Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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Cnbotument Campaign A couple of weeks before the Christmas season of 1915 the Board of Trustees of Iowa Wesleyan informed the citizens of Mt. Pleasant through their commercial club that unless Mt. Pleasant and Henry county raised one hundred thousand dollars before the twentieth day of January the college would be forced into a Class “B” institution, and the conference would move it to some other city. Two or three preliminary mass meetings were held in the county court house, and after discussion pro and con the citizens agreed to raise the amount demanded of them if the Conference outside of the county would raise one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This agreed upon, the people of the town and county were organized and elected Adam Weir chairman of their committee and Herbert Jeffrey secretary. Both men were well qualified for the positions and immediately set about formulating plans for the campaign. Because of the rush of the holiday season, it was decided to postpone the start of the campaign until the first day of the new year. The faith of a few men finally conquered, and with eight days of grace granted by the Educational Senate of the Methodist Church the campaign reached a glorious climax at midnight of the 28th. A larger task has since been undertaken, but there can be no nobler sacrifice, no greater service than that rendered by the loyal citizens of Henry County. On the first day of the year 1916 was started the hardest campaign that Mt. Pleasant and Henry County had ever witnessed. At the start the committees sent out had little success, and the hearts of all but the staunchest quailed and many wished to give the thing up, a failure. H. N. JEFFREY

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Lillian Piper Mt. Pleasant Pi Beta Phi Ruthean; Wesleyan News Staff ’13, ’14. “Two-fifth's of her genius, three-fifths sheer fudge.’’ Er.mil Frye Donnclson Beta Theta Pi Hamline; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’16; Editor Wesleyan News ’15-’16; Winner Local Oratorical ’15; Fourth Place State Oratorical; College Debate ’15 , Iota Phi; Pi Kappa Delta. “Would that the world might knoiv how truly great am.” Jeanette Buck Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean; President Ruthean ’15; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16; President Y. W. C. A. ’15; Forensic League ’15; Iota Phi. “Her dark eyes sought the west afar; For lovers love the zees tern star'’ Laurence Truitt Agency Sigma Phi Epsilon Philo; President Forensic League ’15. “Verily zee do believe he shows igns of life.”