The Nest Egg for the fund,
achieved by these enterprising "Freeman Fowls", was about
fifty-two dollars.
Far off in Honolulu there were "College Capers" in which eight
Wellesley alumnae, helped by graduates of Harvard, Cornell,
Bryn Mawr, and other colleges, earned three hundred dollars.
The News has published a number of letters whose simple revelation
of feeling witnesses to the loyalty and love of the Wellesley
alumnae. One writes:
"A month ago, because of obligations and a very small salary,
I thought I could give nothing to the Endowment Plan. By Saturday
morning (after the fire) l had decided l must give a dollar a month.
By night I had received a slight increase in salary, therefore l
shall send two dollars a month as long as I am able. I wish it
were millions, my admiration and sympathy are so unbounded."
Another says: "Perhaps you may know that when I was a Senior
I received a scholarship of (I think) $350. It has long been my
wish and dream to return that money with large interest, in return
for all I received from my Alma Mater, and in acknowledgment of
the success I have since had in my work because of her. I have
never been able to lay aside the sum I had wished to give, but
now that the need has come l can wait no longer, I am therefore
sending you my check for $500, hoping that even this sum, so small
in the face of the immense loss, may aid a little because it comes
at the right moment.
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