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 8o A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO a like sum be found in the two months now remaining ? It was evident that help must be found in the East as well as in the West. Mr. Gates therefore spent a full month in March and April seeking such help in the eastern cities. The results, amounting to nearly a thousand dollars for every day of his absence, contributed very essentially to the final success. Mr. Gates found that many pastors and laymen in the East were deeply interested in the success of the movement. Pastors like Dr. W. C. Bitting and W. M. Walker of New York City led their people in a general subscription. The response of the East was most liberal. The denominational papers, the Watchman, the Examiner, the National Baptist were most helpful. Had there been time to get the cause before the Baptists of the East, as it was got before those of the West, it can well be believed that their gifts would have equaled or surpassed those of Chicago and the West. The significance of this generous eastern giving was very great. It disclosed, as almost nothing else did, the depth and breadth of the denominational current that was carrying the movement to suc- cess. Everywhere throughout the country the hearts of intelligent Baptists were interested. The interest was as wide as the denom- ination. The ups and downs of the work are well illustrated by Mr. Good- speed's "Notes on the New College" in The Standard of April 17 and April 24. On the first-named date he reported that the sub- scriptions of the preceding week had been only one thousand dollars, but the following week he was able to say that ten thousand had been secured during the preceding six days. University Day in the churches had produced five thousand dollars of this. But eighty thousand dollars were still needed and the appeals to out- side friends became more and more urgent. May i came and fifty thousand remained to be found. Two more quotations are made from the "Notes on the New College." On May 15 the following was said: We have many times heard it said that any deficit can be made up at the Anniversaries. We warn our friends not to deceive themselves. The denomi- nation is not coming to Chicago to make up any deficiency on this subscription. We have had plenty of time in which to do our work. We are expected to