof. Duggan as an example of
college from which large numbers
of contributions have come.
THE returns already made by the
colleges are very gratifying," said
Prof. Duggan. "A letter has some to-
day from President W. 4. Knight, OF
the University of the South, saying
Campaign completed. Exceeded quota
allotted US by over 25 per cent Other
institutions are reporting many small
subscriptions. Davidson college sent
word to me today that it had collected
s13119, a fine tribute for so small an
institution. The president Of the Uni
versity OF Minnesota writes that a din
ner was held there at which $1,000 was
raised for the Foundation
From Williamstown, Mass, where
Williams college is located, it was re-
ported today that the town and college
had exceeded it's quota by five or six
hundred per cent. Mr.. Wilson spent
the summer of 1916 in Williamstown.
At the University of California the
co-eds have posted all bulletin boards
with Wilson banners and the Univer-
sity Democratic club, the largest stu
dent political organization in the
world, and the pro-league members of
the Republican club have held a series
of mass meetings for the campaign.
They plan to raise $1,000.
Princeton university, of which Mr..
Wilson was formerly president, is to
begin its campaign for the foundation
with a big mass meeting 10 be held
at Alexander hall on the evening of
February 90. This will be addressed by
DR.. Henry Van Dyke and Rabbi Ste
phen s. Wise. The chairman for the
college and the town OF Princeton are
Prof, Edward l.. Capps and Dean
Henry b. Fine, respectively.
Prof. Duggan said that the founda-
ton work in the lower schools has had
an especially wide development in the
south. Oyer 5000 schools in Louisiana
have beer asked by Prof r. IT. Harris,
state superintendent, TO hold exer-
cises and take up collections for the
foundation. In Missouri an arrange
ment has been made by the state
chairman whereby each schoolroom
raising a dollar or more viii be given
certificate stating that the room is a
founder OF the awards.
Offices in the city where subscTip-
tions are being received are at $50
Nassau street, fifth floor; 1875 East
5sth street, and II East 42nd street,
room 504.