Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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their stamp upon the College. One was the changing of the name from The Womanis College of Baltimore'i to Gaucher College,u partly as a tribute to Dr. and Mrs. Gaucher in recognition of their services and many gifts, and partly to give a more definite name. Another was the changing of the college seal. Instead of the triangle a shield bearing the emblems symbolic ofpurity, womanhood and Maryland was placed within the circle. Dr. Van Meter at this time served as acting president. During this term the million dollar campaign to lift the College from its debt was launched. Dr. Van Meter and Dr. Welsh were the leaders of this plan to avert the impending jateethe closing of Goucher's doors-unless sujficient q funds were pledged by a certain - time. The last week of the cam- paign was one of great anxiety, and also the occasion of two impor- tant rallies held in Fordis Theatre and in McCoy Hall at Johns Hop- kins University. At the former a letter from President Wilson was read by his daughter Jessie, class of '08, and at the latter President M. Cary Thomas of Bryn Mawr addressed the college women of Baltimore. Both meetings stressed the valuable services of Gaucher to city and state from the standpoint of education, health and scholarship-all of which would be lost if funds were not available. The merits of its wide recognition were cited. The significance of its ranking as a class I institution in the Bureau of Education at Washington, though only 25 years old, was stressed, and attention called to the fact that Gaucher also possessed the Beta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, J essie Wilson read her father's message at Fordis Opera House. 1913.

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women's colleges of that period. For thirty years her brilliant mind worked to improve Gaucher. Dr. Thaddeus P. Thomas can not be forgotten either. He was always an uncompromising advocate of womants The residence balls were named sufrage, a true pioneer in that field, from Norse mythology. and he laid much stress upon the value of service. Still another was Dr. Bacon. How- ever, they are but three of that early administration, fertile in intellect, foresight, and devotion, who created Gaucher College-hhthe other spiritual Gaucher built not of bricks and mortar btft of the human lives that have come under the influence of its teachings. In 1908 Dr. Gaucher gave up the presidency. He was given the title of President Emeritus by the Trustees, in recognition of his invaluable ser- vices. Then came the darkest days in the Collegets history. Academically the College ranked high but financially it was deeply burdened. Dr. Gaucher hadpersonally met a growing deficit each year, and Dr. Eugene Allen Noble, his successor, did his best to cope with the growing debt, but W h 44? - .. H J; e after three years he resigned, having , l a . WE??? q lh I 3 ?lypl' publicly stated Just how desperate Dr. Gilman delivered the inaugural l ' ll. h . address,November 13. 1888. e w ' IH g ' .4 the financml state Of the College 4 h Neal. 6 was. Several significant changes made during his term, however, left

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Dr Guth looking over the first copy of uWeekly, 1916. Gaucher Girls and chaperon at 9. Hopkins musical. the honorary scholastic society. Dr. Van Meters and Dr. Welsh's efforts and work were highly successful, for the exploiting of Goucher's high standards and prominent role in the development of higher education for women in the South ended triumphantly. Goucherts debt was cleared and she now stood on firmer ground due to the pledging of requisite funds. The greatest task now to be faced was that of a soundfinancial reorgani- zation. This task fell to the new president, Dr. William Westley Guth, who was inaugurated in the fall of 1913 at an impressive ceremony at the Lyric, attended by representatives from many of the leading colleges of the United States. The inaugural address stressed Dr. Guth's emphatic stand for wo- man sufrage. Dr. Guth also assumed an unquestionable rank among the great benefactors of Gaucher for his work in increasing the enrollment, in enlarging the curriculum, in encouraging student activities, particularly college publicationsethe first Weekly appeared in 1916-and for his interest in the problem of a new college location. In 1920 he was authorized by the Board of Trus- tees to inaugurate a campaign to raise funds to secure a new site. The program was successful and four hundred and twenty-one I acres at Towson became the pos-