Putnam patriot., 1924-05-23
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
 FOR DORMITORY
Windham House Committee Se- lects June 3rd to 9th for
 Soliciting Campaign
Banquet at Plainaeld to Open Week
 Need Over Si00.00o

Banquet at Plainaeld to Open Week
 Need Over Si00,000
 The week of June 3rd Co June 9th has been selected as drIFe week 0g the committee la charge of the cam paign to raise fund for the compile tion of Windham House tbe dormi- tory at Connecticut College for W0- men, for which fund vas started no less than ten yearz ago.
 Under the eathu iasile and able di= fection Of Mrs. Edwin K Higgins of Norwich. corps of workers are being organized throughout the county The drive will open with a banquet at plainfeld on the evening of Monday. June 2nd. This banquet will be at- tended by many prominent persons from all parts of the county inciud- ing those who are directly in charge of making the drive for funds sue cess. Lieutenant Governor Hiram Bingham will be the speaker at the banquet and ex-G0vernor Everett j. Lake. a native of Windham county. will also speak State Treasurer C. Harold Gilpatrie will preside.
 Need sioo. GOO and More
 The story of the effort of Windham county people to erect a dormitory bearing the county's name extends over an entire decade. h July 1914. scarcely a fortnight before the out2 break of the great war. a group of women met at the home of Mrs. C. l.. Sheppard in Woodstock and there pledged themselves to raise $50. .000 for the erection of dormitory which would be a duplicate of that now existing known as Plant House Then came the war and, when the war was over, the almost unbelievable increaae in the cost of building. Meanwhile. during these ten years. more than S32 900 haa been raised by those who have never lost faith in She nope that Nindham House could become a1 aotuality.
 Colleges Need is Great
 At the present time Connecticut College has total roster Of 443 stu dents and of this number the est ablished dormitories are only able Co accommodate Z20 The other stas dents are forced to reside of the col lege campus. Last year 627 girls ap- piled for admission to the college but because of the limited aeeemmoda= tions only i63 could be accepted The establishment of Aindham House would afford accommodations for forty or fifty additional students.
 Need Of College Established
 While with Yale. Trinity and Nes feyaa. Connecticut s thrice blessed with colleges for men, fl was not unt3 the comparatively recent establish ment of Connecticut College for Wn men that academic instruction far the dist.H zide of college instruction was established in the state but ever siHec gHe opening af che eaileze its roster has been crowded aud aasH ycHf has seen aH iHerease tu the number of applicants for admission. The college needs funds for building and for endowment and now that t place in the states educational list has been established t deserves tEe support of all. especially of thaH see tion of Eastern Connecticut where t has its beiHg and from which H derives the majority of its students.
 Scores Endorse Campaign
 The advisory committee for the drive contains the names of public spirited people in the county who are sponsors for the Windham House
 To the fund David Hale Tanning of Worcester has been the largest donor. contributing S7,50o, S5,00O to be used for a reception room, in memory of his wife; si see for room in memory of Miss Mary Dexter of Danielson; Sl.000 towards general fund,
 s5,00O-gift by will of Guilford Smith of South Windham. s3.500 to be used for suite; $l l,50O for single room.
 sS.5OO-Gift of Mrs. Tourtellotte in memory of her father and mother, to be used for suite.
 50O-Gift of Mrs. Rienzi Rob inson. in memory of her husband, br. Robinson, late of Danielson, to be us- ed for suite with study.
 .5O0-Gft of Mrs. Hugh (. Murray of Willimantie, in memory of her husband. for a single room.
 Other large gifts were:
 Sl .OO0-Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Miner.
 S5o0-Gift of the late Floyd Gran ska.
 The remainder of the total repre- sents various teas, garden and card parties. suppers, fairs, recitals, lee i tnres, dances. many delightful social activities, drawing from all parts of the county, engaging eitizenry. faith. ful to an ideal and to the traditions of glorious past.
 It Is hoped that other memorials m A -, I.t..ir..r thia arnnnirn