ST. ANNE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD
SIR,—Old members and friends of St. Anne's College, Oxford, which was formerly the Society of Oxford Home-Students, are re- quested to write to the College for copies of an appeal which is being issued. Addresses are lacking for many old members, and the
Council of the College and the Senior Mem- bers' Association are sure that there are many people who would be interested but whom present members might hesitate to approach.
The College has opened an Eleanor Plumer Fund to commemorate the remarkable ser- vices of Miss Plumer as Principal of the College, 1940-53. Under her the Society of Oxford Home-Students secured its complete independence as a College, and her services to education and in many other spheres of public work are well known. An opportunity has arisen through the generosity of St. „John's College of acquiring valuable land adjoining the property on which the College buildings stand, which came to them through their bene- factor Mrs. Hartland. The future of the College will be gravely handicapped if the £23,000 needed for the purchase is not forth- coming, yet as St. Anne's has very little income save from the fees which barely cover running costs, it cannot afford the annual interest on a mortgage. In a few years' time, when the property can be used, repayment of much of the capital would be possible.
Interest-free loans are therefore being solicited, as well as gifts and subscriptions. Full details will gladly be sent to anyone who, as a friend of the Hon. Eleanor Plumer, of St. Anne's, or of women's education in general, cares to write to the Treasurer of the Eleanor Plumer Fund, St. Anne's College, Oxford.— Yours faithfully,
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