Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1916 — INTEREST IN SCHOOL GROWING [ARTICLE]

INTEREST IN SCHOOL GROWING

Move to Raise* $50,000 Meeting With General Favor. Interest in the endeavor of the trustees of the Monnett School for Girls to raise the sum of $50,000 to enable them to erect larger buildings and secure up-to-date equipment in increasing daily. There is no doubt that the friends of the institution, both in Rensselaer Snd throughout the state, -will rally to its assistance in this great campaign. Plans are being formulated for a whirlwind program beginning immediately after the holidays in the effort to secure the needed amount so that in the early spring work can be started on the greater Mon nett. Many of the churches and Sunday schools of Indiana will give their Christmas offering this year toward this building fund. It is estimated that? it will cost SIO,OOO to provide for the gymnasium, which will be in the main building. Is there someone in Rensselaer who wants to perpetuate his or her family name by giving this amount toward the new building? The gymnasium will bear the name of the donor and as long as the school shall endure this memorial shall stand. Gifts of SI,OOO will provide for certain rooms in the building and bear tablets with such name as the giver may designate. Where else could money bo better invested? The making of character, the providing of Christian training and a Christian home. Children whose opportunity will have been given because of your subscription will in years to come look back to their school days at Monnett as the bright spot of their lives, and long after you and T t have gone our way; long after the last giver has finished his work here. Children will bo enjoying the benefits of our gifts. Remember, Monnett School for Girls ts the only school of its Ttlnd in this country. Founded by one. of Rensselfter’s noble women, the school stands as the realization of the fondest dreams of rrfany mon and women who have long desired just such a place as this. What will be your Christmas gift to Monnett? All subscriptions can be paid’in Installments extending over a erlod of eighteen months. *• Subscribe for The Democrat.