Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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(ftlje Alumna? aho ti t £ampmgtt What has P. C. W. given her daughters? The thought of one alumna has been ex- pressed by Mrs. Harold O. Reif in a talk to the undergraduate body at the Student Cam- paign Luncheon. I want to try to tell you what I, an alumna, feel I owe the college, and that no mat- ter how much I give, not only in this endowment campaign, but in years to come, I can never repay her for what she has given to me It is only when we stand back and look down the length of years at our life in col- lege that we realize what is really meant, what it has given to us, and how much we owe. Tt takes on a perfect whole. From the distance we can see that the training and contacts and environment of those four years form a background for our wdiole life We can ' t pay. It is too intangible and delicate a thing, not even if each of us could give $1,500,000 We can never pay in kind for such fragile and precious things as these, bit we can give to our college in appreciation, the financial support to make it bigger and better and able to give to others what it has given to us. There is a poem — ' Barter by Sarah Teasdale. T quote the last verse- ' Spend all you have for loveliness, Ruy it and never count the cost: For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost. And for a breath of ecstasy Give all you have been, or could be ' And so for llv ' s breath of understanding and appreciation which our college has given to us, l et us give all we have been or could be. This year the alumnae have had an opportunity to repay P. C. W. in some small mea- sure for what she has done for them. Realizing what a large part was ready for them to play, as individuals and as a united body, they have pitched in to make a success of probably the greatest undertaking ever attempted by the college — the ra : sing ' of an endow- ment and building fund sufficient to allow P. C. W. to take her rightful place among the best women ' s colleges in the country. To overcome the handicap of an insufficient endow- ment one and a half million dollars are necessary — a sum large enough to tax the resources of everyone connected with the college, as well as those of everyone interested in the advance of education. A far-reaching organization was immediately formed to extend to alumnae and former students, who have been found to reside in practically every state in the union and in twelve foreign countries. By means of a National Conference and a series of Divisional Conferences, it was attempted to bring them all under the influence of the Campaign. The drive was formally launched with a dinner for one thousand covers at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, on March 1 1 ; at the same time branch dinners were held all over the country wherever P. C. W. was represented. The committee for the Pittsburgh dinner consisted of Mrs. H. Hughart Laughlin, D. H. ' 01, chairman; Mrs. Edna McKee Houston, ' 04, associate chairman; Mrs. William P. Barker, ' 92; Mrs. William L. Coyle, ' 81; Mrs. John M. Phillips, ' 03 ; Mrs. Harold O. Reif, ' 19; and Mrs. Nathan A. Weed, ex- ' 9i. The national executive committee in charge of the campaign includes: Mrs. Charles H. Spencer, chairman; Mrs. William P. Barker, William W. Blackburn. Arthur E. Braun, Mrs. Herbert P. Canerdy, Alexander Dunbar, Mrs. William N. Frew, Ralph W. Harbison, Mrs. Edna McK. Houston, Mrs. J. Horace McGinnity, Mrs. Georg ' e W. Martin and Frederick B. Shipp. Ex-officio members are Miss Cora Helen Coolidge, president of the college, and Alexander C. Robinson, president board of trustees. The alumnae organization in Pittsburgh is headed by Mrs. H. F. Baumann, chairman. Her associates are Mrs. Robert Fulton, Mrs. John M. Irvin and Miss Margaret Hare. Twenty-nine ••■■;.■■■■ ■..;.- .. A

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Sfellouis Lyda Hamilton Fellowship in Science Marjorie Garnkk Fellowship in Science Julia Matthews Fellozvship in Science ( vnbixatv tafr nt Leah Davis Music ■ She has been awarded the Marston Teaching Fellowship at Yassar College. Twenty-eight

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Program of Pittaburgrj Hinner Mrs. Mary Acheson Spencer, ' 83 Presiding Rev. John McNaugher, D.D Invocation Rev. Hugh Thompson Kerr, D.D Toaslnwstcr President Cora Helen Coolidge The College on the Hill Mr. Byron W. Shimp The Gospel of 305 P. C. W. Glee Club Hitmorcske — Swanee River Dvorak-Wilson Grace McBride, Violin Ob igalo Dr. John C. Acheson Why Not? Mme. Louise Homer Greetings Motion Picture May Day at P. C. W. Song Leader Mr. Will Rhodes Carnegie Tech Orchestra Alumttae Association The association has its headquarters at the college and holds its annual meeting on the Friday preceding Commencement Day. It publishes annually the Alumnae Recorder, con- taining a list of graduates, and many items of interest concerning - alumnae and former students. The officers of the association for the year 1923-24 are: Mrs. Florence Wilson Canerdy. ' ii President Mrs. Jane Devore Porter, ' 99 1 ' ice-President Mrs. Mabel Crowe Schleihauf, i i Secretary Mrs. Emily Kates Logue, ' 18 Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Eleanor McK. McLean Treasurer The association is fully in sympathy with college plans and purposes and manifests its feeling in very practical ways. The alumnae have been organized into Decade Clubs and members may correspond with the representatives of their own clubs. Decade Club 1 1873 to 1880 Mrs. Westanna Pardee Decade Club 11 1881 to 1890 Mrs. Wm. L. Coyle Decade-Club III 1891 to 1900 Mrs. Eva Bard Fl ' i.tox Decade Club IV 1901 to 1910 Mrs. Edna McKee Houston Decade Club V 191 1 to 1920 Miss Ethel Bair Decade Club VI 1921 Miss Elizabeth S. Wilson Th irty