108 ADVENTURES IN IDEALISM 



My husband was so thoroughly convinced of the great 

 need for such a school that, to make sure that it would 

 not be outvoted by the hostile forces working in the 

 dark and led by the man who never played fair he 

 called all the women to be present at a meeting. (In 

 New Jersey, women had the right to vote on school 

 appropriations partial suffrage.) He explained the 

 situation to them, and when the day for voting the 

 school appropriations came, not a woman remained at 

 home, and the resolution for the building of the Central 

 School was carried by an overwhelming majority. 



In 1903 the school was built and it is not only the 

 pride of Woodbine, but of the county, the people of 

 which send many a boy and girl to it. Woodbine High 

 School was the stepping-stone of many ambitious 

 young folks to a fundamental education and a larger 

 life. All those who had been misled to vote against 

 the appropriation for the school realized their mistake 

 in the years that followed, and felt abashed when they 

 came to witness the graduation of their own offspring 

 and sensed the splendid results achieved by them. 



Two years after the school was built the School 

 Board felt that a fence which might cost about $400 or 

 $500 was needed for it. My husband called a meeting 

 of all the Woodbine settlers and laid the plan before 

 them. It was decided that an entertainment in the 

 large hall of the Central High School would be an 

 effective way of raising the funds. Though some 

 people thought that Woodbine could not raise more 



