Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1912 — Addition to De Peyster School To Be Completed Next Week. [ARTICLE]

Addition to De Peyster School To Be Completed Next Week.

The work of the De Peyster School’ and Monnett Home for Girls will be much enlarged by the new addition which will be completed in about a week. There will be eight new bedrooms besides a bathroom, large dining room and school room, and an airy basement Jo be used for play rooms. There will be accommodation for about thirty girls. This school is not an orphanage, though many orphans will find there a home and school combined, with the motherly care and guidance of Methodist deaconesses, who do the entire work of the school and home. Some of our students are not in financial need, but we receive letters almost daily begging us to take unfortunate little girls whose admission or refusal will mean for them, education and loving care, or neglect and often the greatest moral danger, yet for whom there is no money. It breaks our hearts to be obliged to turn away so many of these. To support a little girl in this school costs about $144 for the year of twelve months, at the rate of sl2 a month. The board of trustees has recently been enriched by the election of two representative men, Mr. George Myers, mayor of Rensselaer, and the Rev. C. L. Harpor, pastor of the Methodist church. The other members of the board are Mrs. Julia O. Warrington, of Chicago, president; and Miss Winifred Thompson, of Chicago, secretary. To these will soon be added, the name of Mrs. Rella Cromwell Fell, of Rensselaer. In course of time the entire board will be chose* from Rensselaer. Working in harmony with this board for the interest of the Monnet Home is the Northwest Indiana Conference Deaconness Board, consisting of O. B, Rippetoe, president; W. H. Fertich, secretary; A. L. Miller, N. A. Chamberlain, Mrs. J. C. Martin, T. J. Bassett, T. T. Everett, J. E. McCloyd and Mrs. Rella Cromwell Fell. This beautiful new addition should npt be dedicated with debt. We have been made very happy this week by the gift of SSOO from New York, which we believe must come as a direct answer to prayer. But there is about S7OO which must be raised soon. The total cost of t the building has been $3,600, including entire new heating plant, lighting and 5 construction.* This money is all paid with the exception of the S7OO. Furnishings for the eight new bedrooms are needed. These rooms may be furnished at a cost of $25 or S3O a room. The name of any individual or Epworth league furnishing a room, will be placed on the door.