TITC OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1901.
CHOICEST FLOUR OF THE WESTERN WHEAT FIELDS
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GROWTH OF TASSAR COLLEGE
Sotabls Progress of tks lint Woman's Col
lege Fouaded in lis United States
RESOURCES UNEQUAL TO THE DEMANDS
Watery of the) Institution nnd Soma
( Ita Grndnntea, Daughters of
tne Eut nnd Wml Plana
tor lb Fntnre.
An especial Inteeeat is being attracted to
V as tutr college at the present time be
cause Mr. Rockefeller bas promised to
duplicate any amount up to $200,000 that
the college may raise before June, 1004.
The trustees ot the college Issued last No
vember a Joint appeul for immediate con
tributions of $150,000, as about 150,000 had
already been pledged, mostly by the
alumnae, toward this fund. And for this
work the alumnae and friends of the col
lege bave been striving' all winter. No
more loyal alumnae exist than those of
Vaasar, and they have already given lib
erally towards their alma mater. The
alumnae gymnasium ia from them, a fine,
two-story, brisk building, costing 160,000,
and contains on the first floor, the gymna
sium proper, with dressing rooms, lockers,
needle baths and a large swimming tank
filled with constantly changing water,
while above above is Phllaletheaii hall.
In whluh amateur theatricals and entertain
ments are given and which serves also as
an indoor tennis court. The alumnae have
also raised the money, 160,000, for the
liopa Mitchell professorship, named as a
memorial to the world famous woman as
tronomer, who for more than twenty years
bad taught at Vassar. Besides these, the
alumnae have given many scholarships
and partial scholarships and now lately
have come generous contributions toward
this much needed endowment fund which
Mr. Rockefeller has promised conditionally.
Tha former students of Vassnr who did not
gTaduate, but remained there for only part
Of the course, are as loyal and generous
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as the alumnae, and are Joined with them
in an association called the Vassar Stu
dents' Aid eoclety, the western branch ot
which has given several scholarships and
half scholarships to girls from this part
ot the country.
Vassar is the first woman's college and is
commonly believed to have been richly en
dowed. In 1861 Matthew Vassar gave it
one-half of his fortune, and at his death
left it the other half. This 1800,000 was con
sidered a vast sum at that time, hut in
these days is regarded as an Inadequate
sum for the endowment of even a small
college. Compare it with the many mil
lions of dollars which endow the University
of Chicago and we wonder at the amount
of progress which Vassar has made in
these thirty-nine years of its existence.
When the college opened, September 20,
1866, thore were 830 students; this year there
are $31, and many more have to be turned
away each year because of laok of ac
commodations. At first there were eight
professors and twenty teachers; now there
are eighty-five professors and teachers.
The library has grown from 12,600 volumes
to 60,000. With the number of students
nearly tripled and with the great Increase
In the college's equipment there has been a
much larger expenditure for maintenance,
Insurance and repairs, while there has been
no corresponding Increase in the endow
ments for educational work. And yet, the
progress in science and specialization re
quire that classes must not be too large,
and so the number of teachers must be
Increased and the standard of the college
constantly raised. Certainly Vassar needs
more money and Mr. Rockefeller's . offer
is for just such an educational endowment
as is so much needed. Now is the time for
Vasrar's friends to aid It and let them re
member that every dollar given before
next June means $2 for Vassar.
Growth la Bufldlnsjs.
When the college opened in 1866 there
were two buildings; now there are eighteen,
The old, five-story main building, erected
after the style of the Tulllerles, is used
chiefly as a residence hall, but contains also
the library, chapel, parlors and business
offices ot the college. There are four huge.
new residence halls, each accommodating
100 students. There is also Rockefeller hall
(which is a recitation building), the gymna
sium, the infirmary, the observatory, two
laboratory buildings, the museum and art
gallery, the president's bouse, four pro
fessors' houses and the conservatory. Be
sides these, a chapel to seat 1,400 is being
erected and a new library building was
begun last year. From its very beginning
the college was nonsustainlng, for Mr.
Vassar's own words were: "Ail sectarian
influence shall be carefully excluded, but
the training of our students should never
be intrusted to tha skeptical. lraulgioua or
immoral."
James Monroe Taylor, P. D. and T-T- P.,
has been president of the college since 188.
Only a few years ago lie received a call
to the presidency of ISrown university,
and In some respects this was a tempting
offer, but partly owing to the solicitations
of the trustees and the alumnae of Vassar,
he declined, and now the alumnae are try
ing to stand by him In his earnest endeavor
to increase ths endowment fund which is
so necessary to the welfare of the college.
Some of the most prominent men of the
country have served on the board of trus
tees, such as Samuel F. B. Morse, IX. P.l
Benjamin J. Leasing. LI P., the historian;
Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher, Hon. George
Innls, the fumous artist; Rev. John Ball,
D. P.; Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter. P. p.: Hon.
Levi P. Morton, IX. P.. and Rev. Edward
Lathrop, P. P., who offered op prayer at
the first board meeting tn 1S81 end Who is
still upon tha board.
Tha college curriculum Is about the same
as chat of other eoOesrae- of equal Tank and
Costs No More
THAN OTHER BRANDS.
There was a demand
for something better
than the ordinary flour,
and we fied it
Ever since we've been in busi
ness we've striven to produce a
whiteflourof distinctive excellence,
And in Puritan Best Patent
we've accomplished it. .
To do so we had to start by being
cranky about the quality of the wheat.
Some from whom we bought got
mad; said if their wheat was good
enough for other millers, it ought to be
good enough for us.
But we were not satisfied to Judge
quality this way, and the upshot of
it was we got the good wheat
someone else got the poor.
What we did buy was the
flower of the flour crop the select
A-l wheat.
With the Choicest grain in hand, an
excellent flour was possible. Our
thirty years' experience in milling
taught us how to make peculiarly
wholesome flour, and we know that
our Puritan Best Patent will stand
every test to which a flour can be
subjected for purity or nutritious qualities.
IT MAKES
knowledge as fifteen hours of recitation
work each week requires.
The outside Influenoo of Vassar Is most
attractive tha long, stone wall, with Its
high hedge of arbor-vltae; the spacious
avenue of beautiful maples, aglow in vivid
color in autumn; the little brick lodge,
which forms the entrance to the college
grounds; the board drives, flanked by
sturdy pines, and the great vine-covered
buildings. There are 200 acres of beautiful
land, three miles from the Hudson river,
which give ample landscape of bill and
dale, with running brook and silvery lake.
Qaalnt Relics.
An Interesting re Ho la preserved In the
"Founder's room" of the college. It la the
little deal table in which Matthew Vassar
and his bride took their' first meal after
they began housekeeping in apartments for
which they paid M0 a year. Another rello
often proudly preserved by the older
alumnae especially is a Vassar bootjack.
When the first students entered VaBsar
there was not a closet In the whole build
Ing. Imagine it, . in the days when girls
wore crinoline! In each bedroom there
were two hooks, one for the every day
dress, the other one for the Sunday one.
And In eaoh room there was also a boot
jack. Let us be thankful that Mr. Vassar
knew more of women's Intellect than of her
wearing apparel. In his turn Mr. Vassar
was dumbfounded to receive a request for
300 wardrobes at once; but it was granted
and these still remain in the main build
ing, while the bootjacks have been carried
away as memorials of early experiences.
Since Vassar opened its doors to students
there have been 2,163 graudates. These
have come from every state in the union
and they have gone out not only through
this country, but In Europe, Mexico, Egypt,
Syria, India, Bumiah, China and Japan.
While the majority of Vaasar women are
living quiet lives aa teachers, librarians, or
as the wives of men of moderate means,
many are well known authors like Helen
Dawes Brown, Cornelia . Pratt Elizabeth
and Juliet Tompkins and others; some are
physicians and missionaries in foreign lands
and some live in the midst of the splendors
of riches or fame, or in the excitement of
political life. As an Illustration of this
last, there is Mrs. F. B. Loomls, who as
Elizabeth Mast was at Vassar in 1831 A
few years later she married Mr. Loomls,
the United States consul at Caracas, Ven
esuela, where she lived for a while. In 1902
she was at the United States legation at
Lisbon, Portugal and now she Is living In
Washington, where Mr. Loomls is the as
sistant secretary of stato and was so In
fluential In the affairs of the Panama revo
lution. Graduates Marry Well.
It Is surprising how many Vassar women
have married men of great prominence and
reputation. Among these are Mrs. Edwin
A. Abbey, the wife of the famous artist,
whose greth panorama of the "Holy Grail"
Is in the Boston publlo library; Mrs. J.
Wells Champney, whose family seems de
termined to aek genius, as her husband
was the well known artist who died a year
or so ago, her daughter, also a Vaasar
graduate, has already bad miniatures ac
cepted and hung In the Paris salon, and
Mrs. Champney herself has written thirty
seven books. She was a Kansas girl, whose,
home was in Leavenworth while she at
tended college. Mrs. James M. Taylor, wife
of tha president of Vaasar, is an alumna,
and so are Mrs. Arthur T, Hadley, whose
husband is president of Tale, and Mrs.
Herman von Hoist, wtioae husband was one
of the moat eminent historians of our time.
Mrs. Victor Lewson, wboae name Is known
to all readers of the Chicago . Evening
News, is a loyal Vaasar woman. Perhaps
the most Interesting of Vaasar graduates Is
Stamets Yamakowe, who was the first
Japanese, girl to reAtva s pollen edaca
Bread
Rolls
Cako
pure,
a very magnificent set of bronae to Vassar
in appreciation of the benefits she had re
oelved there. She married Count Iwas
Ovama. one of the most progressive of
Japanese statesmen. He was field marshal
during the late war with China and cap
tured Port Arthur and at present is minis
ter of war. His wife, who was very popu
lar at Vassar, was president of Phllalethels,
one of the great honors of the senior year.
She is still more popular at her own home
and Is one of the most prominent and In
fluential women of the Japanese court.
The Phllalethels, which was Just men
tioned, is the big, literary and dramatic
society of the college. Under Its' auspices
are given each year four hall plays, and its
anniversary, observed as a holiday, is cele
brated by a lecture, followed by a dance
and a supper. Among the speakers of the
day have been George William Curtis,
Charles Pudley Warner, Chaunoey Pepew,
Hamilton Mable and F. Hopkinson Smith.
Come from the West.
It Is surprising to note how many grad
uates of this eastern college are from
tha west. Even the Paclflo coast is well
represented, while the numbers from Illi
nois and Iowa compare favorably with
those of the New England state. Nebraska
seems to have a smaller number, yet its
list is not short. Prominent on it is Mrs.
Meredith Nicholson, who was so well
known and beloved' In Omaha as Miss
Eugenie Kountse. Mrs. J. M. Bates of
Lincoln is a member of one of the earliest
olaases. She was one of the editors of
the Transcript, the Vassar monthly maga
glne, which still flourishes under the name
of the Miscellany. Mrs. Bates took a
second degree in 1872 and studied also at the
University of Nebraska. In 1876 she was
professor of mathematlos at Wellesley col
lege. Another member of one of Vassar's
earliest classes is Mrs. Robert Scott of
Beatrice. Mrs. J. P. Kimball lived In
Leavenworth. Kan., while ehe attended
Vaasar and was well known here in Omaha
while Colonel Kimball was connected with
the Department of the Missouri.
Everyone in Omaha knew Miss Ellen E.
Poppleton, who married Pr. W. C. Shan
non, major and surgeon, U. a. A., and
who lives tn Elkhorn, Neb. And every
Vassar woman, at least, I knows of her
beoause of her Interest and loyalty to her
alma mater. She was one of the editors
of the Vassar Miscellany, and after her
graduation was one of the women who
did most to raise the money for the
scholarship which has ever since kept a
western girl at college, who otherwise
could not have gone. She was alumna
trustee from 1887 to 1898. Mrs. Henry Wind
sor ia another Omaha woman. As Miss
Ethel Jacobson she was also an editor of
the Miscellany while at Vassar. Mrs.
James H. Mcintosh could almost stand as
a typical Vassar woman. Popular as Miss
Claire Rustin, both at college and in Omaha
society, she stands for what Is best, Intel
lectually and morally. Mrs. George E.
Haverstlck of Omaha taught here several
years while Miss pinturff. Miss Mary L.
Copeland Is another most successful high
school teacher and has had much Influence
in sending girls to Vassar. The Misses
Isabella and Anna Rogers of Lincoln both
took their master's degrees at Vassar in
1893. Miss Luclle Cross, who graduated
In '96, was born and lived in Falrbury,
Neb., until her marriage to Mr. F. W.
Russell. Another member of tha same
class is Miss Julia Schwarts. who also
took a second degree tha next year. Boon
after she published a book of short stories
entitled, "Vaes&r Studies." Miss Marion
Schlksey, who lives In Omaha, is a Vassar
alumna of 'tt, who studied at the Univer
sity of Chicago from 1897 to 1900. In the
same class at Vassar was Miss Jessie
Thatn, who lived bare while attending col
lege, but wbo .has since moved to Oak
Park. TIL Miss OeneTlave Baldwin of
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girl, who was also president of Phllale
thels while there.
Miss Louise MacNalr of Omaha secured
the western scholarship at Vassar after
a competitive examination. After her
graduation she went abroad for a year,
studied French in Paris and assisted Miss
Eppler, (the French teacher at Vassar), in
compiling a French grammar. One of
the cleverest of recent alumnae Is Miss
Ethel Morrison, who graduated laat June
with great honor. She competed for and
won one of the half scholarships given by
the Vassar Students' Aid sootety, and was
given another half scholarship by the col
lege on account of her most excellent work.
Other Omaha Students.
There have been a number of Omaha
women who went to Vassar, but were
unable to complete the full course there.
Prominent among those are Mrs. Hanchett
and Mrs. Morgan, who as Miss Tates was
there two years in the preparatory depart
ment and two years in the college course.
The preparatory department has been abol
ished for many years, but, for a while it
was very necessary, as girls found diffi
culty in getting suitable preparation. Now
almost every seminary and finishing school
have oollege preparatory courses, and this,
to a great measure, Is due to the influence
of Vassar. Miss Nelsle Hughes, now the
wife of Captain Arrowsmith, spent a year
and a half at Vassar, as afterwards did
Miss Mabel Stephen Miss Florence Kll
pa trick entered the class of 1902, but re
mained only a short time on account of
111 health.
NebraRka may also claim Miss Blna Sey
mour, '99, and Miss Jennie Payne, 1900,
both of whom were ben here, the one in
Florence, and the other In Richland, but
both now live tn the east
One of Vassar's granddaughters, Miss
Ruth Harding, is In the Omaha High
school. Her mother was a member of the
class of '84 and she expects to go to college
next year.
At present there are several Omaha girls
in Vassar. Miss Marlon Haines Is in the
Junior class, Miss Minnie Hlller In the
freshman, while the Misses Marlon Con
ne!l, Laura Congdon and Mary Pallas are
sophomores. Miss Congdon was one of the
girls chosen to carry the daisy chair this
year, which, from the earliest days of Vaa
sar has been made and carried by the
sophomores to separate the senior class
from the rest of the college at commence
ment. And there is no prettier scene
than these fair, young girls carrying the.
beautiful great ropes of daisies.
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Omaha,
Ten free trips to the World's fair each
week. See cotrpon on page g.
PRATTLE) OP TUB YOC. GSTKRA.
Mamma You shouldn't be so vain. El sin
Tou are always looking Into the mirror.
Elsie (aged 4) I'm not vain, mammal X
don't think I'm half aa good looking as X
really am.
'Mamma," said small Tommy, who bad
just been punished for disobedience, "ywi
must have an awful bad memory."
"Why do you think so?" she asked.
" 'Cause," replied the little fellow, "you
never forget tho bad things I do."
Johnny, aged 6, who had been engaged tn
a fight, was being reproved by ble mother.
Tou should never fight," ahe said, " unless
the other boy begine it."
"Huh," exclaimed Johnny, "he's too
slow. If I bad waited for him to begin it
there wouldn't bave beeu any fight."
Pick and Jim. aged and 7, respectively.
were over beard having a. tit of dlaousaloo
oonoemlng a nickel Juat Aonated to their
The Puritan Millers Mills
The cut below shows how they look today. Thirty
years ago it was different. Then the mill was an fn
fant on Shell Creek two miles from Schuyler.
When night came the water was turned off. Thd
burrs ceased to hum. And a single horse and cart car
ried the day's flour to town.
In those days the farmers mostly brought their"
grist and sat around and smoked nnd whittled sticks
while their wheat was being crushed and ground Into
fine white flour.
Fifty barrels a day was considered great work
Even then Puritan flour was considered an appropriate nam
for the mill's product and pretty soon It began to get a reputation.
It grew outgTew tho old mill's dimensions.
Then In 1SS2 a larger mill was built This time In tcrvro
in Bchuyler. And It had to work twenty-four boors a day to keep
up. Slnco then the capacity bas been twice Increased.
Today the Puritan flour millers turn out 1,200 barrels of flow
and 600 barrels of meal, beside 3 or 4 caracf feed, dally.
The plant now has nix outside elevators and la about tttt
largest west of the Mississippi.
Its patronage extends all over the west and easterly, too.
Its facilities for milling are modern In every reopect ami 3ta
products have no superior anywhere In tbe world. '
come for an afternoon visit. The nearest
grocery was threo blocks distant. Pick
wanted Jim to make the trip and Jim bad
similar desires concerning Pick. Finally
Jim, the elder, clinched the argument:
"You go. Pick." said Jim, magnani
mously "get whatever kind o' candy you
want an Til do th dlvidln'!"
And gullllble little Pick went.
Teacheiv-Tommy, If you gave your little
brother nine sticks of candy and then took
away seven, what would that make?
Tommy It would make him yell.
HELIGIOl'S.
Bishop Thoburn, who is in a hospital in
Vancouver, B. C, suffering from a broken
leg. Is rallying but will be unable to leave
the hospital for some weeks.
The new auxiliary bishop of St. Patrick's
cathedral In New York gets a purso of
110,000 at his consecration, which will koep
away the big wolves for ft little while.
The famous Jesuit Father Bermond,
author of several works on ecclesiastical
politics, and whose seal has brought many
converts to the church, has left the Society
of Jesus.
General Booth of the Salvation Army
oompleted his 76th year on April 10. Ho
has started on a three weeks' tour
throughout Germany and Scandinavia,
after which he intends to visit Switzerland.
Roman Catholic Archbishop John J. Wil
liams of Boston, Mass., quietly celebrated
on Wednesdny last the 82d anniversary of
his birth. He Is In good health, and dis
charges all his official duties with prompt
ness and regularity.
Two young men walked more than 1,000
miles from their home In order to Join the
mission training school of the American
board at Guadalajara, Mexico. One of
these, a full-blooded Indian of the Mago
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tribe, is now in preparation for Christian
work among his own people in the state
of Blnaloa.
Women sang in the Vatican recently for
the first time in 400 years. Tha occasion
was the performance in the Bala Regja of
Abbe PerofU's oratorio, "The Last Judjr
ment." The audience was of the highest
.ecleslastlcal distinction. The pope end
most of the cardinals were present. Abbe
Perosi himself conducted.
Rev. William T. Brown, formerly the
pastor of Plymouth Congregational church
at Rochester, N. Y., who created such dis
satisfaction by his soolallstio sermons some
four years ago that he was compelled to
leave the pulpit, has united with the Uni
tarians and assumed the pastorate of the
Church of Our Father at East Boston,
Mass.
The Swedish Evangelical Mission Cove
nant of America has Just been awarded
the title to "No. 8" gold mine at Nome,
together with about 2yo,OuO which have
been taken from the mlno by private per
sons. The mine was staked out for the
society by one of its missionaries, but fol
lowing missionaries claimed it as their own
property.
Rev. J. W. Andrews of Mankato, Minn.,
who has gone to the Methodist general con
ference at Los Angeles, announces that
he proposes to offer an amendment to the
articles of discipline which prohibit dan
cing, card pluylng, theater going and sim
ilar amusements by providing that these
things be left to the conscience of each in
dividual member.
Rev. KTj Filllngham, the English clergy
man, who has been making such spectacu
lar and physically foruible objections In
New York to Uixhop Potter's high church
methods of worship, heard that the latter
had been to the circus and had praised It
highly. "It does not surprise me," said .
Mr. Fillinghftm. "I should expect Bishop
Potter to take the church to ft circus." Hy
a kind friend the remark was reported to
the bishop, who offered a mild observation
in reply: "Better do as I do take the
church to the circus than do as my
brother Filllngham does and raise a cir
cus in the church."