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HON. HORACE MAYNARD.

Maryville College Monthly.

THE PORTRAIT OF HON. HORACE

MAYNARD, PRESENTED TO

MARYVILLE COLLEGE.

BY DR. S. W. BOARDMAN.

Hon. Horace Maynard, of Knoxvillc.
Tcnn., was identified with that portion of
American history which preceded and fol-
lowed the war for the Union.

He was the companion and friend of
Abraham Lincoln, and rendered very im-
portant services in the restoration and re-
establishment of the Federal Government.
He was a Christian statesman never to be
forgotten in the Valley of East Tennessee,
or indeed throughout the Union.

It is eminently fitting that his portrait
should hang on the walls of Maryville Col-
lege, an institution of which Governor
Brownlow wrote: "No institution in the
South deserves more sympathy or aid."

But Maryville College has especial
grounds of indebtedness to Horace May-
nard. But for him it might not now be in
existence. At a critical time, soon after
the close of the war, when the question of
resuscitating this sacred institution was be-
fore the Synod of Tennessee, its old friends
were in discouragement ; almost in despair.
Even Professor Lamar, according to Dr.
Alexander's historical sketch, had nearly
abandoned hope. It was then the Hon.
Horace Maynard, an elder in the Second
Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, an
earnest and life-long friend of Maryville
College, rose, and by weighty and per-
suasive words, with his well-known elo-
quence, turned the tide and saved the Col-
lege to a vastly enlarged future usefulness.
He pointed out in glowing words the im-
mense services which it had already ren-
dered to the American Union, to the
Church, and to the world. President An-
derson, the founder of Maryville College,

Numb

had been as decided in his adherence u, the
Union as President Andrew Jackson. He
had been for ten years the first preacher of
the Second Church of Knoxville. 1|.
for more than half a century a tower of
strength to Presbyterianism, and to every

good cause, in East Tcnn The vast

momentum for good accumulated in Mary-
ville College under his long administration
could not be dispensed with.

Mr. xMaynard showed how greatly the
whole surrounding country would long
need just such influences as Maryville Col-
lege was better fitted than any other insti-
tution in the South to exert.

Some still remember the occasion, and
Mr. Maynard's earnest speech, perhaps the
most important he ever made. The tide
was turned and the future of the College
assured.

The portrait is a fine work of art. and is
pronounced by those who knew Mr. May
nard to be a striking likeness.

The presentation was made at the alumni
banquet. May 26, 1898. by his worthy son.
James Maynard. Esq., of Knoxville. He
spoke briefly and modestly of some notice-
able characteristics of his eminent father,
and of some significant incidents in his dis-
tinguished career. He alluded to his
father's earl)- struggles while teaching and
performing manual labor to acquire a lib-
eral education. Mr. Maynard was from
Westborough, Mass.. and was graduated.
with the valedictory, from Amherst College.
He always sympathized with students of
limited means who were striving for educa-
tion. His example may well stimulate all
students who shall look upon his portrait,
to patient and persistent diligence in similar
pursuits.

But Mr. Maynard was much more than
a mere scholar and statesman. He was a

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

devout and consistent Christian. His son
related that when he was the honored
American Minister at Constantinople, while,
on one occasion, traveling in Syria, he re-
mained over Sabbath at the station of one
of our foreign missionaries. The Turkish
civil officers, desiring to show the respect
due to his high diplomatic position, wished
to pay him usual honors on the Sabbath.
Mr. Maynard, however, declined any offi-
cial ceremonies on that holy day. The
missionaries in after years testified that
nothing had done so much to give weight,
in that region, to evangelical teaching as
this conscientious and consistent conduct
of the chief representative, in that part of
the world, of the great American re-
public.

The portrait was received with thanks by
President Boardman, who recalled, briefly,
the interchange of public men between the
South and the North. Two of the most
prominent Presbyterian ministers of the
North, Rev. Dr. R. L. Bachman. long of
Utica, N. Y., now of Knoxville. and Rev.
' Dr. William A Rice, of New York City, for
a time Dr. Boardman's valued parishioners
at Auburn, N. Y., had come from East
Tennessee; while Hon. Horace Maynard,
Hon. Perez Dickinson, Col. W. P. Wash-
burn, and many others of the most esteemed
citizens of the South, were the gift of the
North. Great advantage to both sections
had been derived from this free exchange of
their most gifted sons. Dr. Boardman re-
ferred to the words just uttered by Dr.
Elmore, in delineating the noble character
of President Anderson, and remarked how
like to Dr. Anderson was Mr. Maynard, the
ruling to the teaching elder, in the broad
views and lofty aims which characterized
their lives. This noble portrait of Mr.
Maynard, to which it may be hoped that
many others of distinguished friends of the
College will soon be added, is greatly val-
ued by all, and will long afford cheer and
stimulus to the successive generations of
students who, as they look upon it, shall
here aspire, as he did at Amherst, to achieve
a useful and honorable career.

PROFESSOR GOFF'S CANVASS FOR BART-
LETT HALL.

In the early part of the year, the students,
faculty and trustees of the College requested
Prof. Herman A. Goff to make a canvass in
the interest of the Y. M. C. A. and Gym-
nasium Building which had been erected
and opened for partial use. but was not
completed or furnished.

The enlargement of the College made the
completion of this building, which was be-
gun with the idea that it would take some
vears to finish, very desirable and neces-
sary, not only for the gymnasium and
rooms for all religious organizations, but
also for the dormitory rooms and the audi-
torium for general college purposes.

In response to these requests, Professor
Goff left Maryville the middle of March,
and, after a very successful trip of three and
a half months, returned home the last day
of June.

He presented the claims of the College
not only to Christian philanthropists, but
represented the College in churches, pray-
er-meetings, Sabbath-schools and Christian
Association meetings in eight different
States of the Lnion.

After war with Spain was declared, exper-
ienced friends told him that he would find it
useless to try further to raise funds, as the
excitement was so great that men would
not be inclined to give to a new object. He
persevered, however, and obtained the best
results during the last part of his tour.

Some of the best-known and wisest Chris-
tian givers responded to his appeal ; two
gave $500 each, two gave $200 each, five
gave $100 each, and others gave smaller
amounts.

The direct results of Professor Goff's
efforts are very gratifying and encouraging
to all, but the indirect results will be still
more important.

Every college which would prosper and
develop must retain its old and enlist new
friends and benefactors, by giving evidence
of its growth and by putting its claims as
conspicuously forward as its merit and
needs justify.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLV

Professor Goff has called the attention of
many to the rapid development and grow-
ing work of Maryville College, and not a
few have promised to keep the institution in
mind and aid it in the near future.

In the distribution of catalogues, setting
forth the advantages and inexpensiveness of
the College, much interest was aroused, and
it is likely that, as a result of this, many
new students will come to Maryville.

The condition of the Bartlett Hall Fund
will be found upon another page of this
issue.

FOURTEEN WEEKS OUTSIDE THE CLASS-
ROOM.

BY PROF. HERMAN A. GOFF.

In the fourteen weeks recently spent in
travel and conference over the interests of
Maryville College, the solicitor for Bartlett
Hall had some vivid and memorable ex-
periences. He found, on consulting with
many friends, that there is increasing inter-
est in the work of this institution among
those who live at a distance. The writer of
this report has entered on the fourteenth
year since his graduation from Maryville
College. Having spent all but three years
since that time as either a member of the
Board of Directors or a member of the
faculty of the College,, he has had in view
constantly its steady growth and the
notable features of its recent develop-
ment.

Success in winning friends and enlisting
helpful effort requires, first, a good cause.
The College has fulfilled so worthily and so
faithfully every trust and obligation laid
upon it by the founder and by broad-
minded and generous contributors that it
is a pleasure to make the record known.
In the second place, success in raising
funds depends upon the person approached.
It was the writer's good fortune to meet
with many who were at liberty to hear and
to respond to a call from a College that
aims to give its students advantage of every
increase in its funds. Why should they not
regard with enthusiasm a work so produc-
tive of character, so fraught with destiny,

as is the work at Maryville College for the
ambitions young peopl( who
ileges ?

If success in canvassing h;
it lias been tin- resulf of simplj making
known the fa< I - pertaining to
of the College, its pressing need
promise of permanenl investment for
highest educational and moral u
dollar contributed to it. These facts
set forth to those who are besl able to ju
of their merits, and whose lives are i
crated to noble benevolence and faithful
Christian service. In carrying the mess
to those providentially appointed to hear
eighteen different States were travers
through the changing seasons from seed
time to harvest ; snow-storms, sunshine,
rain and floods were encountered, but
travel and communication were everywhere
safe and speedy.

This mission was arranged at this time
not because the occasion seemed favorable.
but because of the imperative need of funds.
The time was unpropitious. The threat-
ened war with Spain broke out before the
work of raising funds was well begun. In
the splendid outburst' of patriotism, in the
equipping of troops, organization of relief
commissions, and raising of supplies for the
starving in Cuba, the public mind was occu-
pied. In the cities visited the churches.
singly or unitedly, were raising funds for
special purposes. Xo congregation con-
taining wide-awake Christian givers is left
long without some new object of benevo-
lence. The large colleges and well-known
missionary institutions and agencies are
always seeking and receiving munificent
gifts. The choice of the right object,
among such multitudes that are worthy, is
so difficult as to constitute an embarrass-
ment of riches.

In one week, in Philadelphia, one friend
received three visitors from different col-
leges, each with a worthy cause to advocate,
and in the city of Providence sixteen col-
lege men, inside of three weeks, were solicit-
ing funds. The two friends who told me
these facts both subscribed to our cause.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

( hie, whose interest and help are not to be
forgotten, received in one week six hundred
letters with appeals for aid from individuals
and various public and benevolent institu-
tions to the amount of more than one mil-
lion dollars. In some regions the cry of
hard times was not the expression of a
habitual complaint, but the statement of a
fact, whose painful grip was evident.

But the needs of Maryville College were
imperative. The faithfulness and energy
of the students in their efforts to secure a
new building were commended at home
and abroad. These efforts had accom-
plished all that was possible. Eight thou-
sand dollars had been pledged, and the
amount of five thousand more was needed
to complete this building to promote the
physical culture of the students and to shel-
ter the Young Men's Christian Association
in its organizations for religious works.
Standing in its conspicuous position on the
campus, strong and substantial, well roofed,
but bare within, the unfinished building
made so powerful an appeal that the Board
of Directors resolved to make a special re-
quest for funds to finish and suitably equip
it. and thus furnish the needed gymnasium,
bathing and dormitory facilities, an audi-
torium, and other rooms for general
use.

This appeal was carried to thousands.
The editors of our leading denominational
papers in Cincinnati, Xew York and Phila-
delphia, and other editors of influential
newspapers, gave hearty greeting and prac-
tical help. Pastors offered the privilege of
presenting the cause before their congrega-
tions in some of the large churches of the
principal cities.

Crooked and intricate streets could not
debar the pilgrim from visiting the chief
shrines in the good city of Boston. His
heart beat more rapidly in the ascent of
Bunker Hill Monument, and the sight of
the old North Church, the Old South
Church, Faneuil Hall and Boston Com-
mon brought a flood of emotions. The
visit to Providence showed a city of manu-
factures, of wealth and enterprise. Ac-

quaintance with its people placed them in
the catalogue with other kind and liberal
benefactors.

In Greater Xew York we expect to feel
the ceaseless pulsations of commerce, the
throb of great financial movements, and to
meet the keen, alert, practical spirit that
animates the varied business, social and re-
ligious movements. It is an educative ex-
perience to come into contact with the
minds that plan and the wills that execute
such vast projects. Philadelphia is an-
other Xew York in its magnificent build-
ings, extensive business and thronging
population. It has more room for homes,
freer atmosphere, equal public spirit. It is
a delightful city, a true American city.
Passing to the west, at the junction of the
two great rivers, surrounded by monuments
of human energy in the great manufactur-
ing establishments, stands Pittsburgh, the
city of power. Coal from the mines com-
poses the cargo of many a heavy-laden
craft or urges on the ceaseless revolutions
of ponderous machinery. The sources of
oil, coal, salt and other products were in
turn objects of brief and passing interest,
for the business required haste.

Xo time outside the class-room is more
profitablv remembered than that spent in
visiting the great universities and seminar-
ies. Princeton College and Seminary have
surroundings of such beauty that one can
not be satisfied with the limits of his stay.
The University of Pennsylvania, the Uni-
versity of the City of Xew York, Brown
and Harvard and others of the best-known
schools and seminaries were visited. There
was much interest shown in our enterprise
on the part of others who are engaged in
educational and benevolent work.

This report refers to a few weeks of effort
for Maryville College. It must be brief.
The lights and shadows on the page of the
solicitor's experience must be imagined by
the reader. But the limits of the influence
of the trip are not known, can never be
known. In prayerful hope we have done
the work assigned. God. who has an-
swered praver and made the College what

MARYVILLH COLLEGE MONTHLY

it is, will graciously vouchsafe his blessing
to those who have offered the cup of cold
water, who have shown by their words and
by their gifts that they regard it an agency
for the advancement of the kingdom pur-
chased by the blood of His only begotten
Son.

IN CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA.

We take the liberty of publishing an ex-
tract of a letter written by our Mr. Thomas
Maguire to Professor Wilson. It gives us
an interesting glimpse of camp life as it is,
with its evil and its good. We are glad
that Maryville College could contribute so
devoted and efficient a worker to the army
work of the National Y. M. C. A.

Mr. Maguire says:

"My work here has been most interesting
and encouraging, and I can safely say full
of valuable experience. It has varied from
washing towels and dishes to speaking be-
fore a thousand soldiers. On arriving here
a little more than two months ago the Y.
M. C. A. had one tent, 40 by 60, in opera-
tion. Mr. Pearsall, the camp secretary, and
myself were trying to run a tent, which
means supplying soldiers with stationery,
stamps, etc., and arranging for evening
meetings. We had our own cooking and
washing to look after,- besides meeting the
demand for more tents, and accommodating
the secretaries who were constantly arriv-
ing to take up the work. The only way out
of the difficulty was to build a place away
from the tent to be used as headquarters.
This done, it gave us breathing room, and
we had, up to last week, 23 tents in opera-
tion. In these tents hundreds of men have
been led to Christ, Bible classes organized,
and religious literature widely distributed.
We have supplied stationery free. This
has been used to the extent of over 1,000
letters a day in each of our largest tents.
The Y. M. C. A. work has won the admira-
tion of General Brooke and officers, and
well it may. One shudders to think what
might have been the state of morality in the
camp without such a strong religious influ-
ence. It is not what one desires now, but

it would have been a perfect hell without
the Association work. It i- ,-, < onamon
sight when pay day comes round (once a
month) to sec soldier- taking their turn-
at the canteen, getting their six glas
25 cents. They can not drink it in the
canteen: the rush is too great for that. In
one regiment (the Third Wisconsin) the
canteen took in $600 in six hours. This
was last pay day. 1 have stumbled over
men often who were lying helplessly drunk
in the public roads. Immorality in its
worst form exists here. Immoral women
are seen arm in arm with the soldiers in
broad daylight. Some of these things
make one feel that there is more than the
actual battle to be considered when war
exists.

"I met Reuben Powel. He is in the
Third Illinois, and he told me that he was
so disgusted with the life that some of his
comrades were living that he felt himself a
stronger Christian and more determined to
lead a straight life. Will Phillips has come
straight out, and is now in charge of one
of our group Bible classes in the Third Ten-
nessee. Evan Scott, Samuel B. Braden.
Maynard Goddard, Hugh Martin and Will
Dietz are also here. The latter is clerking
in the Third, and is not an enlisted man.

A VISIT TO CAMP TAYLOR, AT KNOX-
VILLE.

BY W. A. CAMPBELL.

That I might get a taste of camp life and
renew old acquaintances. I visited the
Fourth Tennessee at Camp Taylor, and
spent a day and night there.

I found eight of our College boys there.
all of whom have some position above a
private. This speaks well for our College,
and shows the value of military drills for
our field davs. Following is a list of our
bovs, as far as I can learn, all being in
Company B :

Air. H. L. Matthews, first sergeant, was
one of the best students in the Freshman
class last year. He has the reputation of
(Continued "» Pagell.)

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

New Providence Presbyterian Church, Maryville, Tenn.

New Providence Presbyterian Church of
Maryville is one of the oldest churches in
Tennessee, having been organized in 1786.

Rev. Gideon Blackburn, D.D.. was its
pastor from 1792 to 18 10. After leaving
Maryville, he established schools and
churches in Middle Tennessee, including
the First Church of Nashville. He also
founded Blackburn University, in Illinois.

Rev. Isaac Anderson. D.D., the founder
of Maryville College, was pastor from 1812
to 1857. The church membership was 209
in i8i'2. and reached its highest mark of
727 in the year 1843.

After Dr. Anderson's death the longer
pastorates were filled in succession by Rev.
Fielding Pope, Rev. Alexander Bartlett,
Rev. Donald McDonald, D.D., and since

1890 by Rev. Frank E. Moore, under whose
ministrations the church has grown and
prospered, having 327 members, and hav-
ing recently erected a commodious and
beautiful edifice at a cost of $13,000.

MEETING OF SYNOD.

The Synod of Tennessee, comprising the
three Presbyteries of Holston, Kingston
and Union, will meet at Madisonville on
Tuesday, October 25, 1898, at 7 P.M.

Dr. S. W. Boardman, the retiring moder-
ator, will preach the opening sermon on
Tuesday evening.

Among other items of business the Sy-
nod will "elect twelve trustees of Maryville
College to take the place of those whose
three years' term of office then expires.

MARYYILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

BARTLETT HALL.

1895 — Brick-making by the students. Cash received to Sept. 1. [898 . . .$6,11

1896 — Foundations laid. „ . . . , , .

„ _, ., ,. , . . , , Subscnpitons due and coming due, $4,000

1897 — Building erected and inclosed.

1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use. Yet needed to complete aud furnish, 3,000

The history of the Y. M. C. A. and Gym-
nasium Building of Maryville College has
been often told. Kin Takahashi, a Japan-
ese graduate of '95, was the originator of
the movement. In May, '95, the students
under his leadership formed the "Bartlett
Hall Building Association."

During two years Kin Takahashi solicit-
ed funds, and after his departure for his na-
tive land, in '97, the work of soliciting was
mainly done by Prof. John G. Newman,
Rev. William R. Dawson, Rev. Frank E
Moore, Hubert S. Lyle, and Prof. Herman
A. Goff.

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building.
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer. Wil-
liam A. McTeer. it will make it easier to
solicit the remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

The following items cover the cash re- 359

ceived during the five months of April- 360

August. 1898: 361

336 Ed. S. Yaught $ 1. 00 362

337 George Hafley 10.00 363

338 Rev. J. A. Silsby 1.00 364

339 Dr. S. W. Boardman 2500 365

340 Francis A. Duncan 5.00 366

341 W. A. Lyle 5.00 367

342 Lura J. Lyle 2.00 368

343 Mary T. W. McTeer 1.00 369

344 John H. Converse 50.00 370

345 Charles C. Harrison 100.00 371

346 R. P. Walker 2.00 372

347 Rev. J. B. Porter 3.00 373,

348 Brick Church S. S., Rochester. 36.13 '374

349 Mrs. Wm. E. Dodge, Sr 100.00 ' 375

350 Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, D.D... . 100.00 376

351 Rev. Charles Wood 25-°°!, '377

352 Collected by Thos. Magnire.. 79.42! 37$

353 J. B. Pate.'. 25; 379

354 Rev. A. J- Coile 2.50J ' 380

355 M. T., Philadelphia 500.00J ' 381

356 Sec'nd Pres. S. S.. Chattanooga 20.001 '■ 382

357 Charles Marston 2.50' . 383

358 Rev. J. M. Alexander 25.00 ] 384

J. H. Newman $ 10.00

Helen M. Gould. New York. . . 100.00

Ogden Bros. & Co 2.00

Samuel C. Roney 5-°°

Arcade Hotel 1.00

Ada M. Fleming 1.00

Cash 29.00

W. A. MacCalla 3-0°

John Collins 1.00

Friends in Wilkesbarre 26.00

Friends in Scranton 8.50

Friends in Newark 21.00

S. W. Boardman, Jr 2.00

Rev. James S. Dennis. D.D.. . . 10.00

George G. Moore 5.00

William J. McCahan 100.00

A Friend in Boston 4.00

Friends in Providence. R. I. . . 6.50

Mrs. H. N. Lathrop 5.00

Mrs. John H. Blauvelt 5.00

J. M. Hunter 2.00

Elizabeth Lee 2.00

Mrs. M. J. Gilmour 5.00

D. M. Perine 2.00

J. M. Collingwood 2.00

Mrs. Wm. Thaw 200.00

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly,

Vol. I.

SEPTEMBER, 1898.

No. 1.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

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LOCALS.

The College opened on Sept. 7, with
about two hundred students in attendance.

Horace Ellis and Carl Elmore, of the
last graduating class have returned to Col-
lege as instructors.

Prof. J. C. Barnes was in attendance at
Chicago University during the summer and
also visited his relatives in Ohio.

A letter from Edwin Cunningham, '90,
U. S. Consul at Aden, Arabia, will appear
in the next issue of The Monthly.

Prof. E. B. Waller visited his parents
at Seneca Falls, N. Y., during vacation, and
attended the Summer school of Cornell Uni-
versity at Ithaca, N. Y.

Jno. W. Ritchie, '98, at Chicago
University, and R. P. Walker, '94, at
Yale, are on leave of absence for one year
from the college teaching corps.

One of the results of the war is to make
a greater interest in the Spanish Language,
and a large number of students have already
entered Prof. Wilson's Spanish classes.

Miss Amanda L. Andrews, daughter of
Prof. Andrews of Marietta College was at
Chicago University this summer, and has
returned to take charge of the Modern
Language Department.

Morton Ervin and Frank Schirmer have
returned to College from Tampa, Fla.,
where they were in the employment of the

Government during the summer. They saw
some of the horrors of war when the
wounded from Santiago were brought to the
hospitals.

D. F. Coldiron and J. E. Beatty are on
the way with their regiment to the Philip-
pines, where they will probably meet Geo.
Hull, who is a member of the First Colorado
and took part in the battle of Manilla.

Rev. Geo. H. Lowry, '94, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Montgomery, Ohio,
shows his loyalty to the college by recom-
mending it so highly, that four young ladies
from his congregation have come to Mary-
ville this fall.

The new Fayerweather Science Hall is a
delight to all, and classes are meeting in it,
although it can not be finished till the mid-
dle of the month. Prof. Geo. S. Fisher will
write an article describing it in the next issue
of The Monthly.

Prof. S. W. Sherrill, '92, superinten-
dent of the public schools at Jonesboro, has
been elected president of the Teachers' East
Tennessee Educational Association. He is
the youngest man that has ever been elected
to this honorable position.

William T. Bartlett has spent his vacation
in visiting at Johnson City and Jonesboro.
He played ball with the Johnson City Nine
and helped it to win many games. He also
was called upon many times to sing solos
in different churches and conventions.

Dr. Boardman and family spent the sum-
mer at Newark, N. J., Pittston, Vermont,
and New York. He attended the commence-
ment of Harvard University and witnessed
the graduation of his son, Sherman Board-
man, '96, from that famous institution.

I. Allison Gaines, '95, will have charge
of the rhetorical classes and assist in the
English Department this year. He was one
of the professors at Washington College
during the years '96 and '97, and last year
entered Princeton University and graduated
with the class in '98.

Prof. F. M. Gill has been actively en-
gaged during the greater part of his vacation
conducting Institutes in Blount Co., Tenn.,

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

and Harlan Co., Ky. In addition to this
work he assisted Prof. Barnes in holding a
summer school for five weeks in the College
building at Maryville.

Mose H. Gamble has been unanimously
nominated by the Blount County Republi-
can Convention, as representative in the
.State Legislature. Mr. Gamble has com-
pleted bis Junior year in College, and for
the past year has been the County Super-
intendent of Public Schools.

Dr. Boardman, at the chapel exercises,
refered to the great accessions made during
the year, the Fayerweather legacy, the
successful trip of Prof. Goff in the interest
of Bartlett Hall, the new scholarship, the
beautiful Science Hall just erected, and the
increase in the teaching force.

Edward Montgomery, '97, of Manning-
ton, West Va., was married in July to Miss
Stella Crawford, daughter of the late
Prof. G. S. W. Crawford, of Maryville
College. The ceremony was performed by
Dr. C. A. Duncan, '71, Synodical Mis-
sionary of the Synod of Tennessee.

Mr. and Mrs. Colbert have moved to
Maryville, and their son John has entered
College. They were for two years con-
nected with McKenzie College of Sao
Paulo, Brazil. They were on board the
steamship Paris when it had a narrow es-
cape from being captured by a Spanish
warship.

Maryville, as well as the College, has
prospered and made progress in many di-
rections during the past few months, and
the returning students will notice many im-
provements. A number of fine residences
have been erected, new industries have been
started, and a brick block has been built
upon Main Street.

The students will enjoy this term the two
bowling alleys which have been placed in
Bartlett Hall. These alleys are sixty feet
long, and were put in position at a cost of
about $400 by Thomas & Turner, of South
Knoxville. A full equipment of fifteen lig-
num-vitae balls, two sets of league pins, re-
turn trough and double blackboard is in-

cluded. The cost was defrayed, in part, bj
a special effort made by the students, un-
der the leadership of Hubert S. Lyle, and in
part by money solicited by Rev. Frank E
Moore.

Ulric Y. Goddard, a former student of the
College, died at Chattanooga, August 13,
1898, aged 22 years. He made a profes-
sion of religion in a meeting held in the
College Chapel, and after completing his
Junior year entered the School of Theology
of the U. S. Grant University. He had
finished one year of his seminary work
when he was called home.

Our esteemed College treasurer, Will A.
McTeer, took a much needed vacation this
summer and was absent one month, visiting
points of interest in the East. He visited
Yirginia Beach, Washington, Xew York,
Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Xear the
latter place, at Mechanicsburg, is the old
stone house which his great-great grand-
father built in the year 1760, and is still in
a fair state of preservation.

A VISIT TO CAMP TAYLOR, AT KNOX-
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Messrs. Jesse Wallace, George Hum-
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Mr. "Dick" Smith is quartermaster ser-
geant. Mr. Smith is quite busy, and I am
told does his duties well.

Messrs. Roll Simpson, C. A. Martin and
S. A. Harris are in the regimental band.
They proved themselves good musicians
while here in College, and will in their
country's service do their best.

We should be proud of our boys and the
good records they are making. Since the
Fourth is expecting to remain in service,
and to be sent to Cuba or Porto Rico, some
of the boys say they will remain in the
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in the service, so may they be wherever in
the future they may be called upon for duty
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FACULTY.

REV. S. W. BOARDMAN, D. D. , LL. I).,

President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science

and of Didactic Theology.

REV. SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D.,

Professor of the English Language and Literature,

and of the Spanish Language.

REV. ELMER B-. WALLER, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
professor, Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S. FISHER, Ph. D.,
Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN1, A. M. ,
Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M.,
Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
fessor of the Science and Art of Teaching.

FRANK U, GILL,
Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study— the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the TeacheiCs. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

The location is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven
churches. No saloons in Blount county. Six
large college buildings, besides the President's
house and two other residences. The halls
heated by steam. A system of waterworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College under the
care of the Synod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B.,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

tJOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B.,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M. ,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B. Ph.,

Instructor in Modern Languages.

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operative Boarding Club.

THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
Competent and experienced instructors give
their entire time to this department, while a
number of the Professors of the College depart-
ment give a portion of their time to it. There
are here also four courses of study.

EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only $8.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumenital music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
Club only about $1.20 per Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75.00 to $125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899.

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

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Volume I.

OCTOBER, 1898.

Number 2.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

The new Science Hall for Maryville Col-
lege has just been completed, and is now
occupied by the Science Department.

It is a massive structure and is situated
in the rear of Anderson Hall and between
Lamar Library and Bartlett Hall.

The Board of Trustees, at the January
meeting, authorized the erection of this
building from a part of the Fayerweather
bequest, and a Building Committee, includ-
ing Prof. Geo. S. Fisher, Hon. Will A.
McTeer, Maj. Ben. Cunningham, Col. John
B. Minnis and Dr. E. A. Elmore, were
appointed. Plans and specifications were
prepared by Bauman Bros. , of Knoxville,

and the lowest bid for the work was made
by David Jones, of Maryville, to whom
the contract was given.

The building, as completed, presents a
very pleasing appearance, and much credit
is due to Prof. Fisher, head of the Depart-
ment and Chairman of the Building Com-
mittee, for his persistent and indefatigable
efforts. The style of architecture is Flor-
entine, a variety of the Italian. The gen-
eral plan is similar to the letter T. with a
frontage of one hundred and six feet, and
running back ninety-seven feet.

The Hall has two stories with a base-
ment under the rear part. The first flooi
contains a large, well-lighted stair hall

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

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which is entered from the front porch.
From this large hall, entrance is given to
six large rooms, three of which are chem-
ical laboratories, 19x25 feet, 25x36 feet and
25x40 feet. Three rooms are assigned to
Physics; two 25x36 feet each, and one 26x
40 feet. This floor also contains an office,
16x17 feet; a fire-proof vault, 7x17 feet,
and a storage room, 9x18 feet.

The second story contains six large
rooms of corresponding size with the first
floor, besides two store rooms and another
office. The three class-rooms on this story
have terraced floors, which are supplied
with handsome opera chairs. There are
two more laboratories and a room to be
used as a museum.

All of the rooms in the interior are well
lighted and supplied with cases and venti-
lating hoods, which are necessary to a
building of this kind. The interior is fin-
ished in the natural wood of selected yellow
pine.

The building is of brick, and the exte-
rior walls are ' faced with pressed brick,
while the water table, belts and arches are
made of Ohio buff brick. The cornice is
made of galvanized iron, painted to corre-
spond with the buff brick. In the front
gable over the balcony is a marble tablet,
with large raised letters:

" Fayerweather Science Hall."

The building is covered with slate, and
the window and door sills are of gray mar-
ble. It is warmed by steam from the large
steam plant on the campus and is supplied
with water and gas for laboratory use.

The friends of education will rejoice to
know that such a notable addition has been
made to the College, and that the science
curriculum has been strengthened and en-
larged.

Next year Mr. John W. Ritchie, '98,
who is now absent on leave at Chicago
University, will be an assistant in this de-
partment. Other facilities are being pro-
vided, so that the students of Maryville
College will have the opportunity of receiv-
ing advanced instruction and laboratory
work in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and
Geology.

THE NEED OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT MARY-
VILLE COLLEGE.
A scholarship is a sum of money donated

to an institution of learning for the pur-
pose of aiding needy and worthy students to
obtain an education. Christianity has al-
ways favored such assistance. Almost all
modern universities and college- are elee-
mosynary. The scholarships of Oxford,
says Stedman, are of the annual valui
£80, for four or five years. Harvard Uni-
versity has two hundred scholarships, and
distributes annually from fifty to sixty
thousand dollars. Princeton Theological
Seminary reports 101 scholarships. Au-
burn Theological Seminary holds about
$200,000 for this purpose. Centre College,
at Danville, Ky., has a goodly number of
scholarships, and the older institutions gen-
erally are well provided with them.

Until the present year Maryville College
has had only two scholarships, as stated in
the catalogue — the Craighead scholarship
of $1,500, in aid of students preparing for
the ministry, donated by the late Rev. J. G.
Craigfhead, D.D., of Washington. D. C.
and the George Henry Bradley scholarship,
given by the late Mrs. Jane F. Bradley, of
Auburn, N. Y. In the catalogue it is add-
ed: "It is hoped that these may be fol-
lowed by a goodly number of scholarships.
They are much needed." This item is also
included under the "Special Needs" of the
College. In view of this urgent demand,
the Faculty unanimously and earnestly rec-
ommended to the Board of Directors, in
May last, an effort to raise twenty scholar-
ships of one thousand dollars each within
the next three years. The Board of Direc-
tors, at their last annual meeting, voted
"That we heartily approve 'of such effort.'
and we indorse the suggestion of an appeal
to the Synod, the Presbyteries, and indi-
viduals for co-operation in this effort."
Such appeals have already been made to a
limited extent, and the Misses "YVillard. of
Auburn, N. Y., who have often before as-
sisted Maryville College, have generously
given $1,000 to found the first of the new
scholarships.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

The need of such scholarships in Mary-
ville College can scarcely be overstated.
The president and registrar are constantly
receiving letters making urgent and often
touching appeals for such assistance. This
is no sign of a craven spirit, deficient in
self-reliance, self-help and energy. West
Point and Annapolis are not places pf de-
gradation because the students who seek
them do not support themselves. Dewey,
Sampson and Schley, Miles, Shafter and
Wheeler, are not discredited because they
were educated on other funds than their
own, or those of their parents. Strong,
bright and promising minds are not con-
fined to households able to meet the ex-
penses of a liberal education. The young
can not, of course, have much means ac-
cumulated by their own earnings. Without
aid, many of the best minds must remain
uncultivated. Education multiplies, some-
times many-fold, their value to the world.
Hence the government, at its own expense,
educates youth for its service at West Point
and at Annapolis. Hence, also, the Chris-
tian world endows institutions of learning
in all lands. Assistance rendered at Mary-
ville College goes further than at almost
any other institution. Tuition is only $12
a year. At Harvard, whither some Mary-
ville graduates resort, it is $150; in most
colleges it is several times as large as at
Maryville. Good board in the co-operative
club is less than $5 a month. Several stu-
dents pay half of their board in work. The
Carson Adams Fund provides the tuition
of a goodly number. The Students' Fund
gives work to others. In some cases
twenty-five dollars, in addition to what may
be otherwise secured af home and at the
College, will carry one through a year of
study. Where will so small an amount ac-
complish so much ? The College is in its
eightieth year ; has eight buildings ; fifteen
instructors, and an annual attendance ot
about four hundred students. It has four
literary and two religious societies. Most
of the students are religious. Revivals are
frequent. Many graduates enter the min-
istry, and not a few the work of Home and

Foreign Missions. In graduate courses
and in professional schools many take high
grades.

Where will a scholarship of $1,000 effect
so much ? The College is constantly grow-
ing. Several of its buildings have been re-
cently erected. New advantages are rap-
idly added. Every such addition increases
the value of a scholarship. A scholarship
will keep one or mOre students in a course
of Christian education as long as the Col-
lege exists. Incalculable good may result
from one such donation. Will not the al-
moners of the Lord's treasures remember
this great need? What more interesting-
sight than earnest, honest, aspiring Chris-
tian vouth, struggling with difficulties to
acquire an education and enlarge their
spheres of service to God and to man ?
Here are scores of youth in just this posi-
tion. Those who are most familiar with
them are often deeply moved with their
efforts and their self-denials. A little
money is often to such young men and
voung women a great relief. What pleas-
ure can be greater, in the use of money,
than to remove their anxieties and forward
their hopes? Will not our Savior say to the
donors of such scholarships, "Because ye
did it unto one of the least of these, ye did
it unto mer' ?

The McTeer Peerless Band was reor-
ganized at the beginning of the term by
electing Harry Feagles, president, W. C.
Henry, vice-president, H. M. Welsh, sec-
retary and treasurer, and H. T. Hamilton,
leader.

Although several of the best players of
last vear's band are absent this year, among
them its leader. J. R. Simpson, the boys are
hopeful of a good year under their new
leader, H. T. Hamilton. Already the good
people of Maryville have been aroused from
their sleep by the midnight melodies of
some beginner.

Registrar — Do you wish to matriculate?
Xew Student — No; I just want to enter
the school.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTH!/,

Edwin Cunningham, '89.
U. S. Consul, Aden, Arabia.

WARWICK CAbTLE.

On a bright, sunny. morning in April we
came through the eastern gate into the
town of Warwick, having ridden from
Leamington on bicycles.

The town is a clean and healthful appear-
ing place, with its wide streets and large,
beautiful shade trees, but its existence is
due to the fact that the Castle of Warwick
is located here, having been, founded, it is
said, in the year 915 by Ethelfleda, the
daughter of Alfred. Of course, the sole
object of our visit was to see Warwick Cas-
tle, celebrated in history, poetry and song,
and in many works of fiction, the best of
which is Sir Bulwer Lytton's "Last of the
Barons."

Sir Walter Scott, in speaking of this re-
nowned fortress, which is on a rock over-
looking the River Avon, says that "War-
wick Castle is the fairest monument of an-
cient and chivalrous splendor which yet re-
mains uninjured by time."

The approach to the Castle is through the
porter's lodge on the east side, not far from
the river. On entering these outer grounds
we are conducted over a road cut through
the. solid rock. Heavy foliage forms an ar-
bor over the road, and the luxuriant growth
of moss and ivy clinging to the rocks pre-
sents a most romantic appearance.

Following the winding road for about
two hundred yards, we come to an abrupt
turn, and the splendid fortifi : with

cloud-capped towers break suddenly on
our view. As the outer courl
see to our right the polygonal shaped ' !
tower, built in 1394, rising to a height of
128 feet, and large enough to allow five
large rooms to be built, 01.1c above the other,
and a winding stairway to the top. The
view at the top is inspiring. In the dis-
tance is seen Kenilworth, Guy's Cliff and
numerous villages, while near at hand is
Caesar's tower, rising to an equal height.
These two towers are connected by a strong
and thick embattled wall about thirty feet
high, and in its center is an arched gate, on
either side of which are towers of smaller
proportions. As we pass through this gate
to the inner court a scene of grandeur meets
our view. The large court is covered
with a heavy sward of grass, checkered by
graveled walks. On the left, joining Caesar's
tower, is the stately castle and mansion of
the earl, in our front is a mound which is
crowned by battlements and towers. Visi-
tors are permitted to enter the castle and
mansion, with the exception of Caesar's
tower, in which are located the prison and
dungeons.

Upon entering the mansion we are con-
ducted through a hall, which contains the
armory, and here are to be seen suits of
armor and the finest private collection of
ancient weapons in England. After pass-
ing through the great hall, which is 333 feet
in length, we see something of the plan of
the mansion. On the north side of the hall,
in a small wing of the building, is a beau-
tiful chapel, where the members of the fam-
ily gather daily for worship. On the south
side are numerous staterooms, adorned with
rich paintings, fine windows and luxurious
furniture.

The rooms on the south side are known
as the red drawing room, the cedar room,
the gilt drawing room, the state bedroom.
the boudoir, and the compass room, all of
which are so splendidly and gorgeously fur-
nished that only a master pen can give any
idea of their beauty.

As we left this place, which had been the
home of the "King Maker." as well as sub-
sequent and earlier heads of this family, we
felt that the day had been well spent, not
only in seeing the beautiful and grand, but
in obtaining a more vivid impression of
English history as it was influenced by
those who lived or died at Warwick Castle.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

A Union Presbyterian Church Edifice, Madisonville, Tenn.

' This Presbyterian Church, in East Ten-
nessee, was organized in 1822, by Dr. Isaac
Anderson, the founder of Maryville College.
The congregation worshiped in a brick
structure until the division into Old School
and New School, in 1841, after which the
two branches built their respective houses
of worship. At the close of the war the Old
School branch adhered to the mother
Church, the New School branch going with
the South. About fifteen years ago the two
consolidated their property interests by sell-
ing one house and occupying the other
conjointly. The new brick edifice, as
shown above, is owned and occupied by the
two congregations conjointly. Rev. John
M. Hunter gives half his time to his con-
gregation, which is connected with the
Northern Assembly, while Rev. John L.
Bachman, of Sweetwater, gives one-fourth
of his time to his congregation, which is
connected with the Southern Assembly.

The relation between the two Presbyter-
ian congregations occupying and owning
this building is most cordial, and the Synod
of Tennessee, at their invitation, meets this
fall at this church, which stands as a happy

omen of the reunion of the two great
branches of Presbyterianism.

Beginning with August 21, and contin-
uing for ten days, Rev. Nathan Bachman,
D.D., conducted special services at Shan-
nondale Church. These meetings were of
great interest, and twenty-three persons
were added to the membership on profes-
sion, and one by letter. Quickened by the
Spirit in these meetings, the church now
begins another year's work with stronger
faith and zeal, under the ministrations of
its beloved pastor, Rev. John G. Newman.

Caledonia Church, Rev. John C. Lord,
pastor, recently received twenty-four mem-
bers on profession after special services, in
which the pastor was assisted by Rev.
James McConnell, of Maryville, who is a
very successful evangelist.

Washington Church received twelve new
members lately, as the result of Gospel
meetings held by Dr. P. M. Bartlett and
Rev. James McConnell.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

BARTLETT HALL.

2.5

1895 — Brick-making by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.
1897 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use.

Cash received to Oct. r, 1898 . . . $6

Subscriptions due and coming due.

Yet needed to complete aud furnish, 3.000

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer. Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit vhe remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

Tee Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

The cash receipts from January 17 to
April 1, 1898, are as follows:

292 Prof. H. Z. McLain $ 5.00

293 Clara Crawford 5.00

294 Mrs. Charles Crawford 10.00

295 Dr. C. L. Thomas 10.00

296 O. M. Gregg 5.00

297 S. C. Campbell 5.00

298 Alex. Thomson 20.00

299 Hon. T. H. Ristine 5.00

300 H. H. Ristine 1.00

301 Rev. T. D. Fyffe 5.00

302 Dr. J. F. Tuttle 5.00

303 Rev. J. C. Smith 5.00

304 Simon Yandes to.oo

305 H. J. Milligan 100.00

306 Mortimer Matthews 10.00

307 Miss A. C. Patterson 10.00

308 Mrs. G. S. Bishop 500

309 Rev. D. A. Heron 2.00

310 Elmer F. Goddard 1.70

311 David Jones 25°°

312 Sec'd Pres. S. S., Chattanooga 20.00

313 John Phillips 60

314 Mr. Keeler 4°

315 Cecil Brown 25

316 William B. Smith 50

317 P. O. Andrews 5.00

318 Cash 75

319 Daniel Redmond 10.00

320 Prof. S. T. Wilson 25.00

321 Prof. J. G. Newman 20.00

322 C. P. Kennedy 2.50

323 E. B. Smith 5.00

324 Rev. W. J. Trimble, D.D 10.00

325 Emily Marston 10.00

326 Prof. George S. Fisher H-23

327 W. A. E. Campbell 1.40

328 James Cameron 1.80

329 G. W. Carrigan 5.52

330 W. E. and C. L. Parham 10.00

331 E. L. Grau 1.00

332 Cash 1 .00

333 Maryville Col. Club of Japan. . 12.50

334 F. M. Kerr 5.00

335 Mary R. Belknap 25.00

Cash receipts for September:

-385 Rev. Frank E. Moore 25.00

386 Charles Marston 2.50

387 W. B. Minnis 10.00

MARYYILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly,

Vol. I.

OCTOBER, 189S.

No. 2.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L. ELLIS, SAMUEL D. McMURRY,
Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE, MARY G. CARNAHAN,
Bainonian. Theta Epsilon.

CHARLES N. MAGILL, j
JOSEPH M. BROADY, J

Business Managers,

The Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July and August. Contributions and
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

Subscription price, 25 cents a year; Single Copies, 5
cents.

Address all communications to the

Maryville College Monthly,

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Entered at Maryville, Tern., as Second-Class Mail Matter.

LOCALS.

The College now has some fine material
for a football team.

Miss Lydia Franklin, '95, visited friends
in Maryville recently.

The new bowling alley supplies a long-
felt need of indoor exercise.

Miss Edith Newman, a member of the
Junior Class, has returned to College.

A good croquet ground has been made
near Baldwin Hall for the use of the young
ladies.

■ John E. Crawford, '97. and John E. Bid-
die, '98, have entered the Law Department
of the University of Tennessee.

On September 15 Miss Cora Caldwell, a
former student of the College, was married
to Mr. John Snoddy, of Knoxville.

Thomas Maguire has resigned his posi-
tion in the army Y. M. C. A. work at Lex-
ington, Ky., and has entered College.

On the afternoon of Saturday, October 1,
the young ladies of Baldwin Hall gave a
very pleasant reception to their friends.

Charles Marston. '93, after preaching and
teaching at Elizabethton during the past
year, resumes his theological studies this
fall at Lane Seminary.

Rev. S. E. Henry, '88, visited friends in
Maryville last month. He resigned his po-
sition as pastor of the Presbyterian Church

of Norman, Oklahoma Territory, in order
to take a year of post graduate work at
Harvard University.

The students are taking unusual interest
in playing tennis this year. The College
grounds have some good courts. Tennis
should be one of the leading games on the
hill.

Rev. William McClung, '92, is visiting
his parents, who have recently removed to
Maryville. During the last year he has
conducted services in a "Gospel Tent" in
Indiana.

Through the influence of Mr. Arbeely,
'84. who is one of the United States Com-
missioners of Immigration at New York,
Elias Mallouk. a native-born Syrian, has
entered College.

New Market Academy, which has sent to
many students to Maryville. has opened
this year with an unusually large attend-
ance. S. O. Houston. '98, is principal, and
Will. Keeble is assistant.

On September 29 the students of the Col-
lege, with others, enjoyed a lawn social at
the home of Mrs. Lamar. The popular
game of "snap" was played out of doors,
under the Japanese lanterns, and all had a
very pleasant time.

Among the ante-bellum students of
Maryville College is J. W. Sherman, of
Knoxville. Mr. Sherman entered school in
the fall of '59, when Dr. Robinson was pres-
ident, and the professors were Revs. Craig
and Lamar, with William Lyle as assistant.
He completed the sophomore year in '61.
when he left on account of the war.

Kin Takahashi, the founder of Bartlett
Hall, has written a letter to Dr. Boardman
from Japan. He had been absent from
home about ten years, and received a royal
welcome from his family and relatives. He
says: "You may imagine the strange feel-
ing of that moment when I fell into the out-
stretched arms of my dear mother ! Oh,
how commingled are joy and sadness ! We
could not speak a word, but all cried like
children. It was wonderful to see all the
changes wrought upon the faces of my

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

parents. Their faces were wrinkled and
their heads gray. But how unchangeably
sweet are their kind voices, by which 1
could recognize them one by one. There is
no place like home, however humble it may
be. I am doing everything to please my
dear parents, relatives and friends. Indeed,
Christ's love pleases them all, and wins
them one by one. One of the most inter-
esting features to me was a reception given
to me by my friends* It took three days
and three nights to complete the program."

SOCIETIES.

The Athletic Association is in better con-
dition financially than it has been for years.
It now has finer outfits for both football and
baseball- The officers elected at the be-
ginning of the term are as follows:

President — Harry Feagles.

Vice President — Robert Elmore.

Secretary— T. W. Belk.
. Treasurer- — M. W. Ervin.

The Theta Epsilon Literary Society had
a Whittier evening on September 30, the
exercises being essays on his life and selec-
tions from his works. The officers for the
present term are:

President — Miss Carnahan.

Vice President — Miss Ilia Goddard.

Secretary' — Miss Yates.

Treasurer — Miss Mamie Goddard.

The officers of the Bainonian Society are
as follows :

President — Miss Phi Smythe.

Vice President — Miss Rosa Lyle.

Recording Secretary — Miss Ethel Min-
nis.

Corresponding Secretary — Miss Eliza-
beth Penney.

Treasurer — Miss Ethel Kennedy.

The Y. M. C. A. of the College has got-
ten out a neatly printed program for the
fall term, giving the topics and leaders, the
different committees and officers. The As-
sociation meets every Sunday afternoon at
1:15 o'clock. The leaders for the October

meetings are W. T. Bartlett, K. k. Gram J.

O. Wallace and C. X. .Magill. The

are:

President— Howard AI. Welsh.

Recording Secretary — I. W. Jo

Corresponding Secretary — C. X. Magill.

Treasurer — H. C. Rimmer.

The Alpha Sigma Society has been thor-
oughly organized in both Senior and Junior
sections. We are sure that our banners
will not trail in the dust as long as we have
Rimmer's "emphatical" enunciations and
Lyle's prolongations.

On October 7 the Society gave a public
meeting, which was well attended, and an
attractive program was presented. The
officers are as follows :

President — Charles N. Magill.

Vice President — T. H. McConnell.

Recording Secretary — T. W. Belk.

Corresponding Secretary — I. W. Jones.

Censors — Hubert S. Lyle, H. C. Rimmer
and S. D. McMurrv.

The Athenian Society has entered upon
another year of its history with bright pros-
pects 'of maintaining its already glorious
record. The boys are taking the usual in-
terest in debate, and the special exercises,
which are to be held once a month by the
Junior and Senior sections united, give
promise of more than usual interest. The
first joint meeting, held on the evening of
September 23, was well attended, and good
interest was shown. The officers are:

President— R. W. Post.

Vice President — F. L. Webb.

Secretary — J. E. Tracy.

Treasurer — W. T. Ramsey.

Librarian — Robert Elmore.

Editor — Will. Harmon.

Censor— H. M. Welsh.

Dr. Boardman — Mr. Magill. what would
be the effect on humanity in general if wo-
men were to do men's work?

Magill — It would decrease the number of
women.

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FACULTY.

REV. S. W. BOARDMAN, D. D. , LL. D.,

President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science

and of Di actio" Theology.

REV. SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D. ,

Professor of the English Language and Literature,

and of the Spanish Language.

REV.

ELMER B. WALLER, A. M.,

Professor of Mathematics.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
Professor, Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,

Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S: FISHER, Ph. D.,

Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN, A. M. ,
Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M. ,

Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
fessor of the Science and An of Teaching.

FRANK M. GILL,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study — the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacher's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading* colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

The location is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven
churches. No saloons in Blount county. Six
large college buildings, besides the President s
house and two other residences. The halls
heated by steam. A system; of waterworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College under the
care of the Synod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B.,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

t JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.,

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M.,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B. Ph.,

Instructor in Modern Languages.

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Janitor.

MRS. A. A. WILSON,

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EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only $3.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumenttal music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
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dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75. 00 to $125. 00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899,

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Volume I.

NOVEMBER, 1898.

Number

A MESSAGE.

On Chilhowee's heights, in a land that 1
know,

The purple splendor falls ;
And into my heart, imprisoned here,

The spirit of Autumn calls.

There is a way by a woodland brook,

Untrod of my feet for years,
And it whispers, "Come, O beloved friend,

We have mourned thee long and with
tears

"For thee our Golden-rod lifts its plume,
And our 'Black-eyed Susans' dance ;

And our Cardinal brandishes bravely alofr
His gleaming, blood-red lance.

"Our pale, sweet Asters are peeping about

To know if their lover is here ;
Our Sumacs are crimson, our Hick'ries are
gold,
But thy truant feet draw not near."

Ah, far away friends of the long-ago days,
This message I send unto you :

There never was lover more true to his
vows
Than my heart is loyal and true.

Aye, strong is my love and human with
pain,

And jealously bids you beware ;
Let no profane step rudely enter that court

Where my spirit hath oft knelt in prayer !

Dream not that long absent I e'er have for-
got,

Oh, path through the woods, by the brook !

Our fleeting love glances, our tremulous
sigh,
Our glimpse into Nature's great book !

For ye were my teachers, those long-ago
days.
Ye sweet, gentle things of the wood,
And ye made me your guest and ye bade
me partake
Of the spirit's own nectarine food.

And now when the light of th<
autumn days
On vour mountains hangs purple and
gold,
Doubt not that my spirit doth kneel at your
feet,
True lover and friend, as of old.

Chattanooga. October, '98. M. L. E.

A GREAT UNIVERSITY.

BY PROP. JASPER C. 3APXKS.

The University of Chicago is of interest
to the teachers and students of the South
and of the great Central West for several
reasons.

It continues its sessions during the whole
year, doing four quarters of regular univer-
sity work. Each quarter consists of twelve
weeks. That is, during the summer quarter
of twelve weeks it does regular university
work. In this respect it differs from Cor-
nell, Columbia, Harvard, and the other
great universities that conduct summer
schools. The summer school is a modern
idea, being only about twenty years old.
The summer quarter in Chicago Univer-
sity is not a summer school, for it continues
through July, August and September, and
the course is as rich in summer as in winter.
Many of the professors think it is the best
term of the year. It receives one-fourth 01
the annual appropriation of $400,000. Pres-
ident Harper says that the summer quarter
is the evolution of the summer school, and
that Cornell, Columbia, and other universi-
ties regard Chicago's plan with favor. The
University of West Virginia has adopted
the plan of four quarters, and the plan of
summer sessions is being favorably consid-
ered in the city schools. It is thought that
three months is too long for so much val-
uable property to be idle.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

This plan affords an opportunity to teach-
ers in the public schools, and professors in
the smaller colleges, to do three months of
regular university work during their vaca-
tion, which is equivalent to one-third of a
year in the ordinary college or university.
Thus the teacher loses none of his regular
salary, except the expenses of the term, an>i
this is surely a good investment for the
teacher, and especially good for his patrons.
The University permits one to do gne-
third of the work for a degree in absentia,
provided he take his examinations at the
university. Every intelligent teacher thai
has good health can do his regular work
and carry one-third of the university work
through the year. While present at the
summer quarter he can take his examina-
tions at the University, and in this way ho
gets credit for six months' work each year.
In the course of five or six years he may
earn a degree, and at the same time he is
enabled to do better work in his daily teach-
ing. Or suppose he quits teaching for a
year, he can do fifteen months' resident
work — equivalent to one and two-third
years in the ordinary university. For, al-
though he may not be able to remain dur-
ing the twelve weeks of the summer quar-
ter, he may have credit for the whole quar-
ter, provided he pays the full tuition and
does the required work. Those who earn
credits by non-resident work are required
to do much more than those who do the
same work at the University.

The summer term affords excellent op-
portunity for persons in similar occupations
to meet each other, and to discuss educa-
tional methods and topics. Nearly every
grade of teacher is represented — grade
teachers, ward principals, teachers in th-j
high-schools, high-school principals, city
superintendents. State superintendents,
normal school presidents, and college pro-
fessors. Besides the benefits gained by as-
sociation with fellow teachers, one has op-
portunities to hear lectures on important
subjects, by distinguished professors, repre-
senting the leading universities of Germany.

France, England and America. During the
last summer quarter one thousand, four
hundred and four students were in attend-
ance.

Perhaps the most striking feature of the
University is, that its faculty represent so
many different types of men. A large num-
ber of the professors are natives of Ger-
many, France. England, Scotland, and of
other nations. Most of those who ar.
native Americans have received a consider-
able portion of their education abroad.

The students likewise represent nearly all
nations and races. Side by side in the same
class-room and in the department libraries,
striving for intellectual supremacy, we see
the progressive Japanese and .the conserva-
tive Chinaman, the philosophical German
and the scientific Frenchman, the long-
headed Englishman and the impulsive Irish-
man, the aristocratic Southerner and the
patient negro, the dignified Easterner and
the energetic Westerner. President Har-
per thinks that the association of so manv
different types of men will have a beneficial
effect upon the development of thought
and the advancement of mankind.

The University adapts itself to its environ-
ments. This is the evident purpose of all
connected with it. It endeavors to learn
the needs of the people of the great Central
West and of the South, and then it searches
for means to supply these needs. For this
reason it has established a Teachers' College,
a Summer Quarter, and University Exten-
sion and Corespondence Department. It is
especially interested in academies, as it be-
lieves that they are necessary for the thor-
ough preparation of students for the Uni-
versity. The Morgan Park Academy is
under the supervision of the University, and
prepares students for the Freshman class.
President Harper expects to make it the
Phillips Exeter of the West. He says there
is no line of distinction between the acad-
emy and the end of the Sophomore year.
To this point the work is preparatory. So
the Freshman and Sophomore compose the
Junior colleges, and the Tuniors and Seniors

MARYVILLK COIXEGE MONTHLY.

the Senior colleges, and the graduate stu-
dents the Graduate schools.

No thesis is required for the Bachelor's
and Master's Degrees. Graduate students
are not candidates for the Doctor's degree
until they are recommended by the faculty
directing their work as ready to begin their
theses. It is interesting to know that one
of these three years' minimum require-
ments for the degree Ph.D. may be done
in absentia.

The University is doing an exceptionally
high grade of work in History, Theology,
Philosophy and Pedagogy, and a high grad<-
of work in all the other departments. It
has not yet established a department of
Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, or Mu-
sic. Its gymnasium and general library
are in a temporary building. All its build-
ings are constructed of gray sandstone, sup-
ported on the inside by brick. They are
covered with red tile, and are furnished and
kept in first-class modern style. The value
of its property and endowment is about
$9,000,000. It has eighty fellowships and
forty scholarships. Expenses at the Uni-
versity are moderate. Tuition is forty dol-
lars per quarter; board in the University
clubs or in private families costs two dol-
lars and fifty cents per week, and a room
large enough for one, with light and heat,
costs a dollar and a quarter per week.

A few words of advice to our college stu-
dents :

The time has come when those who want to
secure good positions as teachers must pre-
pare themselves by doing university work.
President Harper says that within the next
ten years high-school principals and teach-
ers in the city high-schools will be required
to have a Doctor's degree from some stan-
dard university. This statement is rather
strong, but it shows the tendency of the
age. When you graduate, if it is your pur-
pose to become a teacher, teach a year,
save your money, and then spend the next
year in some good university, and if pos-
sible do such good work that you may se-
cure a fellowship or at least a scholarship.
>o that you may continue your studies for

another year or two and earn a higher de
gree. If you fail to secure a fellowship or
scholarship, you will have gained such
strength and experience that you can secure
a position as teacher at a largely increased
salary, and so you will be paid well for
expenditure of time and money. But if
you have health and a reasonable amount
of intellectual ability, do not stop until you
have earned the Doctor's degree.

President Harper is a living example of
what a young man with talent and energy
can accomplish. In 1870, at the age 01
fourteen, he was graduated from Musking-
um College, Ohio, receiving the degree
A.B.; Ph.D., Yale University 1875. He
married Miss Ella Paul, daughter of Dr.
Paul. From 1875 to 1892 he held various
important positions as principal, tutor, and
professor. In 1892 he was elected presi-
dent of the University of Chicago, where he
receives a salary of $10,000 per year.

Two of our alumni and assistant teachers
for next year are now doing graduate work
in two of our great universities, Mr. J. W.
Ritchie will do twelve or fourteen months'
work in science in the University of Chi-
cago, and Mr. R. P. Walker will study Latin
and Greek in Yale for a year. It is to be
hoped that many of our graduates, from
year to year, will enter at once upon grad-
uate study.

MARYVILLE AT MANILLA.

Manila, August 23, 1898.

My Dear Mother. — As you see, we are at
last in the fabled city of Manila, and I will
tell you how we got in and what I know
about the battle. It would take a book to
tell all about it. and the papers at home
will know more than a high private in the
rear rank.

On the night of the 12th we were told
that the next two days would see us in-
side the city, if the combined army and
navy could get us in. So we were issued
205 rounds of cartridges apiece, and two
days' rations, which made us a terrible
load. We got up early, about 4 o'clock,
and as the Colorados we;e to lead the

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

attack, were fed first. We then marched
up to our line of intrenchments. where we
stayed until 10 o'clock, strengthening them.
At 10 o'clock the bombardment by the fleet
commenced. We were lying next to th;
beach, and the shells whistled over our
heads very lively for a while. I will put a
map in, so that you can see our position,
which I have marked "Company M." The
bombardment lasted about 40 minutes.
when the order for us to move forward was
given. You ought to have seen us go over
our trenches. We went up that beach on
the run. under a hail of bullets from the
forts till within 500 yards, when the order
was given to lie down. I had to lie down
in the surf, but I was very glad to do it.
Then the order to advance was given again.
and we went forward against the fortress of
Malate. When we were within a hundred
yards we had to wade a river, shoulder
deep, and then we charged forward through
a gap in the wall, to see the Spaniards going
out the other side. We fired a couple of

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volleys to hurry them up a little ; but when
the cowardly, treacherous scoundrels, called
"Insurgents," saw that we were in first.
they began to fire into us from the bushes,
hoping to hold us there, so that they could
get in and pillage the town. They killed
two of the color guard of the Californias.
We lay in the fort half an hour, and then
marched half a mile, where we halted to eat
dinner, before attacking the old walled city :
and if we had attacked it, our loss would
have been heavy, for it is a very stronghold,
with great walls, moats, and hundreds of
cannon mounted on the wall ; but at 3

o'clock the news came that they had sur-
rendered. It was received by the troops
with great joy. We then marched down
into the city and were present at the hand-
ing-over of the keys of the citadel. Our
regiment was quartered in the Convent of
San Sebastian for four days ; now we are
in barracks, have our white clothes, and are
having an easy time. We have more clothe-
than we know what to do with — one suit of
blue, one brown fatigue suit, two white
duck suits, and a brown one for dress. . . .

I hope the Government will hold these
islands. The people won't be capable of
self-government in a thousand years. They
are very ignorant, and in addition have all
the blood-thirstiness and craftiness of an
Apache Indian. The day we took the city
our chaplain caught two of them about to
cut a wounded Spaniard's throat. The
worthy man quickly drew his six-shooter
and told them in an excited mixture of
Spanish, English and Philippine that though
he was a "padre — priest — preacher" he
would assuredly shoot them if they did not
stop. They threw down their knives and
ran into the jungle.

August 28. . . . The first month we were
here we were insufficiently protected from
the weather, it being the rainy season, and
when we were on outpost duty, in the
trenches, we had to sleep on the wet
ground and eat mouldy hardtack and
canned "mule." It is surprising how a
person can get used to things. I got so
that I could sleep as well in a pouring rain
on the ground, with my rubber blanket over
me, as I ever slept at home in my bed.
When bed-time came we were so tired that
we could sleep anywhere, under any con-
ditions. Of course, it was very hard to
keep awake when we had to stand guard at
night. . . .

Before we captured the city we had one
serious fight. The enemy made a night
attack and surprised our outpost, which
consisted of the Tenth Pennsylvania, and
it lost ten men before it drove them back.
The Californias lost heavily, as did also the
Tenth and Twentv-third Regulars. We

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

have, lost three men out of the Regiment.
which looks as if we bore a charmed life,
as we led the attack and our flag was raised
on the Fortress of Malate.

I will probably be transferred into the
mounted infantry, as I am just about the
height and weight required, as we have
nothing but ponies here. While we were
quartered in the monastery I made friends
with an old monk, and he gave me a "Horac
Diurnae," or Breviary. One of the boys
has a parchment edition of the "Imitation
of Christ." which. I think, is very rare. I
am going to get it from him when next
pay-day comes, as he doesn't value it much.
I don't expect to get home until next
year some time, as troops will have to be
kept here. There goes "taps," so will have
to close. Your loving son,

- George C. Hull,
Company M, First Colorado U. S. V., Mili-
tary Post No. i, Philippine Islands.

HUNTSVILLE ACADEMY, SCOTT
COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

BY DR. CALVTAN A. DUNCAN.
The Academy was chartered June n,
1885, and in August following opened by
D. A. Clemens, principal, and one assistant,
with fifteen or twenty' pupils.

Mr. Clemens retiring to complete his
theological education, S. E. Henry and
M. M. Rankin, now both in the ministry.
came in as principals for a time. After
graduation from the Seminary, Mr. Clemens
returned to Huntsville and had charge of
the work several years. After him Rev.
Arno Moore was appointed superintendent,
and still holds this position, and for one
year J. H. Newman was principal, followed
by Miss Mollie Caldwell, who is now in the
second year of her work.

Huntsville Academy has a very wide
field, there being no other permanent school
within twenty miles of it. All eternity
will be telling the results for good accomp-
lished here during these thirteen years.

Five years ago the principal reported that
the school had done much to raise the stand-

ard of education and Christian living for all
Scott county ; that it had furnishi

demic training to fifty teachers in tl
ni.iii schools, a representati
county in the State Congress, a County
Superintendent of Public Instruction, three
Presbyterian ministers, beside SUC< essful
Christian laboring and business men.
bless the communities where they live, mer-
chants, bankers, hotel keepers, far:
mechanics.

A temperance sentiment has been created
to such a degree that there is not a lie: -
saloon in the county.

The Church, with its Sabbath-School,
Missionary and C. li. society, largely de-
pendent on the Academy, is supplied with
regular preaching by Mr. Moore. Hunts-
ville is a law-abiding community.

A long-felt want has been a home for our
teachers and a dormitory- for boarding prom-
ising young people from the country. Dur-
ing all these years the school has been
crippled for want of this. One year ago.
in the good providence of God, the way
was opened for the purchase of the most
commodious and desirable property in the
town, a building large enough to accommo-
date the teachers and a dozen or more pupils.
This convenient building, together with
eighteen acres of farming land, was pur-
chased for the exceptionally small sum of
$2,000, and deeded to trustees to hold for
the Presbytery.

EXTRACTS

F.om the Reportof Dr. C. A Duncan, Synodical Missionary

The net increase in church membership
for the past year has been 272 and the
total membership for the Synod is 6.455.

This has been pre-eminently the church
and school-building year.

Six new buildings have been and are being
erected in North Carolina : two in Marshall
and two at Allanstown, Madison county ;
one in Burnsville, Yancey county ; and one
in Jupiter, Buncombe county. To Misses
Florence Stephenson and Frances L- Good-
rich and Dr. Thomas Lawrence and Rev.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

H. P. Cory belong most of the credit for
the raising of the money for the erection of
these North Carolina buildings.

Six new buildings have been erected in
Tennessee : one at Clover Bottom, Sullivan
county, the result of the persevering efforts
of Rev. 1). N. Good ; one at Ore Bank,
Sullivan county, the last work of Rev. W.
W. Harris before retiring from his field :
one in Elizabethton, Carter county ; one in
West Knoxville, one in Madisonville and
Shesnein church, in Jefferson county.

A manse has been secured in Johnson
City and a long-standing debt on the Kings-
ton manse has been removed. A lot for a
manse has been bought and paid for in
Jonesboro. The aggregate cost of these
buildings is $25,000. nearly one-half of
which has been raised by the people on the
ground. It may be well to note here, in
addition to the above, the erection of the
new Science building at Maryville College
at a cost of $10,0^0.

Y. M. C. A. OF MARYVILLE COLLEGE.

The Maryville College Y. M. C. A. was
organized after a series of meetings con
ducted by Rev. Nathan Bachman, in Feb-
ruary of 1877. During these meetings a
large number of students were converted.
and it was thought by some of them that
some kind of an organization would be
helpful in binding together the Christian
students for mutual edification and for more
efficient religious work. None of the stu-
dents had ever been connected with a Y.
M. C. A., nor were any of them very fa-
miliar with Y. M. C. A. methods of work,
but a meeting was called, and at this meet-
ing, held at 2 o'clock P.M., Friday, March
2, 1877, in the College chapel, the prelimi-
nary steps were'taken which resulted in the
organization of an association.

The next meeting was held in "Joe Ran-
kin's room" (Joe roomed in Anderson
Hall, and the room referred to was the Col •
lege library, as well as his study), on Mon-
day, March 5.

The third was held on March 12, and at
this meeting the organization seems to have
been completed.

The leader in Christian work among the
students at this time was James B. Porter,
and he held the position of president until
his graduation, a few months later. The
first vice president was John A. Silsby, and
the first secretary Samuel T. Wilson.

The "charter members" were: J. D. L.

Anderson, Conley, R. H. Coulter,

Clifton B. Dare, W. H. Franklin. C. C.
Hembree, D. A. Heron, George S. Moore.
James B. Porter. Joseph W. Rankin, John
T. Reagan, James E. Rogers, J. A. Silsby,
L. B. Tedford, S. T. Wilson.

The regular meetings were held Monday
evenings, and generally in the halls of the
literary societies, alternating in the halls of
the Athenian and Animi Cultus Societies

In the fall of the year, September, 1877,
Samuel T. Wilson was elected president,
and in September, 1878, John A. Silsby was
elected, who served until September, 1879,
when J. T. Reagan became president.

Thinking the above notes might be in-
teresting, I have written them down. Hav-
ing been informed that the early records of
the Y. M. C. A. have been lost, these notes
may be helpful to the College historian.

J. A. Silsby.

A certain eminent judge in our State tells
the following story of a young but wise lit-
tle kinsman:

"Mamma, a great, big bear came out in
the field after me and I killed him dead.

"You did? Well, I must go and take a
look at the bear my little man killed."

"No, mamma, you can't see him ; the
birds ate him up."

"Well, I can see the bones anyway."

"No, 'twas a little bear, and he had no
bones.'"

' ' If you ever come within a mile of my
house, stop there," said a hospitable man
who was unfortunate in chosing his words.-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

BARTLETT HALL.

Cash received to Nov. r, 1898 . . . $6
Subscriptions due and coming due, $4,0'/ >

1895 — Brick-making by the students.

1896 — Foundations laid.

1897 — Building erected and inclosed.

1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use. Yet needed to complete and furnish,

During two years Kin Takahashi solicit-
ed funds, and after his departure for his na-
tive land, in '97, the work of soliciting was
mainly done by Prof. John G Newman,
Rev. William R. Dawson, Rev. Frank E
Moore, Hubert S. Lyle, and Prof. Herman
A. Goff.

The cash receipts from Nov. 26, '97
Jan. 17, '98, are as follows :

242 1. W. Jones *

243 E. P. Scott

244 Mrs. A. M. Hull

245 Geo. Hull

246 John H. Webb. ...

247 New Market S. S

248 J. F. Standish

249 Miss M. E. Henry

250 W. M. M. Johnson

251 Miss Emma Alexander

252 A. R. Macintosh

253 Miss M. E. Henry

254 Will. Roberts

255 Miss Nell McSpadden..

256 Y. M. C. A., Pittsburg-, pa

R. C. Jones

A Friend, Columbus, O

259 Arthur Hull

260 W. R. Sevier

261 Rev. M. D. Babcock

262 Rev. T. T. Alexander 1

263 Joe Frye

264 Rev. D. H. Overton

265 Miss Anna E. Henderson

266 Amos Seaton

257

258

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer. Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit vhe remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

, to

267

268

1.00

269

270

1.00

271

1.00

272

5.00

273

5.00

274

5.00

275

5.00 ,

276

.50

277

1.00

278

1.00

279

'.1.75

280

1.00

281

1.00

2S2

ii.40

283

2.00

284

285

1.00

286

2.00

287

1.00

288

6.00

289

4.00

290

1.00

291

1.00

1 .00

3SS

Chas. Magill

R. W. Post

F. S. Campbell

Nannie Caldwell

Wm. Johnson

Will Ross

Prof. Elmer B. Waller

M. W. Erwin

S. M. Holtsing-er

W. C. Lyle

Eugene Holtsinger

Frank Gass

G. W. Holtsinger

Geo. A. Faux

Mrs. Lena Harris

Jones M. Hicks

S. E. Rankin

S.J. Felknor

J. B. .Gass

Alex. Hynds ...

Mrs. Temple Harris

Hal. S. Harris

C. E. Harris

Dr. J. A. Harris

Rev. W. H. Smith

CASH RP'CEIPTS FOR OCTOBER

Will. Bird

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1.00

1 .00

25.00

1 .00

1.00
1.00
1.00
l.oi 1
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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly,

Vol. I.

NOVEMBEB, 1898.

No. 3.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editok-in-Cii ikf.

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES;

EDWIN L.ELLIS, SAMUEL D. McMURRY.
Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYXHE. MARY G. CARNAHAN.

BAINOSIAJf. THETA EPS1LON.

CHARLES N. MAGILL, j
JOSEPH M. BROADY, j

BUSINESS Managers.

Tub: Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July mid August. Contributions and

items from graduates, students uuil others glaalj
received.

SubscripU

rids

year; Singh Copies

etits

Address all communications to the

Makyville Colleuk Monthly,

Maryville, Tenn.

Eutered at Maryville, Te. n., as Secuiid -Class Mail Matter.

LOCALS.

The Gymnasium has been opened four
hours in the week to the young ladies of
the College.

Rev. M. M. Rankin, of Bright, Ind., '88.
visited the college several times during his
stay in Maryville.

The midwinter entertainments of the
Literary Societies will be given in the fol-
lowing order : Theta Epsilon and Bainonian
before the holidays, and Alpha Sigma and
Athenian after the holidays.

Last month, at Burkesville, Ky., Rev.
Wilson A. Eisenhart, '98, of Chicago, was
married to Miss Grace McDonald, a former
student of the College, and daughter of Dr
McDonald, synodical missionary of Ken-
tucky.

Dr. S. C. Dickey, of Indianapolis, visited
the college and conducted chapel services
one morning on his way home from attend-
ing the meeting of the Synod. He ex-
pressed surprise at the facilities offered by
the college for $12 a year.

A large and enthusiastic class in physical
culture has been formed under the direction
of the matron, Mrs. Helen H. Sanford, and
Miss Henry, Miss Andrews and Miss Per-
ine are members of the class. Some of the
young ladies are improving rapidly in
striking down the ten-pins in the bowling
alley.

Dr. Broadman presented an epitome of
the life of Lafayette one morning in chapel,
and gave an opportunity to the students to
contribute to the fund which is being raised
by schools and colleges throughout the
entire country to erect a monument to his
honor in France.

The next issue of The Monthly will
contain an article written by Prof. John C.
Branner, of Stanford University, who was at
one time a student at Maryville, and has
shown his interest in the college by estab-
lishing a Loan Library of the text-books
used in the Natural Science Department.

Football teams chosen from the Sopho-
more and Senior classes, to line up on one
side, and from the Junior and Freshman
classes, to line up on the opposing side,
were practising hard for a game soon to be
played. Much interest is being manifested.
The game will no doubt be the event of the
season.

The Tuesday evening prayer-meetings in
the College chapel are attended by at least
one hundred persons on an average, and
interest in them is increasing. The song
service, led by Miss Perine ; Our New Mis-
sionary Fields, by Miss Henry, and Glad-
stone, a Christian Statesman, by Thomas
Maguire, have been especially helpful.

The Undergraduate, of Middlebury Col-
lege, has a sketch of the life of Jeremiah E.
Rankin, president of Howard University,
Washington, D. C, written by Dr. Board-
man. Dr. Rankin will be long remembered
as the author of the familiar hymn begin-
ning with the words. "God be with yon till
we meet again."

The business managers of The Monthly
have secured 51 new subscribers from
Knoxville, including Hon. Henry R. Gib-
son, Judge Lindsay, Judge Maloney, Judge
Rogers. C. E. Luckey. C. T. Cates, Rev. J.
S. Jones, and Dr. Ott. The Monthly now
lacks only 14 of having 800 subscriptions.
The December issue, or Christmas number,
will be double the present size, and printed
upon heavier paper.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Dr. J. M. P. Otts, of Knoxville, author
of a number of religious works, including
"The Fifth Gospel." delivered a very in-
structive lecture on ' ' Ancient and Modern
Egypt" before the Y. M. C. A. of the
college last week.

A very pleasing concert was given in the
College chapel on October 13 before a
large and appreciative audience. Mr. Will.
Richards, Mr. Davis and Miss Emma Fanz
represented Knoxville, and Mrs. Bartlett.
Miss Flora Henry, and Miss Leila Perine
represented Maryville, on the excellent and
enjoyable program, which was as follows:

Jubal Overture — Weber

Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Perine.

Bandolero — Stewart. . .Mr. Will. Richards.
The Lily — De Koven . . . Miss Emma Fan; .

Symphony — Beethoven

Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Henry.
a Ah ! -Tis a Dream — Hawley ; b The

Red, Red Rose — Hastings

.Mr. Richards.

Violin Solo Mr. Davis

a Proposal — Bracket ; b Lullaby —

Newcombe Miss Emma Fanz

a Adagio — Beethoven ; b Etude — Wol-

lenhaupt Miss Perine.

Violin Solo Mr. Davis

Benediction Mr. Will. Richards

The number of students in attendance
one year ago was larger than that of 1896,
and the enrollment of 1898 shows a marked
gain also over the preceding year. On
November 1, 1898. the enrollment had
reached 252, while in the term, September-
December, 1897, the whole number attend-
ing was 248. A number of late arrivals will
yet report, and the enrollment will be ma-
terially increased. The average number of
additions after the Christmas holidays will
bring the attendance to more than 400. Of
the number now enrolled. 206 are from
Tennessee, 2 from Alabama, 1 from South
■ Carolina, 1 from Georgia, 3 from Florida,
3 from North Carolina, 1 from New York,
3 from Pennsylvania, 4 from Kentucky, 1 1
from Ohio, 2 from Indiana, 5 from Illinois,

r from Iowa, 1 from Minn'
foreign countries there are eight,
furnishes 3. Brazil 1. England and Wales
2, Syria 2.

A student from Greece, a native of thai
country, will soon be with us for a course
of study.

Echoes from Professor GofT's tour have
come from Luzerne County, Pa., through
two students, who state that they were led
here by a report in the Wilkesbarre Record
of an address in that city by a professor of
Maryville College.

The relative number of college students
is larger than usual, and with the additional
facilities in the higher departments and the
growing perception of the value of a college
education, this percentage will probablv
soon show a greater increase.

SOCIETY.
On the evening of October 28 both sec-
tions of the Athenian Society met in their
monthly joint meeting. The hall was filled
with members and visitors from the town.
The following program was rendered,
and was very much enjoyed by all present :

Declamation A. G. Hull.

Essay D. W. Crawford.

Debate — Resolved, That the Environ-
ments of County Life Tend to
Produce Better Men Than Those

of City Life

Affirmative Dickey, W. E. Lewis

Negative — Thomas Maguire, Keys.

Select. Reading J. E. Tracy.

The Athenian R B. Elmore.

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three eggs ? ' '

Fresh — " No. What is it ? "

Soph — " Too bad. Ever hear about the
hard-boiled one ? "

Fresh — " No."

Soph — "Hard to beat. Hear 'bout the
egg and coffee ? ' '

Fresh — "No."

Soph — " That settles it . "

Fresh — " Settles what ? "

Soph-"Ta, ta."— Ex.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

SYNODICAL NOTES.

The Synod of Tennessee, which controls
Maryville College, convened in Madison-
ville on October 25, and was opened with
a sermon by the retiring moderator, Presi-
dent Samuel W. Boardman. Rev. Thomas
Lawrence, D.D., was elected moderator.
and Prof. Elmer B. Waller temporary
clerk.

The president of Maryville College pre-
sented his report, and it will be published in
the next issue of The Monthly.

The president of Greenville and Tuscu-
lum College presented his report, and made
mention of the generous aid given by Mrs.
Cyrus McCormick. The present enroll-
ment is 120 students.

The Synod indorsed the movement to in-
vite the General x\ssembly to meet in Chat-
tanooga in 1900.

Wednesday evening was given to the
cause of Temperance, and many spoke upon
this subject. Among the resolutions
passed was one asking the President of the
United States to use his influence to re-
move from our brave soldiers the debasing
influences of the army canteen.

The great theme of Home Missions was
presented by Dr. E. A. Elmore, and he
was followed by Dr. C. A. Duncan, synod-
ical missionary. Rev. H. G. Denison spoke
on the subject, "Home Missions and the
Twentieth Century" ; Rev. W. H. Frank -
lin spoke on the subject, "Colored Work of
the Synod of Tennessee," and Mrs. James
Anderson told how $1,000 had been raised
in Tennessee for the Huntsville work, and
how important it was to raise $1,000 more.
Subscriptions from churches and individ-
uals were then made, amounting to $204,
for this Home Mission enterprise.

An overture from the Presbytery of Hol-
ston, asking that a new Presbytery be
formed in North Carolina, to be known as
the French Broad Presbytery, was grant-
ed.

The Synod approved of the plan adopted
by the Board of Directors of Maryville

College for raising twenty scholarships oi
$1,000 each, and commended the work to its
churches and presbyteries.

A masterly report on Foreign Missions
was presented by Dr. R. L. Bachman, and
then Synod had the pleasure of hearing Dr.
Thomas Marshall, field secretary of the
Foreign Board.

Thursday evening, in a popular meeting
after a pleasing program by the young
people of the church and a short address
from Dr. S. C. Dickey, of Indianapolis, in
the interest of the Winona Assembly, the
cause of Foreign Missions was again em-
phasized by Dr. Marshall in a powerful and
encouraging address.

After thanking the people of Madison-
ville for their hospitality, Synod adjourned
to meet next year at Washington College,
with Salem Church.

RESOLUTION OF THANKS.

"Whereas, Our Y. M. C. A. and Gymna-
sium Building Association felt the great
and pressing need of funds to complete our
longed-for building; and

"Whereas, Feeling this necessity, it peti-
tioned Prof. H. A. Goff to present our cause
to the benevolently disposed people of the
North ; and

"Whereas, Prof. H. A. Goff granted our
petition, and during three busy months en-
dured hardships for our cause and ob
tained $1,800 as a result of his efforts;
therefore, be it

"Resolved, That we hereby extend to
him our most hearty thanks for his very
material aiding of our students' enterprise.

"Resolved, Tha.t a copy of this action be
read in chapel, a copy be presented to
Professor Goff, and a copy be published in
both the College Notes and the Maryville
College Monthly.

"T. Maguire.W. A. Campbell. W. R.
Jones, Committee from Y. M. C. A.

"Hubert S. Lyle, W. T. Bartlett, C. N.
Magill, H. M. Welsh, Executive Commit-
tee of Bartlett Hall Building Association."

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COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study — the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacheii's. The curriculum embraces
the various brauches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such. Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It' has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

The location is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven
churches. No saloons in Blount county. .Six
large college buildings, besides the President's
house and two other residences'. The halls
heated by steam. A system of waterworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College under the
care of the Synod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B. ,
Instructor In the Ancient Languages.

t JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

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Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,
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MRS. A. A. WILSON,
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MISS H. M. KINGSBURY,
Assistant Matron and Assistant Manager of the Co-
operative Boarding Club.

EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only §3.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumental music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
Club only about $1.20 per Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75.00 to $125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899.

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

Prof. HERMAN A. GOFF, Registrar, Maryville, Tenn.

'Absent on leave at Yale University.

+ Absent on leave at Chicago University.

Volume I

Maryville College Monthly.

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DECEMBER, 1898.

JOHN C. BRANNER.

Prof. John C. Branner, of Stanford Uni-
versity, California, is a native of Jefferson
County, East Tennessee. He attended
Maryville College for two years, '68 and '69.
and afterwards graduated from Cornell
University. He has occupied prominent
positions in educational work.

For a number of years he was the State
Geologist of Arkansas, and now he is in
charge of the Geological Department of
Stanford University.

His interest in his old College has been
shown by establishing a Loan Library of
the text-books used in the Natural Science

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Department of Maryville College, and in
the following letter, in which he rejoices
with us in the erection of the new Fayer-
weather Science Hall:

"Overzealous friends of science and over-
zealous friends of religion have too long
stirred up ill feeling between these subjects
— an animosity as uncalled for, as unrea-
sonable, and as disastrous as the famous
quarrel between the belly and the limbs.

"Science has done and is doing so much
to relieve human suffering ; it has contrib-
uted and is contributing so much to the
comfort and happiness and progress of
mankind that it is very desirable that all
classes and all professions should, at least,
know something of its methods and its re-
sults. Science can be taught successfully
only by making students personally ac-
quainted with the facts with which they
have to deal, and this can be done only by
what we know as laboratory methods, and,
in the case of natural history branches, by
laboratory and field work.

"It is a great pleasure, therefore, to see
that the trustees of Maryville College have
been able to make more adequate provision
for the teaching of science by building and
equipping the new Science Hall.

"J- C. Branner.

"Stanford Universitv, California, Octo-
ber 28, 1898."

THE SPANISH UNIVERSITY OF
SALAMANCA.

BY PROF. JOTIN C. BRANNER.

To the traveler in Europe Spain is an
out-of-the-way country, and to the traveler
in Spain Salamanca is an out-of-the-way
city. But Spain is vastly more interesting
than the more fashionable and more trav-
eled parts of Europe. One can hardly find
in the whole country a city, a town, a vil-
lage that is not picturesque or interesting
in one way or another, and one can visit
them and enjoy them at leisure without
seeing in every foreground some one con-
sulting an open Baedecker to find out what
and how much to admire.

Salamanca is one of the most interest-
ing cities in this interesting country. It
stands in the midst of vast wheat fields that
stretch away on all sides without a fence or
a hedge or a house or a tree In August

the whole region was dry and dusty, and
the compactly built towns through the val-
ley of the Tormes were so near the color of
the ripe wheat and of the dust that one had
to look twice to be sure he wasn't looking
at a landscape of rocks. And Salamanca,
"the mother of the virtues, arts and
sciences," is as brown and dusty as the rest
of them.

In and about the town the mingling on
all sides of the ancient with the prosy but
picturesque modern makes Salamanca a
highly interesting place to see, though not
in every respect a pleasant one at which to
stop. (The best hotel in the place offers
some of the luxuries and some of the neces-
saries of life, but some of both are wanting.)
On one side of the town is an old Roman
stone bridge, 1,500 feet long, said to have
been built by Trajan, and so well preserved
that it might have been built but ten years
ago ; on the other side is a modern plaza de
toros, or bull ring, big enough to hold the
entire population of Salamanca ; in the mid-
dle are the university, the cathedral, the
Plaza Mayor, the Casa de las Conchas, Pa-
lacio de Monterey, Torre del Clavero, the
Church and Convent of San Esteban, and
half a dozen other interesting buildings.
The streets are mostly narrow and crooked,
and in the most unexpected nooks and cor-
ners one stumbles upon charming bits of
architecture — perfect gems of artistic de-
sign and workmanship. Few foreigners
visit Salamanca each year, and but few of
these would go except for the university.

Like a great many things in Spain, the
University of Salamanca is more interesting
on account of its antiquity and the associa-
tions its name calls up than for its actual
importance in the world. When at Madrid
I asked a Spanish dignitary what branches
of science were taught at Salamanca, he
smiled and replied: "The sciences of the-
ology, Latin and Greek." Yet there was a
time when Salamanca was the pride and
glory of Christian Europe, and was looked
upon as first in the sciences — omnium scien-
tiarum princeps Salmantica docet. as they
put it.

MARYVILLK COLLEGE MONTHLY.

.55

The instruction actually given here, with
the exception of that in law, is no better
than, if as good as that given in our high-
schools, yet Pope Alexander IV. spoke of it
in 1255 as "one of the four lights of the
world," the other three being those of Ox-
ford, Paris and Bologna. Looking Sala-
manca over to-day one can not but reflect
that when the Pope made that remark the
world was not as well lighted as it is now-
adays. It is to be remembered, however,
that the university's glory has departed only
as the glory of Spain itself has declined.

The history of the University of Sala-
manca is the history of the Church and of
education in Spain. It is said to have been
founded by Alfonso IX. of Leon toward the
close of the twelfth century, but the details
of its early history are lost in the darkness
of the Middle Ages. For several centuries,
however, it was a great seat of Christian
learning, and students flocked to it from all
quarters of the Christian world.

It is said that there were at one time as
many as 14,000 students at Salamanca
This enormous number, however, is prob-
ably to be accounted for by the ancient cus-
tom of extending university privileges to a
great many persons who were not bona fide
students. The attendance is believed to
have been only between six and seven thou-
sand at most. It reached its highest devel-
opment or popularity in the sixteenth cen-
tury ; since then it has gradually declined,
until to-day it is the least important of the
ten universities of Spain.

It goes without saying that a seat of
learning once celebrated throughout all
Europe has been the fostering mother of
many of the scholars and statesmen of
Spain and of other countries as well. Here
Columbus was sent by Ferdinand and Isa-
bella (1484-86) to meet the council of
learned doctors who were to advise in re-
gard his proposed voyage. Saint Ter-
esa lived in the city of Salamanca. Cer-
vantes received here a part of his education.
and Pedro Calderon de la Barca, the great
Spanish poet and dramatist, graduated here
in 1619.

In the early da;
struction was given in the cloi
old cathedral, but since 1433 it ''-
buildings of its own. For many year:- now
the University of Salamanca has been a
part of the educational system of Spain.

Omitting mention of the primary and
technical schools, the general educational
system of Spain consists of a large num-
ber of "institutes" of secondary instruction,
of forty-six normal schools for men, thirty-
one normal schools for women and ten uni-
versities— one in each of the university dis-
tricts into which the whole country is di-
vided, as follows: Barcelona, Cadiz, Gran-
ada, Madrid, Salamanca, Santiago, Sevilla.
Valladolid, Valencia and Zaragoza. These
institutions are all maintained either by the
General Government alone or by the Gen-
eral Government in co-operation with the
provinces.

The instructing bodies of the universi-
ties were originally divided into "faculties"
or departments of (x) philosophy and let-
ters, (2) sciences, (3) pharmacy, (4) medi-
cine, (5) law, (6) theology. In 1868 the
faculty of theology was suppressed. Only
two degrees are conferred — licenciado and
doctor — the latter is conferred only by the
head of the university — that at Madrid ;
while licenciado — the licentiate degree — is
conferred by all of them.

This is, perhaps, enough to give an idea
of where the University of Salamanca stands
in the present educational system of Spain.

The main university building at Sala-
manca, like the city itself — like Spain — is a
mixture of the commonplace and of a
beauty and richness of ornamentation, pic-
turesqueness and suggestiveness that defy
description. The outside walls are. for the
most part, as painfully plain, bare and un-
attractive as a half-decayed stone fence.
They are of plain yellowish sandstone or
limestone, dustv. without any attempt at
architectural effect, with only a few small
windows, and those high above the ground
and smothered in dust. The only part of
the outside that arrests the attention is the
main entrance, and on this the skill and

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

taste of the best artists have been lavished
so freely that one forgives and forgets the
prison-like walls of the rest of the outside.
And as the walls of the buildings are flush
with the sidewalk, a person on the same side
of the narrow street might pass even this
beautiful front without seeing it, for the
striking part of it is all above the top of the
door. The entire space from the top of the
door to the roof, and covering a space of
about twenty-five feet wide, is one of the
finest pieces of stone carving in the world.
The stone is a rich cream-colored to drab,
soft but compact limestone, resembling
lithographic limestone, that admits of so
delicate a finish that the carving has been
justly spoken of as a precious embroidery
done in stone. Such a work could have
been made only by artists of the first abil-
ity, who were willing to give to it years of
the most patient and painstaking toil.
Strange to say, the name of the architect is
not known.

The building is of two stories, in the
form of a closed court. As I have said, the
walls without are, for the most part, plain,
bare and unattractive. Only the ends of
the tiles of the roof are visible, and the few
small windows high up their sides do not
relieve the outside barrenness altogether.
The inclosed court is about ioo feet square.
Around this runs an arcade, beneath and off
which open the lecture and other rooms.

The rooms exhibited with the most evi-
dent satisfaction are the assembly-room and
the chapel. The latter is a stuffy, narrow
room used for the meetings of the officials
on state occasions, and for religious services
connected with such meetings. At the end
of the room is the usual image of the Vir-
gin, while along the walls, which are draped
with crimson velvet, are upholstered, high-
backed chairs, and above them are suspend-
ed many banners, among which are the col-
ors of the various departments or faculties.
These colors are: For law, crimson; for
science, dark blue ; for philosophy, light
blue ; for medicine, yellow.

The large assembly-room, also on the
ground floor, is remarkable for nothing

more striking than that the front rows of
seats are upholstered, while those in the
rear are not. Over the platform is a full-
length oil portrait of the Queen Regent
holding the infant king in her arms. It is
said to have been painted by a Spanish lady.
Around the walls of the room are sixteen
other oil portraits of distinguished men.

The recitation rooms are in reality much
more interesting than these chambers of
state, where one is expected to speak in
bated breath. They open off the lower
quadrangle, each by a single door, are
about thirty feet long by fifteen or twenty
feet wide, and lighted, or twilighted, by a
single small window about ten feet from the
floor in the end of the room ooposite the
door. The professor's desk stands on a
raised platform immediately beneath the
unwashed window. The door opening into
the quadrangle is kept closed during reci-
tations, and the only visible means of ven-
tilation is through the keyhole. A more dis-
mal and generally unattractive recitation-
room it would be difficult to imagine. The
floor is of concrete ; the students' seats
stand across the room, facing the profes-
sor's desk; when the door is closed, even
on a bright day, the room is usually so
dark (and what little lead-colored light
there is comes in such a wrong direction)
that reading ordinary print must be almost
impossible. The seats are rough-hewn
beams of pine wood about six inches
square, each one resting upon and mortised
into two upright posts of the same size,
and planted in the plaster-covered floor.
In front of these rude seats and about eigh-
teen inches away are timbers of the same
size and shape as the seats, except that the
sides next to the seats are beveled off so as
to slope toward the students in front of them.
These seats and desks (by courtesy) are
shiny with wear, and badly worm-eaten, and
bear the marks of generations of whittling
and name carving. Until 1862 the large
assembly hall was furnished with seats of
this kind.

The stairway leading to the upper story
is one of the striking things about the

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

building. It is wide ; has two landings or
right-angle turns, is of drab limestone, and
instead of the usual open balustrade, has a
solid stone side extending from bottom to
top. The sides of this solid balustrade are
beautifully carved in high relief, and the re-
lief on the one side is exactly repeated on
the side opposite. On the second floor
there is a porch running around the
quadrangle, just as it does below. On this
floor, among others, are the faculty-room
and the library.

The library is divided into two parts,
one containing the books in common use,
the other containing the rare books and
manuscripts. The librarian informed me
that only a part of these rare books and
a few of the manuscripts were catalogued.
On inquiring why more attention was not
paid to such valuable documents I was in-
formed that they were not very interesting.
I examined several of them, and found them
to be discourses in Latin upon theological
subjects. The most valuable historical doc-
uments belonging to the university are kept
in large safes in the office of the secretary,
which office is in one of the old university
buildings across the street from the present
building. These documents are shown to
visitors, however, with a freedom that one
would hardly expect. Among them are
parchment letters and patents of kings and
the bulls of popes with their original seals.
The library contains 60,000 volumes. Some
of the statistics for 1891-92 are as follows:
20,552 volumes were served to 17,579 read-
ers ; of these books the largest number was
5,968 on science and arts, 4,310 on law,
4,232 on belles lettres, 2,709 on theology.
The library was open 308 days in the year.

There is no money for the purchase of
new books now, and the allotment for the
library is barely sufficient to pay for pens,
ink and paper and cheap clerk hire to take
care of what they now have.

Students enter the university very
young, and graduates of 15 are not uncom-
mon even after four or five years in the
university. The students live in lodg-
ing-houses about the city ; some of them

buy their food and hire it cool ed. These
live for about 20 cents a day. For 50 (
a day one can have a room, lights and
meals. After supper it is the custom b
to a cafe, smoke, and play cards and domi-
noes, talk and sip wine. The only college
sport is the game of pelota, one of the n
beautiful and interesting games I have ever
seen.

There is a general impression that
Spanish students spend much of their time
playing the guitar. They do nothing of the
kind — there is not a guitar in the univer-
sity, and there is no singing, and, so far as
could be ascertained, only two student or-
ganizations, and these are debating clubs.

In former times candidates for the doc-
tor's degree had to publicly defend a thesis
after spending the entire previous night
praying in a certain chapel. Now they
have come down to commonplace examina-
tions, partly written and partly oral.

The instructing body is divided into
four departments or "faculties" — (1) phil-
osophy and letters, (2) law, (3) medicine,
(4) science (physics and chemistry). The
first two of these departments are main-
tained by the General Government, and
medicine and science are maintained by the
Ayuntamiento and the province of Sala-
manca jointly.

The university district of Salamanca in-
cludes four provinces, which have a popu-
lation of 1,120,983 inhabitants. In 1892-93
there were 668 students registered at the
university; 375 of these were taking the
course in law, 113 were taking medicine,
and 128 were taking philosophy. I was
told that there were between 1.200 and
1,400 students in the Jesuit College of Sala-
manca in 1894. This institution, however.
has no organic connection with the Uni-
versity of Salamanca.

But, as I have already intimated, Sala-
manca does not represent the best there is
or all there is of Spanish education to-day.
The University of Zaragoza (Saragossa, as
we call it) is a much better equipped institu-
tion than that at Salamanca. There they
have two buildings, the old one now occu-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

pied by the law and literary departments,
and the new one occupied by the depart-
ments of science and medicine. The
new building is an expensive one and well
planned, though hardly all that the secre-
tary seemed to think of it. ("The most
splendid thing in Europe," he called it.)
The anatomical and natural history depart-
ments are well equipped, while the outfits
in the chemical and physical laboratories
are up to the best modern requirements. It
is worthy of note, however, that these
laboratories have nothing Spanish about
them, but that they are essentially German,
both in plans and equipments.

At Barcelona the university building is
a modern, but a beautiful and thoroughly
substantial one of stone. The assembly-
room is the finest thing of the kind I have
ever seen. At Oxford they take a certain
pride in the general mustiness, uncomforta-
bleness and unattractiveness of the Sheldon-
ian Theater, which has little beside its asso-
ciations to commend it to present or future
generations. The assembly-room at Barce-
lona, on the other hand, is attractive and
interesting in itself. It is of Moorish de-
sign and coloring, and the walls are cov-
ered all the way round, at the proper height,
with large paintings representing scenes and
events in Spanish history— not cheap, taw-
dry work, done by the square yard, but the
work of masters, every one of them.

But Barcelona is a modern city, with all
the modern improvements— the least Span-
ish city in Spain. Ships of all nations en-
ter her port ; she has a vast commerce, rail-
ways, electric tramways, brilliant streets
and shops, beautiful parks and public
buildings ; all the languages of Europe may
be heard in her streets, and Paris furnishes
the fashions for the inhabitants. Her uni-
versity building is beautiful and substantial,
but it is thoroughly modern, and within its
walls one finds modern men with modern
ways and modern thoughts. Salamanca,
on the other hand, is an inland city, where
foreigners are seldom seen. The people of
the region around it retain their ancient,
picturesque customs and costumes, and the

odors of the Middle Ages still hang about
the city, the cathedral, the churches and the
universitv.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESI-
DENT OF MARYVILLE COLLEGE,

Made to the Synod of Tennessee at Madisonville,
October 26, 1898.

The attendance of students at Maryville
College during the past year has been 379.
Of these 172, or about one-half, have been
in the classical or Latin scientific courses,
while many of the younger preparatory stu-
dents will hereafter take Latin, so that
considerably more than one-half of our stu-
dents are really on their way to classical or
Latin scientific studies.

The whole number in the College De-
partment has been 121. Of these there
were: Classical, 36; Latin scientific, 29;
English scientific, 17; special studies, 39.
In the Preparatory Department there have
been 258 students — classical, 67: Latin
scientific, 40; English scientific, 151. The
extremelv low expenses of education here
are generally known to the Synod, yet it
may be proper to restate some items: Tui-
tion, $12 a year; room rent, heating and
lights, $13.80; board for 39 weeks, about
$48.00; rental of text-books, about $5.00, or
a total of $78.80 a year.

The present College endowment is esti-
mated by the treasurer at $255,440.82. To-
tal income from all sources last college year,
$19,302.65. Receipts from tuition or inci-
dental charges, $4,328.02. Receipts from
benefactions last college year, $1,651.83.

Perhaps no one year has ever witnessed
so much material progress in the affairs of
the College as the last. At the semi-an-
nual meeting of the Board of Directors, on
January 13, 1898, ten important measures
were adopted looking to the immediate en-
largement of the advantages of the College.
The first of these was provision for the erec-
tion of a new Science Building, long de-
sired, to be called Eayerweather Hall, and
to be built with funds received from the
Fayerweather legacy.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

This hall has been so far completed that
it has been in use for recitations from the
beginning of the present term. The hall
has two stories, with a basement under the
rear part. It has a frontage of one hun-
dred and six feet, and runs back ninety-
seven feet. The first floor, besides a large,
well-lighted entrance and stair hall, has an
office, a fire-proof vault, a storage room,
and six large, well-lighted science rooms ;
three for chemical laboratories, and three
for physics. The second story contains six
large rooms of corresponding size, besides
two store-rooms and another office.
Among these second-story rooms are two
more laboratories, and a room to be used
as a museum. The building is of brick,
trimmed with Ohio buff brick, and with
gray marble, and is covered with slate. The
interior is finished in natural wood, and the
rooms are furnished with such cases, tables,
chairs and other conveniences as are appro-
priate for such a building. Next year Mr.
John W. Ritchie, of the last class, who is
now a graduate student in Chicago Univer-
sity, will be an assistant in the Science De-
partment, so that advanced and enlarged
instruction will be given in chemistry,
physics, biology and geology.

Improvement on the grounds have been
continued through the year, under the stu-
dents' labor aid fund, macadamizing the
plotted roads. Also, in January an appro-
priation was made by the Board of Direc-
tors for the care of the campus, and new
brick walks are now in process of construc-
tion in front of the new Science Hall and
around other College buildings. The gym-
nasium has been in use since last Janu-
ary. Two good bowling alleys, thoroughly
furnished, have been added. The young
ladies of the College, under the charge of
the matron, are allowed to have exclusive
use of the gymnasium for one hour on four
days of each week. The young ladies are
greatly enjoying this new form of exercise,
and it is believed that this privilege, under
suitable physical instruction, will be largely
conducive to health, and to the cultivation
of graceful deportment.

Three thousand dollars arc still needed
for the completion of Bartletl Hall, that
the Y. M. C. A. may have the u ■■ of its
ample rooms. The cash received for that
building up to September i, 1898, amount-
ed to $6,118.30. Subscriptions due and
coming due, $4,000. In the middle of
March, at the request of students, faculty
and trustees, and with the permission of
the Board, Prof. Herman A. Goff spent
three months and a half in the North, so-
liciting funds for the completion of Bartlett
Hall. Two persons contributed $500 each.
two gave $200 each, five gave $100 each,
and others gave smaller amounts.

Earlier in the academic year, during the
first term, nearly a year ago, Rev. Frank E.
Moore, of the New Providence Church,
very kindly rendered a similar valuable
service for several weeks, confining himself,
however, to the West, but going as far as
Chicago. Among the students Mr. Hu-
bert S. Lyle, president of the Bartlett Hall
Association, now a senior, and others, have
been very efficient. It is earnestly hoped
that the building may be soon finished, and
the large auditorium be made accessible for
a broader religious work than has ever yet
been possible.

During the present term a very hand-
some monthly periodical, called the "Mary-
ville College Monthly," has been issued.
Two finely illustrated numbers, those for
September and October, have already ap-
peared. Prof. Elmer B. Waller is editor-
in-chief, and is aided by four students, rep-
resenting the four literary societies. This
long-needed publication, for which the
Board of Directors made a generous ap-
propriation, will not only send out constant
information concerning the College, and so
keep the College in touch with its friends,
and with the Christian world, but will also
give much intelligence concerning the
Synod, its churches and ministers, and so
form an important bond between the Col-
lege and the Synod under whose care it has
flourished to its eightieth year.

At the meeting of the Directors in Janu-
ary a committee was appointed to colder

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

the general needs of the College instruction,
involving any desirable modifications of the
curriculum, additional teachers, or other
improvements. This committee gave dili-
gent attention to their work, and made im-
portant recommendations, which were
adopted at the regular annual meeting in
May, at the annual commencement. An
elaborate synopsis of a course of instruc-
tion for five years for a Teachers' Depart-
ment was adopted, and is published for the
first time in the last annual catalogue.

Maryville College has always achieved
a large part of its usefulness in the prepara-
tion of teachers for this and other States.
But it now enters upon a new era in this
great beneficent service.

The Fayerweather endowment places
Maryville College in the very first rank of
Southern Institutions, in its equipment for
thorough training in pedagogics. The de-
mands for the degree of B.S. are now much
elevated. That degree will henceforth re-
quire more extended study and have a high-
er value. At the same time provision is
made for students in the teachers' course to
pass into the other courses as they are com-
petent, if at any time they shall desire to do
so. Provision is also made for numerous
elective studies in the Sophomore, Junior
and Senior years, for broader courses in the
natural sciences ; for additional opportuni-
ties in the ancient and modern languages,
mathematics, English literature, logic, and
rhetoric. Especial attention may properly
be called to the larger provision made since
our last report to Synod for instruction in
German and French, while Spanish, as here-
tofore taught, is attracting increased atten-
tion, stimulated by the events of the present
year. More than seventy students are now
studying the modern languages.

The department of instrumental music
also is now offering superior advantages.
Classes in the theory of music are organ-
ized at the beginning of each term. Good
instruments for practice are furnished.
Terms are low.

An additional instructor has been pro-
vided in Latin and Greek, another in Eng-

lish language and literature, a third in mod-
ern languages ; and a fourth in the natural
sciences will, as already noted, enter upon
his work, after graduate study, next year.
With our greatly enlarged facilities in the
natural sciences, it is believed that the Col-
lege will speedily advance to high rank in
that department.

The co-operative boarding club has
continued its excellent work. The Presi-
dent, after boarding there for a month, be-
lieves that no other table in Maryville, of
hotel or private household, presents so
large a variety of solid and well-prepared
food, at so many meals, as this club. The
cost has been less than $5.00 a month,
and of this much is paid by the students
themselves in labor.

The students' Labor Fund has assisted
about thirty needy and worthy students,
who performed labor for improvement on
the campus.

The venerable Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge,
widow of the late Hon. William E. Dodge,.
has recently contributed $100 to this fund.
Her son, Rev. Dr. D. Stuart Dodge, also
sent $100 for the aid of needy students.
Several new donors have contributed to the
College during the past year. The widow
of the late Rev. John C. Bodwell has made
known through Rev. Dr. William H. Bates,.
of Webster Grove, Mo., the appropriation
in her will of $3,000 to provide annual
prizes in Maryville College for proficiency
in Bible study.

The demand for a larger number of
scholarships to aid needy students has been
long and deeply felt. Some colleges and
professional schools have many such schol-
arships. The faculty unanimouTy and urg-
ently presented to the Board of Directors,
at their last annual meeting, the plan of an
effort to raise, within the next three years,
twenty scholarships of one thousand dol-
lars each for this purpose. The Board took
the following action: "That we heartily ap-
prove of that part of the report recommend-
ing the raising of twenty scholarships of
$1,000 each, providing that this can be done-
without incurring expense to the Board..

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

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And we indorse the suggestion of an appeal
to the Synod, the Presbyteries and individ-
uals for co-operation in this effort." In
accordance with this recommendation of
the Board, a suitable resolution will be pre-
sented to this body in favor of this plan.
Some steps have already been taken for its
realization, and the first of these twenty
scholarships has already been donated by
the Misses Willards, of Auburn, N. Y.

The income of this noble offering will
'become available, in whole or in part, for
the present year.

The enrollment for the present term is
about 250, somewhat larger than the en-
rollment at the same time last year. The
number in the co-operative boarding club
is about no.

An interesting feature of the last annual
commencement was the presentation to the
College of an excellent portrait of the late
Hon. Horace Maynard, the eminent states-
man and warm friend of Maryville College.
The presentation was made at the annual
festival of the alumni in an appropriate and
cordial address by his son, James May-
nard, Esq., of Knoxville.

Especial religious services were held, as
usual, in the month of February, conducted
by Rev. Dr. Trimble, of this Synod. The
meetings were largely useful, resulting in
the hopeful conversion of a goodly number
and the quickening and elevation of many
others. The Tuesday evening prayer-meet-
ings, the meetings of the Y. M. C. A.,
and of the Y. W. C. A., and of the Volun-
teer Mission Band have been well sus-
tained. Several classes for especial Bible
study have been conducted by the young
men. A number of our students entered
the army and have made good records.
Some are now on the opposite side of the
globe.

Mr. Kin Takahashi, who was so efficient
in many ways, and especially in the erec-
tion of Bartlett Hall, left us nearly a year
ago, and returned to his parents in Japan.
He has written a touching account of his
tender and cordial reception by his kindred
and friends. Soon after his arrival his

health failed under the rigors of the cli-
mate, and he has been much of the time in
the hospital. He hopes to do active Chris-
tian work in due time, and asks our pray-
ers for himself, his kindred and his country.
With the new building, additional in-
structors, and the revised, enlarged and en-
riched curriculum, an education in Mary-
ville College will become more than ever
valuable. A scholarship, keeping a stu-
dent here continually for ages to come, will
be more than ever useful. Scholarships
are the next great pressing need of the Col-
lege. It is earnestly hoped that the entire
Synod will contribute to the speedy estab-
lishment of the twenty proposed scholar-
ships.

HALLOWE'EN AT BALDWIN.

So quietly gathered the naughty seven,
In the corner room at half past eleven,
And skillfully planning their midnight raid,
But "Hark !" says one, "I'm half afraid."

The matron's firm step was heard in the

hall,
But only to fasten the doors, that was all ;
So back to her room, she extinguished the

light,
Quite forgetful that this was "Hallow-e'en"

night.

While all were sleeping quite peaceful and

sound,
The naughty seven were beginning their

round ;
With quiet proceedings they reached the

first floor,
And hastened to tie Miss Kingsbury's

door.

Then next to the music-room, but stopped

in wonder.
As to whether Mrs. Wilson was quiet in

slumber ;
"Hark ! I hear a sound ;" no, 'tis only the

clock striking one;
Then, tying that door, their work was half

done.

And now for the store-room, the last on the
round.

But nothing but hardtacks and stale gin-
ger-snaps could be found :

So back to their room they silently sped.

And ere half past two were quietly in bed.

MARYVILLE COLLLEGE MONTHLY.

But shortly had they in sweet slumber been

dreaming,
Till they were awakened by a very loud

screaming;
'Twas Miss Kingsbury's voice calling

loudly for help,
"My door has been tied by some unworthy

whelp."

But much to their sorrow, and now for the

fun,
The music-room window had been left

undone;
So old Mr. Wilson, as quick as a boy,
Unfastened all doors, and then there was

joy.

For dear Miss Kingsbury and Mrs. Wil-
son, too,

Were very much troubled as to what they
would do ;

For to stay in their rooms until breakfast
was o'er

Was a punishment never received before.

THE MIDWAY.

BY THOMAS MAGUIRE.

The "Midway" is a narrow street with-
out sidewalks, situated on the western
boundary of Chickamauga Park. It is also
the main street of Lytle, a small town on
the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern Rail-
road.

Before the mobilization of our soldiers
Lytle boasted two or three houses, a post-
office, with general store attached ; two liv-
ery stables, and a smithy, all situated on the
Midway. But as soon as the soldiers
poured into Chickamauga Park its only
store could not meet the demands made
upon it by an army of 60,000 men. Enter-
prising gentlemen from the North came to
the rescue, turned worthless shanties into
valuable properties, and put up improvised
sheds for stores. The garden of a dwelling
house was let to two enterprising novelty
dealers, and the front portion of a livery
stable was turned into a restaurant. Lytle
was lost in its new dress. The quiet unob-
trusiveness of its main street was broken by
the wild turbulence of a motley crowd that
thronged the Midway from early morn till
midnight.

A casual visitor to Chickamauga Park
could not fail to notice, as he alighted from
the train, a narrow street running parallel
with the railroad, with scarcely room
enough in its widest part for two buggies
to pass each other. Glancing down for the
first time it looked like a market place or a
fair. The tents, the improvised shanties,
the noisy hucksters, and the crowd, made
up almost entirely of soldiers, suggested
something novel and ephemeral. Mixing
with the crowd, one might observe the col-
ored man with a bucket and two glasses
calling out in stentorian voice, "Lahmun-
ade, toofer nekul," answered in turn by an-
other huckster, "Drink as much's yer like
fer a nikel ; cold as ice, sweet as honey."
The man with souvenirs was there ; the toi-
let soap man, the quack doctor, and the Jew
peddler, each with forcible language and
doubtful logic, competed for the soldiers'
nickels. A few darkies, with banjos, a tea-
pot, and a kerosene can, were very much
in evidence with their music, jigs and
breakdowns. There were also the cries of
the freak showmen, "Step inside and see the
petrified mummy." "Now's your time ;
one dime will admit you to the anatomical
museum."

Add the frequent applause from a the-
ater, and some idea may be gathered of the
sounds that pervaded the Midway.

Many of the stalls that lined the sides
of the street were restaurants, some with
only one room, 8x6 feet, answering for re-
ception room, dining room, and kitchen.
One of these buildings was two-story, and
bore on its upper story the doubtful adver-
tisement, "Lodgings." From these places
the soldiers were supplied with that mys-
tery of all mysteries, a restaurant sausage
warmed up and cooked to order. One
enterprising gentleman had a clever parrot
advertising his stall. Another had an ani-
mal resembling a cat, monkey, rat and bird,
and near it a show card on which were writ-
ten the words, "What is it ?"

Fruit stalls, Aunt Sally's, shooting gal-
leries and saloons were also very prominent.
The proprietors were "all honorable gentle-

MARYVIIXE COLLi;r,l', MONTHLY.

men." There were respectable dealers on
the Midway, but these were overshadowed
by the debased and disreputable.

The Midway was responsible for many
free fights and shooting affrays ; much gam-
bling and drunkenness. Anybody might
walk through it in broad daylight and see
men gambling on machines for cigars or
money. The saloons became such pest-
houses for gambling and vice that the au-
thorities closed them. The "moonshiners,"
too, were kept busy selling "wild cat"
whisky. One man was arrested for this,
and it afterwards transpired that he was in
the habit of making two trips a day to
Chattanooga, returning with a valise filled
with whisky. This he deposited at a shanty
on the Midway and sold it at 50 cents a
pint, while it cost him perhaps fifteen cents.

Viewed from a commercial standpoint,
the Midway was a success ; from a moral
point of view, it was a blight and a stain on
everything clean and pure. When General
Sanger was approached wth a view of start-
ing a "Midway" for soldiers at Lexington
camp, he gave a flat refusal. The experi-
ence at Chickamauga Park was too dearly
bought.

HUNTING.

BY CHARLES N. MAGILL.

Some people can hunt well, but make a
poor out at finding; some people can fish
very well, but can't do any good at catch-
ing; some people waste time and ammuni-
tion, but come back with no game ; others
are gone but a short time, and return
loaded down with game.

Some years ago, in a western field of
golden grain, a cradler was laying low the
bearded grain. He looked up the
"through" and saw a panting young deer
jumping along and coming toward him.
The cradler was very warm beneath the
scorching sun, and stepped behind a tree
to get a fresh breath while the deer was
coming. As the deer passed the man
brought his cradle a "swipe" and cut the
deer's legs off. The deer made a few leaps,
jumped the fence, and fell dead in the snow.

In the early settlement of
old hunter went out for a 'Jeer hunt. L
being very scarce, he had but two good
lets. He went three miles and found a
large deer standing by an oak tr«
killed it with one bullet. But when he shot,
a drove of seven wild turkeys flew up and
lit in the same tree. Not wishing to spend
his other bullet in killing but one turkey,
he shot and split the limb on which they
were sitting, and the feet of the seven tur-
keys slipped through just as in a trap. He
saw something running out of the bullet
hole which had been made by the bullet
which passed through the deer and then
into the oak tree, and this proved to be
excellent wild honey. He satiated his thirst
for honey and skinned his deer ana hung
him up. But he must get his turkeys
down. So he started for home to get his
wagon and an ax. But he had gone but a
short distance when he became very thirsty
after his mess of honey. He hunted and
hunted for water, but found none except a
few sups in a mule's track. He lay down
and quaffed the water, and as he arose he
bumped his head against the limb of a
blackjack tree and it rained flitters for two
hours. He ate all of the delicious "flit-
ters" he wished and then went on toward
home.

Directly he came to a creek, and finding
no foot-log, he ventured to wade. As it
happened, he struck a shoal of fish. He
had on old-fashioned flap-breeches — large
and loose-fitting legs and buttoned around
the ankles. These trousers served as -a
good fish net, and he came out with a large
draught of salmon trout, but as he stepped
upon the bank, a button burst off and killed
a rabbit thirty steps away.

At last he reached home, harnessed up
his team, and returned to his deer and
turkeys. He cut down the tree and cap-
tured his turkeys, and filled up seven cans
of honey from the honey tree. He loaded
his deer and other game, and started for
home, when a heavy rain overtook him.
His harness traces were made of rawhide.
He drove on at a lively rate, but when he

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

reached home he found that his wagon had
remained where he started. He put up the
horses and tied the traces around a tree in
the barnyard. After a while the sun shone
out very warm, and in two hours he looked
out and saw his wagon coming home. The
traces, after stretching, were now contract-
ing to their normal length. This hunter
was afterwards arrested for hunting in "Yel-
lowstone National Park" and put in prison,
and has been hunting for a place to get out
ever since.

SIXTY-THREE AND NINETY-EIGHT

On the coast by Santiago, watching with a

soldier's heed,
In the sultry heat of summer, gallant

Shafter's on his steed.
For the foe had climbed above him, with

their banner, pressing on,
And their cannon swept the country from

the hills of old San Juan.

Like a trumpet rang his orders: "Hawkins,

Roosevelt, to the bridge !
Sampson, with your gallant seamen, storm

the fort from o'er the ridge !
On the left, the ledges, Wheeler, charge,

and hurl the Spaniards down ;
Lawton, take the steeps Fermiza, and the

slope before the town."

Fearless, from their deep intrenchments

looked the Spaniards where they lay
On the gleaming U. S. army marshaled as

for muster day,
Till the sudden shout of battle thundered

upward with alarms,
And they dropped their idle glasses in a

sudden rush to arms.

Trfen together up the highlands surely,

swiftly swept the lines,
And the clang of war above them swelled

with loud and louder signs.
Till the fortified El Caney in the tempest

seemed to throb,
And the old Star Spangled Banner soared

in smoke o'er every knob.

From the boats upon the river, from the

tents upon the shore,
From the roofs of Santiago, anxious eyes

the clouds explore ;
But no rift amid the darkness shows the

fathers, brothers, sons,
Where they trace the viewless struggle by

the echo of the guns.

Upward! Charge for God and Freedom!
Up! Aha! they rush, they rise,

Till the faithful meet the faithless in the
never-clouded skies,

And the battlefield is bloody, where a dew-
drop never falls,

For a voice of tearless justice for a tearless
vengeance calls.

And the heaven is wild with shouting ; fiery
shot and bayonet keen

Gleam and glance where Freedom's angels
battle in the blue serene ;

Charge and volley fiercely follow, and the
tumult in the air

Tells of right in mortal grapple with op-
pression's strong despair.

They have conquered! God's own legions;

well their foes might be dismayed,
Standing in the mountain temple, 'gainst

the terrors of his aid;
And the clouds might fitly echo pean loud

and parting gun,
When from upper light and glory sank the

Spanish host undone.

They have conquered ! Through the region
where our neighbors plucked the
palm

Rings the noise with which they won it
with the sweetness of a psalm ;

And our wounded sick and dying hear it in
their crowded wards,

And they whisper, "Heaven is with us! Lo,
our battle is the Lord's !"

And the famished Cuban captives locked in
Morro Castle cells

List those guns of cloudland booming, glad
as Freedom's morning bells;

Lift their haggard eyes, and panting with
their cheeks against the bars,

Feel God's breath of hope and see it play-
ing with the stripes and stars.

Spaniards still in serpent treason startle at
those airy cheers,

And that wild, ethereal war drum falls like
doom upon their ears ;

And that rush of cloud-borne armies, roll-
ing back a nation's shame,

Frights them with its sound of judgment
and the flash of angry flame.

Widows weeping by their firesides, loyal
Cubans downcast grown,

Smile to hear their country's freedom from

the s:ate of heaven blown ;
And the Cuban children wonder in their

simple hearts to know
Where the land of Uncle Sam is, whence
sweet Freedom's boon shall flow.
T. H. McConnell, 'oo.

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EAST TENNESSEE.
"A more interesting region, or one more entitled to our active sympathy, is not to
be found within the limits of the United States. Forming a part of the noble State of
Tennessee, it is in many respects a State in itself, and not a small one either. It consists
of the broad valley of the magnificent river, which traverses it from northeast to south-
west, three hundred miles in length, and with a varying width of from fifty to seventy-
five miles— and of the slopes of the mountains, which separate it on the north from
Kentucky, and on the southwest from Middle Tennessee, and on the southeast from
North Carolina and Georgia: a beautiful valley, between beautiful enclosing hills, fertile
many of them to their summits, sparkling with a hundred tributaries to the noble stream
which forms its principle feature."-THE Hon. Edward Everett, in an address in
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So thy meru'ry fresh shall linger
Thro' life's smiles and tears. — Cho.

3 Lift the chorus, wake the echoes.
Make the welkin ring !
Hail the queen of all the highlands !
Loud her praises sing! — Cho.

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MARYVILLE COLLEGIA MONTHLY.

WALES.

BY WILLIAM R. JONES.

Wales is a short peninsula, mountain-
ous, stretching from the west of Britain to
the Irish Sea. From north to south there
is a range of mountains, inclining to the
west, throwing out an arm towards the sea
on one hand and toward the English plains
on the other. We see at once that nature
has separated Wales from the other sections
of Britain, and that she has a history of her
own, and so long as these mountains and
plains remain there will be a marked dis-
tinction between the Welsh of the moun-
tains and the English of the plains. Though
they can unite in many objects, yet on oth-
er matters they will ever remain separate.
The Welshman is a child of the mountains,
romantic, imaginative, with a yearning for
a better life.

The Welsh coast is a great center for
tourists, who flock there from all parts of
the world. Christopher North, describing
a Welsh scenery, said: "Neither the north
of England, nor Scotland — no, nor Switzer-
land— can exhibit anything so tranquil, ro-
mantic, so snug and beautiful as a Welsh
valley."

The principality of Wales is rich in min-
erals, and contains some of the most im-
portant coal and iron industries in the Uni-
ted Kingdom. Copper, lead, slate, zinc, tin
and gold are also to be found.

The Cymry or Welsh is a branch
of the Celtic race which belonged to
the great Aryan family. The Celts,
termed by the Greeks Galatae. by the
Romans Galli or Celtae, came origin-
ally from Asia, and, invading Eastern
Europe, were driven westward, andj
settled in Spain, North Italy, France
and Belgium, where they were called Gauls,
and the British Isles. When they invaded
the latter they came in contact with the
Iberians, who are described as being short,
dark complected. The Celts were tall and
stalwart, light hair, with blue eyes.

The language of the Celt is the language
of Wales to-day. When the Romans in-
vaded England, and had conquered the na-

tives, their first obja I

duty on the conquered to Fo

language and learn theirs.

same policy adopted b) mb

ers. But all proved futile in their endeavor

to obliterate the language.

A writer in the Independent some time
ago said : "The Welsh have achieved, prob-
ably, the most noteworthy feat of national
preservation of any people in the world ;
and the world at large has not by any means
sufficiently recognized the extraordinary
feat they have performed. It is a mystery
how they preserved their language against
that most aggressive and conquering lan-
guage, English."

There is an idea prevalent that the
Welsh speak a kind of dialect like that in
"Bonnie Brier Bush," which is a mistake,
and is forcibly made clear by the writer just
referred to, viz: "The great distinguishing
difference between Wales and England is
language. To know how very much alive
the Welsh language is in Wales, one must
leave the track of summer tourists and go
into the country towns. In towns of four
or five thousand inhabitants, where English
tourists do not go, the English language
is hardly any more heard than in Normandy
or Lorraine ; and even the watering places
and towns that teem with English-speaking
tourists in the summer time, when winter
comes, and when the tourists go, the Eng-
lish language goes with them, and nothing
is heard but Welsh."

In Welsh every letter is pronounced.
and the same letter has always the same
sound, making allowance in the case of
vowels for variation in quantity.

The Welsh language has influenced
English literature in the past, and is to
have an important part in the near future.
In proportion to our number, we can be
justly proud of our literature, which is quite
abreast of any other modern form of speech
as regards the quantity of literature it con-
tains. There are in Wales about twenty
weekly newspapers, published entirely in
Welsh, as well as fifteen or twenty monthly
magazines, two bi-monthly and one quar-

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terly. It was stated in the Gaelic Journal
of Dublin that two hundred thousand
pounds, or nearly a million dollars, are an-
nually spent for Welsh books in Wales and
England, for there are fully half a million
Welsh in England, making in all about a
million and a half.

T. O. Russell says: "The heroism the
Welsh have shown in the preservation of
their language, and the sacrifices they have
made for it, are simply sublime."

The space at our command will per-
mit us to take but a cursory glance at the
thrilling history of these people, whose
struggle for liberty is unique. There are
four periods which have had a lasting influ-
ence on the Welsh mind.

I. Welsh Bible.— In 1485 Henry VIII.
became king, and his object was to unite
England and Wales. To abolish the dif-
ference between the English and Welsh he
made it compulsory that the Welsh adopt
the Protestant Reformation in its political
aspect. And behind all this submission
was a dissatisfied mass of people, ignorant,
and without a leader. It was no longer a
fighting nation, but a country dead and
sinking into unbelief. The princes were
gone, and the nation asleep. Some hoped
that the Welsh could be enlightened at once
by preaching the Gospel to them, and John
Penry determined to do it, notwithstanding
the persecution of Elizabeth and her arch-
bishop— until he was condemned to die a
martyr with Barrow and Brown at the
stake. Others thought that the nation
could be educated, and Bishop William
Morgan translated the Bible into Welsh,
and for the sake of keeping souls and the
Welsh language alive, the Queen allowed
the Welsh Bible to appear in 1588 to a na-
tion that could not understand it.

2. The Great War Period. — It was a per-
iod of uniting before, but under the Stuarts
it was one of separation. The Protestant
Reformation brought with it a simpler reli-
gion, if not narrower, and also a desire for
national freedom. The civil war undid all
the good work done by the previous dy-
nasty. But it was a blessing to England.

The Puritans took a stronger hold on the
people, and the preachers, men who believed
with their whole heart that the Puritan re-
ligion was the true one, men believing in
compelling men to save their souls. When
monarchy was re-established under Charles
II., Wales was left alone by the preacher's
voice, and she fell back to a state of unbe-
lief.

3. The Awakening. — Almost every
country in Europe was asleep when the
eighteenth century began, and ere its close
they all had been aroused by a revolution.
It happened in France, so in England, but
in a milder form, and an awakening took
place in Wales. With these results a liter-
ary awakening, and Wales began to create
a literature to herself. Hand in hand with
this came a powerful religious revival, and
Howel Harris, "with his thunder-like
voice," awakened the conscience of Wales ;
churches were built in great number as he
traveled through the country, and eternal
life was brought within sight of the Welsh-
man. Along with the same awakening
came a political one ; the voice of the revo-
lution in France reached Wales, though it
was harsh and unharmonious. At the
same time discoveries of gold, slate, coal,
iron and lead were made ; all these tended
to make the people free of those in author-
ity. The literary awakening strengthened
the Welsh in their old language, a language
that was a matter of soreness to the aristo-
crats. Religion helped to widen the gap
between the aristocrats and the people.

Since the beginning of this century the
Welsh people have made rapid progress,
and now the mass of the people rule.

4. National Evolution. — -This period
brings us to our own day — the dawn of a
golden era in Welsh history. "The histor-
ian of the nineteenth century must write a
long chapter on 'The Revolt of Principali-
ties.' Modern Europe has been revolu-
tionized by principalities. Conquered na-
tions have wrested the scepter of true power
from their conquerors. It has been a cen-
tury of powerful monarchs. but of more
powerful monarchies." The fourth quar-

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ter of the century has witnessed a remarka-
ble revolution in the small Celtic principali-
ty on the southwest coast of Britain. As
late as 1870 wretchedly equipped schools
were the only available institutions for the
Welsh peasantry. The old endowed schools
had been captured by the "noblesse" — col-
leges and unversities there were none. The
Scottish centers of learning were far away.
Cambridge and Oxford, up to 1862, had
barred against free churchmen. In 1870
ardent patriots met and discussed the prob-
lem of perfecting the educational system of
Wales, and thus providing a powerful lever
for the elevation of their country, and they
dreamed the Utopian, some said Quixotic,
dream of a college for Wales. But they
were not mere dreamers. They were of
the metal to convert dreams into realities.
An Oxford professor said recently that
Wales has one of the best educational sys-
tems in the world, which is composed of
well equipped day schools, intermediate
and technical schools, with three national
colleges constituting the Welsh University.

We wish it understood that there were
denominational colleges to prepare students
for the ministry, established early in the
century.

The Welshman is characteristic for his
religious fervor, love of music and poetry.
The Welsh preacher has a place in the heart
of his nation which no other man, however
good or great, can hope to enjoy. His
name is a household word throughout the
land. The good points, pat illustrations,
and tender appeals of his pulpit eloquence
are prized and treasured and handed down
as the most cherished traditions of the peo-
ple. Is it strange, therefore, that the high-
est ambition of a young Welshman is to be-
come a preacher?

The influence of tne.pulpit has been and
is the great factor in molding the character
of the people. The Presbyterians take the
lead, and their influence is felt throughout
the land. The Congregationalists and Bap-
tists are very strong. The Church of Eng-
land has very little influence in Wales — in
fact, it's a burden on the people to have to

sustain a Church which thi il in

sympathy with.

"There are probably no people so at-
tached to music as the Welsh, and there are
certainly no people who have, in proportion
to their number, done so much for it. The
Welsh Eisteddfod is beyond any doubt the
most important annual musical reunion
held in the British isles, or perhaps in the
world. It is held every summer in some of
the larger towns of Wales. People from
all parts of the British isles attend it, as well
as from the continent. Most of the sing-
ing is in Welsh, but some is in English.
The very best musical artists of Great Bri-
tain may be heard at the Welsh Eisteddfod,
and the crowd is enormous. The preserva-
tion of their language, and the establishing
of such a reunion as the Eisteddfod, stamp
the Welsh as a people of uncommon pa-
triotism, ability, and perseverance."

THE RISE OF REPUBLICANISM.

BY MARY G. CARNAHAN.

In this day of hurry and bustle too few
of us stop to question concerning our insti-
tutions, whether they be but the growth of
a day or have been developing through
hundreds of years. Whence came they,
and to what do they lead? Whose were
the master minds that originated them?

The spirit of freedom has always exist-
ed. Among some peoples, indeed, it has
been crushed out apparently by slavery and
oppression ; but it will spring up in some
other place and flourish.

It is into mediaeval history that we must
look in order to find the beginning of mod-
ern republicanism. During the middle
ages there sprung up free cities. These
were to be the first step in a line of progress
which was destined to bring about the
events which make much of modern his-
tory.

The free cities of Germany were democ-
racies, all the burghers assembling to de-
liberate upon municipal affairs. The spirit
of freedom was just beginning to show it-
self, a faint foreshadowing of its great
destinv.

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The free cities of Italy, chief among
which were Florence, Venice, and Genoa,
were republics, and flourished from the
eleventh to the sixteenth century.

The difference between the free cities of
Germany and those of Italy was perhaps
due to the difference in their environment.
In Germany the cities were obliged to de-
fend themselves against the attacks of the
nobles, who were hostile to them, while in
Italy the nobles were friendly, and many of
them even settled in the cities and became
burghers. As will be seen from this fact,
feudalism did not take so strong a hold in
Italy as it did in Germany. While the Ital-
ians had no neighboring enemies and were
at liberty to carry on trade peacefully, the
Germans were obliged to defend them-
selves and to protect their commerce from
the attacks of robber chieftains. Strangely
enough, the government of the Italian cities
tended to become oligarchical, while the
Germans retained their freedom, though re-
maining shut up in their towns.

The towns of Southern France and
Northern Spain followed the plan of the
Italian cities, but were conquered by their
Northern neighbors, the feudal barons.

The Swiss towns formed an alliance
with the nobles to resist a foreign tyrant,
their common enemy. During the transi-
tion from mediaeval to modern history, the
cantons of Switzerland united themselves
into the Swiss Confederation, with a repub-
lican form of government.

The undermining of the feudal system
began with the crusades. The nations, as
the power grew more centralized, became
absolute monarchies.

The first collision between freedom and
absolute power came in England. On
June 19, 1215, the great barons compelled
King John to sign Magna Charta (or, the
"Great Charter.") This is at the foundation
of English liberty. The House of Com-
mons was then formed, but did not exer-
cise much influence on the government for
several centuries. Though during this
time England was practically an absolute
monarchy, the idea of civil liberty was kept

alive in the hearts of the people. For cen-
turies there was neither civil nor religious
liberty, civil power being in the hands of
the kings, while the Church was controlled
by the priesthood. The corruption and
tyranny became so great that several men
of more than usual courage began to preach
against it. Among these was Luther. In
1 5 17 he left the Church of Rome and de-
voted himself to preaching the Reforma-
tion. From this time to the treaty of West-
phalia, in 1648, the strife for freedom was
carried on.

Persecution in Holland led to the rise
of the Dutch Republic. During the time
of this republic Holland became the "fore-
most maritime country of the world."

England first cast off the authority of
Rome for political reasons. Later, how-
ever, there was a struggle for both civil
and religious liberty, the Puritan and Pres-
byterian commoners on the one hand, and
the Episcopalian king and nobles on the
other. The dissenting party triumphed un-
der Cromwell.

Before the time of Cromwell, a republic
had been looked upon as an inferior kind
of government, not admitting a nation to
equality with a monarchy. Cromwell, aside
from doing much for England in other
ways, made it politic for other nations to
recognize England as a republic on the
same footing with the monarchies of Eu-
rope.

After the Restoration the struggle be-
gan again, and some of the Puritans took
refuge in Holland. Later, large companies
came to America in order to have "freedom
to worship God" according to the dictates
of their own consciences.

In Rhode Island was made the first en-
actment that no man should be disturbed or
called in question on account of his relig-
ious belief. Thus America became a refuge
for those who sought freedom. Many
Huguenots, driven from France by the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes, made
for themselves homes in America.

From the first, civil and religious liberty
has had far less opposition in America than

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elsewhere ; though oppression from abroad
was not wanting. How the colonists were
wronged, how they fought for their free-
dom, and won it, we all know.

Shortly afterward affairs came to a head
in France. There was a heavy national
debt, the nobles and clergy owned two-
thirds of the land and paid no taxes, and
the peasants who paid the taxes had no
voice in the government. In 1789 the
States-General was called for the first time
in 175 years. During this assembly the
French Revolution began.

When at last the "Reign of Terror" was
over a republic was organized. This was
overthrown for a time, but afterward re-
organized ; and is now the government of
France.

Of the principal nations in size and
power, the United States and France are
republics; England, Germany, Austria and
Italy are constitutional monarchies, while
Russia alone of all the notable powers re-
mains an absolute monarchv.

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN THEO-
LOGICAL SEMINARY.

The letter which is published below
brings vividly to mind the fact that Mary-
ville College was the Southern and Western
Theological Seminary. The following
statements are taken from Dr. Alexander's
"History of the Synod of Tennessee":

"Dr. Isaac Anderson, in 1819, visited
Princeton Seminary and pleaded, without
success, for some of the students to come
and preach the Gospel in East Tennessee.
He returned to Maryville with the convic-
tion that ministers must be provided at
home, and gathered a class of five pious
young men and began to instruct them in
theology. The Synod of Tennessee in
1819 established the Seminary, with Dr.
Anderson as President. During the early
years of the Seminary the students aided
themselves by working on the Seminary
farm, and thus the cost of boarding was re-
duced to $20 a year in money. In 1844 Dr.
Anderson said: 'Amid poverty, self-denial
and overwhelming exertions, the Seminary

has sent out nearly too .

field, who have gatl

hundreds into the fold of the Good

herd."

In 1842 the name of Southern and
ern Theological Seminary was changed to
Maryville College for two reasons:

First, other theological seminaries with
better equipments were now attracting the
students; and, secondly, the Seminary at
Maryville became less able to sustain its
students in the following way: The cheap
method of boarding on the farm, connect-
ed with manual labor, had been broken up
by the Presbyterian Education Society's
aiding this class of students for a few years
from 1 83 1, so that manual labor on their
part was no longer needed. But in 1839
that society withdrew all such aid, on the
ground "that the institution was not
equipped for its complex work of educa-
tion." Thus both the labor system and the
foreign aid failed, and the professors were
compelled to send away candidates whom
they could not assist.

Southern and Western )

Theological Seminary.
Maryville, Tenn., July 8, 1S39. 1
Mr. Joseph Hart:

Kind Sir. — Having seen a letter, a few
days since, which you had written to your
people, and in which you had expressed
some wish, or at least strongly intimated a
desire, to be with your brother at the Semi-
narv, I have seated myself to direct you a
few lines on this subject, and to encourage
you to cherish such wishes and to let such
views and feelings have their full weight
on your mind. Even should you have no
intention of entering the ministry, still, a
few vears' schooling would make you of
more value to the world as a citizen, ele-
vate your character to a greater superiority
in your own line of business, and afford you
a balm of consolation which may last you
for life. But so far as I heed the wish of
your friends, I can inform you that it
would be very congenial to the feelings of
all. that you expand the benevolent feel-

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ings of your soul and embrace the world —
prepare for the ministry, and devote your-
self to a bettering of the condition of a fallen
and apostate race of men. The facilities of
education are perhaps well known to you,
nor need I say that you may, perchance,
almost, if not entirely, sustain yourself by
occasional jobs of work at your trade in
vacations, and consequently lose no time
from school through a whole course of edu-
cation.

Think of this matter ; look at the claims
and calls of the world for a well-preached
Gospel, and then look what a small number
of the pious young men in our country
who appear willing to deny themselves of
the honors and the pleasures of this world
for the Gospel. How few, indeed, are will-
ing to say with Paul, "I am not ashamed
of the Gospel of Christ." Look, too, at the
good you may do for the world, even
within a few years' time, if well prepared
for the work. And this is a powerful rea-
son why no young man should shrink from
the task when he looks at the many years
to be taken up in making preparation. The
better we are prepared, the more good we
can do in less time. Think of it, think
prayerfully, think quick, decide reasonably.
The work is great; thousands are dying;
and that, too without the means of grace.
I am your sincere friend, etc.

John B. Save.

OUR EXCHANGES.

We appreciate highly the words of com-
mendation our Monthly has received from
the Portfolio and the Macalester Monthly,
and especially the compliment paid to our
professor of the natural sciences, George S.
Fisher.

The Southern University Monthly pub-
lishes a prize essay on "Gladstone."

The Cornell University Magazine is one
of the best college periodicals in the coun-
try.

The Industrialist contains an excellent
article on "The Higher Education and the
State."

We are glad to see again the Oberlin
Review, and its literary number is attrac-
tive.

The Tennessee University Magazine has
a realistic story of a foot ball game won by
the "scrub quarterback."

The Berea Reporter has printed upon its
first page the college motto: "God hath
made of one blood all nations of men."

The Geneva Cabinet contains a very
creditable oration, written by one of the '99
class, and the prize winner in a college con-
test.

The girls of the Erasmus Hall High
School, of Brooklyn, have organized a bas-
ket ball team. In this respect they are
ahead of many of our colleges.

An article in the December Columbia
University Quarterly calls attention to the
fact that the number of students in the
technical colleges in this country is at pres-
ent on the decrease.

We take the following from the Centre

College Cento: Miss J .—"Mr. Litt,

what does 'Kismet' mean?" Litt. — "Er —
something good — to eat, I believe; but I
prefer it without the tea."

An excellent article in the Dickinsonian
on the "Contrast Between the Liberal and
Narrow Construction Parties" is somewhat
impaired by the closing sentences, which
are too partisan, i. e., "That the Republican
party is becoming more and more the in-
strument of dangerous economic and polit-
ical forces is evident from the tone of its
official utterances, as well as from the char-
acter of its support."

The Electrical number of the Purdue
Exponent attempts to give an idea to those
outside of the University of what is being
done at Purdue in electrical engineering.
It is a handsomely illustrated magazine of
fifty pages, with valuable articles. That the
electric railway is pre-eminently an Amer-
ican product is shown by the fact that the
United States has ten times as much mile-
age as the countries of Europe combined.

MARYVILLK COLLEGE MONTHLY

BARTLETT HALL.

1895 — Brick-making by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.
1897 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use.

The cash receipts from July 30, 1897, to
November 26, 1898, are as follows:

195 Y. P. S. C. E., Tompkins Ave-

nue Congregational Church,

Brooklyn; $ 10.00

196 C. C. Sinclair, Philadelphia. . . io.oo

197 Rev. J. N. McGinley 10.00

198 Mrs. James A. Anderson. . . . 5.00

199 Miss Nannie Anderson 5.00

200 Jim Anderson Co., Knoxville. 25.00

201 Mrs. N. F. McCormick, Chi-

cago 1000.00

202 Sarah B. Hills 10.00

203 Rev. John B. Creswell 5.00

204 Rosa M. Lyle 1.00

205 Clemmie Ford 1 .00

206 H. S. Lyle 1.00

207 William Dietz 1 .00

208 Will Keeble 1 .00

209 Augusta Muecke 1.00

210 James Henry 2.50

211 Dr. Huddleston 5.00

212 Greene Avenue Presbyterian

Sunday-school, Brooklyn .. 5.00

213 Reuben Powel 1.00

214 Robert Elmore 1.00

215 W. E. Church 1500

216 H. M. Clark 1.00

217 H. C. Rimmer 1.00

Cash received to Dec. 1, 1898 . . . $6,176.80
Subscriptions due and coming due, $4
Yet needed to complete aud furnish, 3,000

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer, Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit the remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

218 Mrs. E. E. Alexander 10.00

219 Emma A. Alexander 3.00

220 Theron A. Alexander 1.00

221 Princeton Pres. S. S., Phila-

delphia 25.00

222 Samuel Sloan, Jr 5.00

223 Monroe Chapel 5-°°

224 J. M. Alexander 10.00

225 C. L. Roberts. Basking Ridge 25.00

226 S. C. Childs, Basking Ridge. 25.00

227 Wm. S. Post, Basking Ridge. 10.00

228 F. D. McKinley 1.00

229 Mrs. Huddleston 1.00

230 James A Davis 1.00

231 Miss Mattie Rankin 400

232 Mrs. Jas. R. Burchfield 3.00

233 Miss Leila M. Perine 5.00

234 Walter Thornton 1 .00

235 F. R. Babcock 1.00

236 Rev. W. R. Dawson 10.00

237 Mrs. A. A. Wilson 5.00

238 C. W. Henry 4-OQ

239 M. Morrison 2.00

240 R. A. Tedford 1000

241 Miss Mary Lord 5.00

CASH RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER.

389 Rev. W. H. Lyle. D.D 10.00

390 A. Arthur Griffes 6.00

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Maryville College Monthly.

Vol. I.

DECEMBEE, 189S.

No. 4.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L. ELLIS , SAMUEL D. McMURRY
Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE, MARY G. CARNAHAN,
Bainosias. Theta Epsilon.

CHARLES X. MACtILL. I rttctxt?c:<5 Manarrrs
JUKEPH M. BROADY, \ BUSINESS MANAGERS,

The Monthly is published the middle of each
mouth, except July and August. Contributions aud
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

Subscription price, Z5 ce?its a year; Single Cojries, 5
cents.

Address all communications to the

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LOCALS.

Rev. Frank Marston, '94, is preaching at
Thomas, Ala.

Fred. S. Campbell, '98, is at Auburn
Seminary.

Pliny B. Ferris, '98, is studying theol-
ogy at McCormick Seminary.

Charles Marston, '93, is finishing his
theological training at Lane Seminary.

Our former Mexican student, Tobias
Magana, is studying medicine at St. Louis,
Missouri.

Our first term closes Friday, December
23, 1898, and the second term begins
Tuesday, January 3, 1899.

Frank Engel, one of Maryville's old
students, is a member of the Junior class
at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

Daunt Newman, '96, is teaching at the
"Farm School," eight miles from Asheville,
N. O, on the Swannanoa.

The Gymnasium is much enjoyed by the
young ladies of the College, and some of
them are becoming quite proficient in vari-
ous athletic feats.

The customary Thanksgiving social
was largely attended, and many former
students and graduates were present.

E. Bruce Smith, '98, has a good position
in the Quartermaster General's office at
Washington, D. C. His address is 200 A
Street, S. E.

A. Arthur Griffes, '97, is in his second
Year at Lane Theological Seminary, and
preaches every week at a church where he
labored during the summer.

Professor George S. Fisher was sum-
moned to Ohio last month to attend the
funeral of his mother. He has the sym-
pathv and condolences of the entire Col-
lege.

Robert Jones, '93, will graduate this
vear from the Theological Seminary at San
Anselmo, Cal. He is a member of the vol-
unteer band, and expects to labor in South
America.

This issue of The Monthly is double
the usual size, and is made possible by the
extra advertisements obtained by our ener-
getic business managers. Trade with our
advertisers.

The Music Department of the College
is sustaining its old reputation under the
charge of Miss Leila Perine, who is a
graduate of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Conser-
vatory of Music.

Rev. J. J. Robinette, pastor of the
Methodist Church, conducted one of the
Tuesday evening prayer services last month
and gave the students some valuable sug-
gestions on the subject of "Opportunities."

On Sunday, November 27, Professor
Herman A. Goff assisted Prof. John G.
Newman in the sacramental service at
Shannondale Church, and Professor Elmer
B. Waller preached for Rev. J. N. McGin-
ley. '91, at Newmarket.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

The hospital rooms, which have lately
been prepared on the third floor of the
Baldwin Hall Annex, have been used dur-
ing the illness of Miss Helen Post, of Flor-
ida, who is now rapidly convalescing.

Mr. K. A. Nassour, a native Syrian, en-
tered College last month. He has lived in
Troy, N. Y., for two years, and comes to.
Maryville through the influence of Mr.
Najeeb Arbeely, '84, United States Com-
missioner of Immigration at New York
City.

A pleasant entertainment was given in
the chapel November 21, under the au-
spices of the Y. W. C. A. Those who took
part were: Misses Kennedy and Muecke,
Miss Stella Eakin, Miss Lou Johnson, Miss
Nancy Gardner, Mrs. Nita E. West, and
Professor Tohn G. Newman.

A large and enthusiastic Glee Club has
been formed, and Prof. John G. Newman
has been unanimously chosen leader and
manager. The club is practicing regularly,
and it is expected that in the spring several
entertainments will be given, and per-
haps a short trip will be taken to adjacent
towns.

The Theta Epsilon Literary Society has
had a very pleasant and profitable term.
Miscellaneous programs, evenings with au-
thors, and parliamentary drills have been
interesting and instructive. A number of
new members have been added to its roll,
and all are working hard for the mid-win-
ter entertainment.

of twelve voices, a dui I

stall and l-'linn, and a

Lou Johnson, Ora Rankin, Di

Maud Yates.

The College prayer-meeting of Novem-
ber 8 was conducted by the Y. W. C. A.,
with Miss Ethel Minnis as leader. The
subject was, "A Christian Reformer —
Frances E. Willard." A crayon portrait
of Miss Willard was hung above the plat-
form, and different phases of her life were
presented by Misses Lou Johnson and
Emma Alexander. The musical service
was enriched by the Y. W. C. A. chorus

A dozen students are working on t
grounds, and are being paid from the Stu-
dents' Fund, which is contributed for this
purpose.

Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge, of New York,
has given $100 this year to this Fund, and
it is hoped that others will contribute* be-
fore the year is over to this needed students'
self-help fund.

At a late meeting of the Athenian So-
ciety the following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Athenian Society of
Maryville College extends its congratula-
tions to Moses H. Gamble on his election
to the Legislature of Tennessee, and trusts
that the same success which marked his
career as an Athenian may follow him in
the wider sphere to which he has been
called."

A number of our former students, who
belong to the Fourth Tennessee U. S. V..
came over from their camp at Knoxville
last month to bid friends good-by before
going to Cuba for garrison duty. The reg-
iment will be probably stationed in Santa
Clara Province, and we hope, that as our
old companions read this issue in their new
camp, that some one of them will write
the Monthly a letter describing their ex-
periences.

The advantages of Winona Assembly
were presented to the students at chapel
one morning last month by Dr. William
P. Kane, of Chicago. Winona combines
the characteristics of Northfield and Chau-
tauqua. Among other attractions is the
Summer School, conducted by professors
from colleges of the South and West. As
a result of Dr. Kane's visit. Professor Sam-
uel T. Wilson will represent the College at
the Summer School next year, and will
take charge of the Spanish Department.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Efforts are also being made to secure for
Winona the famous Maryville College
Quartette, composed of Rev. Herman A.
Goff, '85; Rev. John B. Cresswell, '87;
Rev. John S. Eakin, '87, and Rev. John G.
Newman, '88.

Miss Rada B. Mathes, '91, is a mis-
sionary teacher at Cubero, New Mexico.
In a recent letter she says: "I see from a
late issue of one of our Church papers that
Maryville College has opened with bright
prospects. This is good news, although I
do not expect to hear anything else from
dear old Maryville. Although my thoughts
and time are taken up with my work among
these 'little ones' of God's creatures, yet not
so much so but that my mind often wan-
ders back to the scenes of my childhood
and the College."

The Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees is composed of five members,
Maj. Ben. Cunningham and Maj. Will. A.
McTeer, of Maryville; Col. John B. Min-
nis and Dr. E. A. Elmore, of Knoxville,
and A. R. McBath, of Flenniken. This
important committee meets every month,
either at Maryville or Knoxville, and at-
tends to a large number of College de-
tails, including the investments of moneys,
auditing of bills, and making appropria-
tions for necessary improvements. The
College is fortunate in having such an effi-
cient committee willing to give so much
of its time for College affairs.

The Executive Committee has engaged
Mr. Adams to superintend the beautifying
of the campus. Under his directions broad
walks of brick or finely crushed stones have
been already laid from the new Fayerweath-
er Hall to the other buildings. The plots
which are bounded by the walks and build-
ings, or by the walks and driveways, are
being sodded. The original plan has been
followed in having a broad circular walk
around the annex of Anderson Hall. This
walk sets off the old building and new an-
nex to better advantage. The effect upon

the visitor, as he follows this walk from the
front of Anderson Hall, is very pleasing,
for, when he reaches the rear of the annex
he sees almost in front of him the beautiful
new Science Hall, with its frontage of 106
feet, while at the right hand is the stately
Bartlett Hall, a constant reminder of the
pluck and energy of its originator, Kin
Takahashi, and on the left hand is the older
Library Building, a memorial to Profes-
sor Lamar, who resuscitated the College at
the close of the war. A plan is now being
considered of closing the two side entrances
to the campus, and making one large en-
trance directly in front of Anderson Hall.

The Alpha Sigma Society has elected the
following officers: President, Samuel D.
McMurry ; vice president, Will. C. Henry ;
recording secretary, Will. B. Smith; cen-
sors, Hubert C. Lyle, Charles N. Magill
and Howard Parker. On December 2 the
program given was:

Essay Will. B. Smith

Music A. S. Double Quartette

Declamation Samuel D. McMurry

Music Quartette

Debate — Resolved, That the contem-
plated territorial expansion of our

nation is wise

Affirmative, I. W. Jones; negative,
H. S. Lyle.

Music Quartette

Oration H. C. Rimmer

A. S. Advance T. W. Belk

Professor W. to Sabin. — "Give us the
47th proposition."

Sabin (pointing to the blackboard). —
"Let the figure W. A. L. L. E. R. be a poly-
gon with no two sides equal."

Quality not quantity counts in the world's
problems. Even on the battle-field quantity
counts little without quality.

Faith is the foundation of all things good,
both in this world and the next.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

LOVE UNDER DIFFICULTY.

An Indiana youth quite gay
Persists his white clucks to display ;
And thus arrayed, in moonlight still,
Goes wending his way to "Quality Hill."

In speech the young man finds a hitch,
As he goes sprawling in the ditch ;
His clothes, besmeared, are a sorry sight,
For in spots those pants were not so white.

A tale of woe he did relate,

When a maid did meet him at the gate ;

His pain she did at once relieve,

And soon they spend a pleasant eve.

As they talk of rumor and war's alarms
He couldn't resist the fair one's charms ;
The youth, unaccustomed to love and art.
Fell an easy victim to Cupid's dart.

The "Aunty" announced it 10 o'clock.
Which to the pair seemed quite a shock,
And grief completely fills each heart
At thoughts that they so soon must part.

So he, to crown his evenin
Slips up from behind and
The "Aunty," enraged, comes on
And hurls him headlong through the
screen.

The youth, still dazed and some abashed,
With all his speed he homeward dashed ;
His heart did leap and beat and thrill
With his experience on "Quality Hill."

As by the church he went his way,
Some boys did there his steps waylay ;
And though he passed as sly as a fox,
Yet soon the air was filled with rocks.

He plies his feet with speed intense,

Those pants showing up like a white-
washed fence ;

From his piercing shrieks they think him
dying,

But he drags his fingers to keep from fly-
ing.

Now does the youth reflect with terror
On that fateful night, so fraught with error,
When he did swallow that bitter pill,
The effects of courting on "Quality Hill."

Important to Students —

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entirely in sympathy with them and the College, and that we appreciate
any trading they do with us. We always try to favor students
when possible.

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Maryville College Monthly.

Volume I.

JANUARY, 1899.

Number 5.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

ANTE-BELLUM COLLEGE DAYS.

[A paper read before tl e Alumni Association of
Maryville College by Dr. W. H. Lyie, '91.]

In some things college days before the
war were much like college days now.
Many of the studies then were the same as
now. Greek and Latin and the sciences
and mathematics were in the course of study
then, but not quite as extensive as now.
The preparatory department was not full
then as now. Most of the students who
then entered college, entered prepared to
begin Latin. But let us look at the teach-
ing- force then. In April, 1856, when I first
came to Maryville, Dr. Anderson, the foun-
der of Maryville College, and its first presi-
dent, was laid aside from active work in the

College and the pulpit. After that time he
never entered the College. I have no rec-
ollection of ever having seen him at public
worship but one time, and that was in the
old court-house. Rev. Fielding Pope
preached, and Dr. Anderson sat in his chair
and offered prayer.

Rev. John S. Craig was the only profes
sor then. He taught Latin and Greek and
mathematics and the sciences, and made the
best that he could out of the matter. He
was assisted, however, more or less, by
some of the more advanced students. It is
evident that the labor of teaching was
heavy upon him. After that year, perhaps
in 1857, Professor Lamar came in. And
after the death of Dr. Anderson, Rev. J. J.

MARYVILLE COLLLEGE MONTHLY.

Robinson, D.D., was made president. These
three men for the last few years prior
to the war constituted the teaching force in
the College. How well they were support-
ed I do not certainly know, but their sal-
aries must have been very small, as the Col-
lege then had but little endowment, and the
number of students being comparatively
limited, the resources from tuition must
have been small. Rev. Dr. Robinson was
a refined, cultured and scholarly man. Rev.
Mr. Craig was scholarly, broad-minded and
a man of deep thought, but not cultured
and refined as was the president. He was
somewhat rough in manner, and not very
tasty in dress. President Robinson was a
good teacher, and commanded the respect
of the students most generally. However,
he may have held himself at too great a
distance from the students, except in a very
few cases. He was an able preacher, and
nearly always used the manuscript in the
pulpit, and was never at his best without
it. Mr. Craig was a profound preacher,
and never used a manuscript, and when
thoroughly aroused was a man of great
power in the pulpit. President Robinson
believed in slavery, and no doubt regarded
it as a divine institution. Mr. Craig, on the
other hand, was a bitter opponent of slav-
ery. And when the war came, Mr. Robin-
son was an intense secessionist and Mr.
Craig was an intense opponent of secession.
Mr. Robinson was a Whig and Mr. Craig a
Douglas Democrat, and induced me to cast
my first Presidential vote for Stephen A.
Douglas, of Illinois. So much in regard to
these two men.

Of Professor Lamar you all know as
much as I do, and therefore it would be
superfluous for me to say anything.

Of the students in the College before the
war something may be said. A very con-
siderable proportion of the students then
came from the extreme Southern States.
Some from Florida, some from Alabama,
some from Georgia, and some from Missis-
sippi. I remember that occasionally there
was a student from Kentucky. But the

greater body of them were from Tennessee.
This county, Blount, always had students
here. Knox most always had students
here. Mr. Craig, of whom I have made
mention, if I mistake not, was a Knox
County boy. And then, in my day- there-
were John Harris and Thomas Crawford,
and others from Knox County. The three
Alexanders who were here when I was here,
James H. and John, and that other one,
whatever his name was, were from Polk
County. And sometimes there was a stu-
dent here from Hamilton County.

Jefferson County, before the war, sent a
number of students. Professor Lamar
came from Jefferson. And there were a
number of Caldwells from that county —
George A., John M., Alexander, William.
Edward, Isaac, Oliver. And then there
were some Newmans — Alexander, Jona-
than, Charles and Thomas. And then
there were McCampbells — John and Cor-
nelius, sons of the old Dr. John McCamp-
bell. And there were Hoods here — Porter
and Isaac, sons of Rev. Nathaniel Hood.
BradshaWs — Stephen R. and Enoch N. ;
Meeks — James M. and D. H.; Mathes —
George A.

There were some few students from Sul-
livan County. The Rheas, big Bob and lit
tie Bob, as they were then termed, were
from this county. Occasionally a student
would come from Virginia. George Paint-
er, the son of a Presbyterian minister, was
from Virginia, and may be his father was
educated here. And Handy, the son of an-
other Presbyterian minister, was here a
member of the last graduating class before
the war. Occasionally we would have a
student from North Carolina. Alfred M.
Pendland came from that State, and so did'
Annias Young.

So much for the locality whence the stu
dents then came.

Notwithstanding this is a Presbyterian
College, still we then had students repre
senting different religious denominations
And we had a goodly number that did no*
belong to any denomination. We were net

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

all saints then. We had Methodists and
Baptists and Presbyterians. We would
sometimes have some lively discussions of
theological questions in rather a private
way. I remember that a few of us Presby-
terian students had a lively discussion with
a Methodist student from Kentucky on the
question whether regeneration preceded re-
pentance, or repentance regeneration.

We grew warm and enthusiastic over the
matter, and I suppose settled the matter,
for I have never seen very much about the
question in the papers since.

We did not have co-education before the
war. Then it would have been thought out
of the question to admit young ladies to
college along with young gentlemen, in
this part of the country at least. And, in-
deed, a great many people then thought
that a woman did not need much educa-
tion. And, moreover, no doubt a great
many people then thought that a woman
was incapacitated to receive a high degree
of education,

But by some means or other, somebody,
indeed the people generally, have found out
that boys and girls in a few instances, yea,
moreover, in quite a number of instances,
have been born and reared in the same fami-
lies, and so it has come to pass in this age
of the world that boys and girls are being
educated together in the same colleges.

But notwithstanding the students in the
College here in ante-bellum days lost much
by not having the refining and elevating in-
fluence of young ladies, yet we can congrat-
ulate ourselves on the fact that the present
generation are having advantages that we
did not. The world moves.

I have already intimated that we had dif-
ferent kinds of students then, as well as
now. We had some good students then,
and some not quite so good. We had some
who prayed, and some who did not pray so
much. We had some who drank some
whisky, and some who did not. We had
some who smoked and chewed tobacco, and
others who did not. And those who used
it were not to be so much blamed, for

President Robinson and Mr. Craig both
chewed. We had some diligent studi
and some that were not so diligent. We
had some who were good scholars, and oth-
ers who were not. We had some who en-
joyed playing pranks on others. And then
we had others who did not engage in this
kind of work. Hazing was practiced to
some extent. Sometimes the pig was
found in the student's room when he re-
turned to it. Sometimes the bucket of
water or the pan of water poured down
upon the student's head as he entered his
room, the door having been fixed a little
ajar and the water having been placed on
the top of the door.

Sometimes the student would wake up
and open his door of a morning, and it be-
ing an outside door, he would find the wood
so piled up that egress from the room would
be impossible in that way.

Once I remember that one morning ws
went to prayers in the College chapel, and
behold, a drove of geese had been put in
the chapel the night previous.

But it is to be hoped that the days of
hazing and of playing such pranks as I have
mentioned are fast passing away.

There were poor students here before
the war, as well as rich ones. Those who
came from the extreme Southern States
were generally the sons of the well-to-do
in point of property. And many of the
students who came here from East Tennes-
see were of the poorer class.

Here, as well as elsewhere, the rich and
the poor met together. Some had a hard
time to get along. Some kept bachelor's
hall, and others boarded at the boarding-
house, and others boarded at the hotel ; not
many of this character, however, but they
chiefly of the wealthy of the South. And
some boarded in private families. And
these sometimes in the country, and some-
times in the town. I have known stu-
dents who kept bachelor's hall to live for
weeks on bread and molasses and water.
This ought not to have been. But thev
thought that it was the best that they could

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

do. No students for the ministry drew
anything then from a Board of- Education.

There were College literary debating so-
cieties then as now. They were Beth
Hackma, and Beth Hackma Ve Berith.
There was a wholesome rivalry between
these. They had their annual joint public
debate. They met once a week for literary
exercises.

Of the buildings that the College then
had, I need not speak, as this matter has
often been alluded to on former occasions.

The -manner of teaching some of the
sciences is greatly improved now, compare 1
to what it was then.

In teaching botany then the teacher never
had specimens of plants and flowers before
the class. He made no practical explan-
ations of flowers and plants. And no prac-
tical analyzing was done on the part of the
class. What we dug out of the books we
got, and what we did not thus get we never
got.

And as for an apparatus to make explan-
ations in the matter of chemistry, we did
not know what such a thing was.

It was very pleasant to have the presi-
dent and professors commend us for our
good deeds, and not so pleasant to be criti-
cised for our shortcomings. If we had a
good composition or a good speech, and
received praise for it we were very much
encouraged. The criticisms were all right,
but they did not feel so well. I remember
that President Robinson criticised my de-
claiming at one time in this way: He said
that right at the last of my speech I let ail
the juice run out of it. And now, as the
juice is all out of this paper, I will quit.

The December number of The Review of
Missions, the official organ of the Board of
Missions, M. E. Church, South, has a three-
page article on Kin Takahashi and his work
of building Bartlett Hall, at Maryville Col-
lege. A good picture of the building is
also given.

THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUN-
TAIN AND ITS EFFECT ON
AMERICAN HISTORY.

BY ROBERT B. EEMOEE, 19OO.

"The Loyal Mountaineers" is a title of
which the people of East Tennessee may
justly be proud. During the Revolution-
ary War, even though threatened by an In-
dian raid, these people furnished an army
which, prompted by pure hatred of oppres-
sion and pure love of liberty, was destined
to win a victory which helped in no small
degree to win American independence.

In the year 1780, Colonel Ferguson, who
had been commissioned by General Corn-
wallis to subdue the border counties of
North and South Carolina, sent word to
Isaac Shelby, one of the leading men in the
counties beyond the mountains, that if he
and the others did not "desist from their
opposition to the British arms, he would
march his army over the mountains, hang
the leaders, and lay waste the country with
fire and sword."

Immediately upon hearing this threat,
Shelby rode to the home of John Sevier,
and with him made the daring plan of rais-
ing the largest army possible, crossing the
mountains and falling suddenly on Fergu-
son to annihilate his force.

On September 26, Sevier, Shelby, Wil-
liams and Campbell set out with an army
of about 1,000 men, leaving only 700 be-
hind as a guard against 5,000 hostile In-
dians'. In three days this army marched
sixty miles, over almost impassable moun-
tains, into the valley of the Catawba. Here
they were reinforced by Colonel Cleveland
with 400 men, a part of whom had been
with General McDowell.

Ferguson had been at Gilberttown, but
upon the advance of the American army he
evacuated this place, and announced that
he was going to Ninety-six. He made this
announcement merely to delude the Amer-
icans, for he did not go to Ninety-six, but
started in pursuit of General Clarke's army.
which he hoped to destroy before Sevier
and his armv should arrive.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Sevier, thinking that Ferguson had gone
to Ninety-six, went to Cowpers, where he
learned that Ferguson had gone in the di-
rection of King's Mountain. Leaving the
remainder of his force to follow as soon as
possible, Sevier, with 910 of the best-
equipped men, set out in hot pursuit. For
twenty-six hours, without rest and almost
without food, Sevier and his followers rode
in the pouring rain, until, at last, on the fol-
lowing day, October 7, they found Fergu-
son securely encamped upon King's Moun-
tain.

Rain had been falling in torrents all thi
morning, but at noon it ceased, the clouds
were scattered, and the sun shone forth in
all its glory, warming the limbs of the men,
chilled and stiffened by the long, cold ride,
and seeming to be an omen for good from
"the invisible forces that battle for right."

The mountain upon which Ferguson
made his stand is not King's Mountain
proper, but a narrow spur about one-third
of a mile long, and 350 feet wide, extending
from the main mountain. This ridge rises
to an elevation of only sixty feet, but the
sides are steep, and at the time of the battle
were covered with a heavy growth of tim-
ber, which furnished an excellent protec-
tion for the American army. A high cliff
of broken, jagged rocks, heaped upon each
other, crowns the summit and adds greatly
to the difficulty of the ascent.

Within this natural fortification which,
when strengthened by the baggage wagons,
seemed almost impregnable, Ferguson
thought himself secure, and blasphemously
said that God Almighty himself could not
drive him out of it.

The British force consisted of 1,100 well-
drilled men, of whom 150 were regulars,
armed with muskets and bayonets ; the rest
were Tories, who had, instead of bayonets,
butcher knives securely fastened to their
guns.

The American force, consisting of 910
men, was divided equally among the four
leaders of the expedition. The plan of bat-
tle was to attack the mountain from four

sides simultaneously, and thus to surround
the enemy.

The four columns, two on either side of
the mountain, led respectively by Colonels
Campbell and Sevier on the right, and
Shelby and Cleveland on the left, advanced
steadily till they came within one-third of a
mile of the enemy, when they dismounted
and tied their horses. Then, with a yell,
they dashed up the mountain, making it
fairly blaze with the discharge of their rifles
The British force charged with their bayo-
nets into the divisions of Shelby and Camp-
bell, and the latter fell back only to re-
load and advance again. Three times was
this plan tried, and each time the result
was the same. In the third charge the
British, almost in desperation, attacked
Campbell most furiously, and would have
utterly routed his men, had not Sevier, who
was not far away, rushed in, and succeeded
in rallying the almost panic-stricken men.

In the meantime the men under Cleve-
land and Sevier, by a rapid and well-directed
fire, had been able to make a stand upon the
summit, and to force the enemy out of their
strong position.

Ferguson was killed in a desperate at-
tempt to force his way through the lines,
and DePeyster, the next in command, at-
tempted to retreat, but, held in check on
all sides, he was compelled to make an un-
conditional surrender.

The fight had lasted only an hour and five
minutes, but during that short time 250
British had been killed and 185 wounded
The American loss was 28 killed and 60
wounded.

Gloomy night soon settled down upo-i
the scene of strife. And what a night it
was! Tarleton, with his dreaded legion,
might come at any moment ; 700 prisoners
and 1,500 stands of arms must be guarded;
and the groans of the wounded, exposed to
the cold and bitter winds, put away all
thoughts of rest from the minds of the ex-
hausted soldiers.

At length the night came to an end, and
the weary eves of the mountaineers beheld

MARYYILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

the glorious sun rise with a smile of en-
couragement for them, as they began their
long, hard journey homeward.

Until recently the writers of history have
treated this battle as though it were of
minor importance. But now it is coming
to be recognized as one of the turning
points of the Revolutionary War.

Cornwallis had subdued Georgia ;
Charleston had surrender to the British :
General Gates, the commander of the Amer-
ican troops in the South, had been defeated
and utterly
routed tt Cam-
den; Colonel For-
guson, with a
strong detach-
ment, had been
sent to reduce
the border coun-
ties of North
and South Caro-
lina to subjec-
tion to English
power, and then
to join Cornwal-
lis on his march
into Virginia;
this was the state
of affairs at the
time of the bat-
tle.

The news of
the battle of
King's Moun-
tain came like a
thunder-bolt
t o Cornwallis.

Giving up his former plans, and placing his
army on the defensive instead of the offen-
sive, he began to fall back toward Charles-
ton as quickly as possible, fearing lest a
similar fate should come to him and to his
army.

To the Americans these glad tidings were
the first ray of the coming day of hope that
pierced the darkness of that night of de-
spair which was brooding over the colo-
nies.

The defeat of the British at King's Moun-
tain was the first stroke that tolled the end
of England's power in the Colonies. The
shout of victory at King's Mountain was
the first note of the mighty peal which pro-
claimed America "the land of the free and
the home of the brave."

Alexander George Dilopoulo

Maryville College has had a number of
students from abroad during its history,
including Japanese, Chinese, Mexicans,
Armenians, Welsh, Scotch, English and
Swedes, and
this year is no-
ticeable in this
respect. Three
of our students
are from counties
bordering upon
the Mediterra-
nean sea — Khali
Nassour, from
Tripoli ; E 1 i a s
Mallouk, from
Syria, and Alex-
a n d e r George
Dilopoulo, from
Greece. Mr. Dil-
opoulo was born
at Athens, and
for one so young
has traveled ex-
tensively. I n
ompany with his
parents he came
to the United
States during the
summer of the
World's Fair at Chicago. During the war be-
tween Greece and Turkey, he and his brother
returned to Greece and entered the army as
volunteers. He was wounded in one of the
engagements, and after his recovery he
came to New York , where his relatives now
reside.

The second term opened auspiciously
Wednesday, January 4, with a large influx
of new students.

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BARTLETT HALL.

1895 — Brick-making by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.
1897 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use.

Cash received to Jan. r, 18989 . . . $6,21 1
Subscriptions due and coming due, $4,000
Yet needed to complete aud furnish, 3,000

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

174 T. G. Sellew 10.00

175 Herbert B. Stevens 10.00

176 Lucy S. Scribner 1 00.03

\JJ Ellen Collins 25.00

178 Ambrose K. Ely 100.00

179 Eva B. Browning 100.00

180 S. S. 2d Pres. Ch. Chattanooga 20.00

181 Grace Presbyterian Church... 10.00

182 Rev. D. A. Heron 3.00

183 Eva C. Rexford 2.00

184 M. S. Percival 1.00

185 J. A. Magill 10.00

186 W. W. Shields io.oj

187 Benj. W. Orr 10

188 Herbert Ford 10.00

189 George E. Sterey 20.00

190 C. C. Cuyler 10.00

191 Benjamin Cunningham 10.00

192 Rev. Alex. N. Carson 50.00

193 H. P. Campbell 10.00

194 James A. Goddard 10.00

Cash receipts for December, 189S —

391 S. B. Parker $10.00

392 Mrs. S. B. Parker 1.00

393 S. O. Houston 1. 00

394 Prof. Elmer B. Waller 25.00

Cash receipts from May 31 to July 30,
1897, were —

150 Mrs. Jane Gilchrist $ 5.00

151 Rev. J. H. McConnell 5.00

152 Marianna C. Hallock 10.00

153 Adelia C. Hallock 10.00

154 A little girl 5

155 Annis Duncan 2.50

156 Catherine Trimble 1.00

157 Collections 91.26

158 Ed. Montgomery 5.00

159 Collections 1.30

160 Y. P. S. C. E. Holland Church. 15.00

161 Dr. Samuel W. Boardman. . . . 25.00

162 Rev. W. C. Clemens 5.00

163 F. M. Gill 5.00

164 S. D. McMurry 1.00

165 N. C. Knight 2.50

166 Bloomsburg Presbyterian Ch . i5-°°

167 Prof. J- H. M. Sherrill 25.00

168 A. H. McKinney 25.00

169 A. Fpleufph 20.00

170 Andrew Mills 10.00

171 E. M. Kingsley 60.00

172 E. M. Kingsley 65.00

173 Alexander Logil & Co 10.00

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly.

Vol. I.

JANTJAKY, 1899.

No. 5.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L. ELLI SAMUEL D. McMURRY ,
Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE, MARY G. CARNAHAN,

BAINONIAN. THBTA EPSILON.

CHARLES N. MAGILL, I BusINBSS MANAGERS,
JOSEPH M. BROADY, J

The Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July and August. OontartbTitwM and
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

Subscription price, 25 cents ajyear; Single Copies, a
cents. ■

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Entered at Maryville, Tenn., as Second-Class Mail Matter.

LOCALS.

The registrar states that so far ninety-
five new students have enrolled, and the
total attendance is about three hundred and
fifty.

The Undergraduate, of Middlebury Col-
lege, Vt., has a half-tone engraving of our
president, and a sketch of his life, written
by President J. E. Rankin, of Howard Uni-
versity.

Rev. Edgar C. Mason, '87, is the pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Basking
Ridge, N. J. His church has grown under
his ministrations, and has now one Home
and two Foreign missionaries.

During the Christmas vacation one of
our teachers, Mr. Horace Ellis, '98, was
married to Miss Cordelia Young, '98, and
Mr. Charles C. Litterer was married to Miss
Maggie Jones, daughter of David Jones, of
Maryville.

Forty - five new subscriptions for the
Monthly were obtained during vacation
at Knoxville and Dandridge by W. T. Ram-
sey, Joseph Broady and H. C. Rimmer.
This addition brings our subscription list to
eight hundred and fifty.

Reuben Powel, '98, is studying law at
Menasha, Wis Five days after graduation
he enlisted in the Fifth Illinois Regiment,
and was stationed at Chickamauga Park
and Newport News. He was mustered out
of service on the 16th of October with his
regiment at Springfield, 111.

The December number of The Church at
Home and Abroad contains a half-tone en-
graving of Bartlett Hall, and an article writ-
ten by Dr. E. B. Hodge concerning it, and
the number of ministers furnished to the
Church by Maryville College.

Mr. John Leroy Warfel, for a number of
years a teacher in Maryville College, died
at his home in Maryville on December 2 1 ,
1898. He was a faithful Christian and
conscientious educator, and his demise is
deeply deplored by a large number of
friends. He leaves a wife and two chil-
dren, who have the sympathy of the entire
communit}''.

Kin Takahashi, '95, has been elected the
general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Asso-
ciation of Tokio, Japan. The Association
owns a large and magnificent building, cen-
trally located and thoroughly equipped with
all modern conveniences. Christianity is
gaining ground day by day in Tokio, and
grand opportunities are opened for Y. M. C.
A. methods. It is very pleasant for the
many friends of Kin in this country to know
that he is using his gifts and energies in this
very important work in the seventh largest
city in the world.

A reception was given Friday evening,
January 6, by the Y. M. C. A. and the
Y. W. C. A. to the new students. Mr.
Thomas Maguire presided, and explained
the purpose of the meeting and of the two
associations. Miss Gardner gave a recita-
tion, and the address was delivered by Prof.
J. G. Newman. A double quartette sang
the College song, and then the assembly
joined in the chorus :

" Orange garnet, float forever,
Ensign of our hill!
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,
Hail to Maryville."

An enjoyable social followed.

On Sunday, December 18, a joint mis-
sionary meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and
Y. W. C. A. was held in the College chapel.
The subject was "Medical Missions," and
was opened by Thos. Maguire. Miss Carrie
McClung had a paper on "Medical Missions
of India. ' ' Mr. Campbell told about the work
in Africa. Miss Andrews' topic was "Work
Among the Lepers." Miss Arstingstall
spoke concerning the medical profession in
China. Special music was furnished by the
Societies' quartettes. This meeting closed
the regular work of the term. The attend-
ance at all the Sunday meetings has been
large and the interest has been good. The

MARYVILLE college monthly.

present term, with the large increase in at-
tendance, will furnish additional opportuni-
ties to these two Christian associations of
students for lifting up the moral and spir-
itual character of all students.

The young ladies of the College, under
the leadership of Miss Leila Perine, are
endeavoring to raise at least $100 for Bart-
lett Hall. As they have the use of the
gymnasium four hours each week, this
effort shows that they appreciate the new
building. In aid of this fund an excellent
entertainment was given Monday night,
January 9th, the program of which is as
follows :

PART ONE.

Piano Quartette— Euryanthe Overture Weber

Misses Huecke and Franklin, Misses Penny
and Kennedy.

Piano Duet— Bohemian Girl Balfe

Misses Lois Alexander and Martha Boardman.

Baritone Solo Selected

Mr. Will Bartlett.

Piano Trio- -Themes from Operas Mozart

Misses Penny, Alexander and Kennedy.

Tableau— "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?'

Intermission.

PART TWO.

Piano Sextette— Norma Overture ...Bellini

Misses Muecke, Gill and Howard,
Misses Alexander, Irwin and Minnis.

Recitation Selected

Miss Nancy Gardner.

Piano Solo— Theme from Oberon Weber

Master Albert Huddleston.

Piano Duet— II Trovatore Verdi

Misses Perine and Muecke.
Double Quartette Selected

Tablean— "Sir;Walter Raleigh's Introduction to Queen
Elizabeth."

The Board of Directors of Maryville Col-
lege met on Wednesday, January 4, 1899.
The following trustees were present : Rev.
E. A. Elmore, D. D., Rev. W. R. Dawson,
Rev. A. J. Coile, Rev. J. M. Alexander,
Col. J. B. Minnis, Hon. Will A. McTeer,
Major Ben Cunningham, W. B. Minnis,
A. R. McBath, John C. McClung and J. P.
Hooke.

In the absence of Rev. W. H. Lyle, D. D.,
Col. J. B. Minnis, of Knoxville, presided.

The most important business transacted
was in reference to Bartlett Hall. Prof.
Elmer B. Waller, Chairman of the Building
Committee, presented a report in which it
was shown that the total amount expended
to January 1, 1899, was $9,819.95 ; the
cash receipts were $6,213.80, leaving an
indebtedness of $3,606.15. The trustees
voted $4,000 to the building, which amount

liquidates the debt and puts about $400 in
the Bartlett Hall treasury.

Mr. David Jones, the contractor, pre-
sented a bid to practically finish the build-
ing for $2,850.

The trustees authorized the building
committee to finish the parlor, reading
room, secretary's office and the front hall.
This work will be done at once, and in a
short time the Y. M. C. A. will enjoy this
part of the building in addition to the gym-
nasium. If the $3,000 of good subscrip-
tions can be collected soon the work will
be carried on to completion.

Mr. Hubert S. Lyle, '99, has been ap-
pointed collector, and all students and
friends are asked to co-operate in collecting
and raising the necessary funds to finish
this providential building, upon which
$9,818.95 have been expended. If this can
be accomplished the chronological epitome
will be :

1895— Brick-making by the students.
1896— Foundations laid.
1897 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898— Gymnasium part opened for use.
1899— Y. M. C. A. part opened for use and

building finished after five years

of untiring efforts.

A goodly company assembled in the Col-
lege chapel, as usual, at sunrise on Jan. t,
1899. As it was Sabbath morning, and the
day on which the American flag was to be
raised over Cuba, it was a season especially
sacred. As expressive of thankfulness for
the past, Psa. cl., "Praise ye the Lord," etc.,
was read ; as looking to the future, the
60th chapter of Isaiah, "Arise, shine, for thy
light is come," etc. It was remarked that
as the plan of God, who is love, had been
unfolded for another year, the created uni-
verse has more occasion for thankfulness
than ever before ; a broader exercise of
beneficence justly awakened, increased
gratitude. The hour was mostly spent in
prayer, interspersed with the singing of the
Doxology, "Nearer, My God, to Thee,"
"He Leadeth Me," "My Faith Looks Up to
Thee," closing with "All Hail the Pow-
er of Jesus' Name." Of course, thanks-
giving, consecration, dedication, interces-
sion for the College, the country, the
Church, and the world prevailed. God was
present. It was a favored hour. Cuba,
Spain, the Czar's proposed disarmament,
our soldiers and sailors, foreign missions,
the Church universal, our next College
term, the evangelistic meetings anticipated
in February, were all tenderly and fervently
remembered. After the benediction a few

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

moments were spent in mutual friendly
greetings. One who came farthest said it
was her tenth attendance.

MIDWINTER ENTERTAINMENTS.

Programme midwinter entertainment of
Bainonian Society, Patriotic Evening, De-
cember i 6, 1898:

Invocation Prof Newman

Music.

Recitation — The Challenge ... Ora Rankin

Music.

Recitation — Three Boys in Blue

Nancy V. Gardner

Tableau— United States, Spain, Cuba.

Music.
Debate — Resolved, That America is
the Greatest Nation in the- World.
Affirmative, Lou Johnston ; Nega-
tive, Edith Newman.
Music.

Recitation Phi. Smythc

Essay — Territorial Expansion

'..... Elizabeth Penny

Music.

Bainonian Frederica Muecke

Music.
Benediction Dr. Boardman

Programme midwinter entertainment ot
Theta Epsilon Society, December 9, 1898:

Invocation Rev. S. T. Wilson, D.D.

Piano Solo — Banjo Gottschalk

Miss Mary Carnahan.

Recitation — Helen the Leper

Miss Mamie Stebbins

Essay — The Higher Education of Wo-
men Miss Icena Atkins

Quartette — Home Returning

Theta Epsilon Quartette

Debate — Resolved, That the City is a

Menace to Civilization

Affirmative, Miss Mable Goddard ;
Negative, Miss Lillian Hood.
Violin Solo — Polish Dance. .. .Acherwent

Miss Grace Carnahan.
Recitation — Hymn of the Moravian

Nuns Miss Nora Morton

Vocal Solo — Fiddle and I Gvodev?

Miss Blanche Weisberger.

Oration — The American Hero

Miss Maud Yates.
Recitation — Mrs. Splicer Tries the To-
boggan Miss Lydia Cornett

Comic Duett— A. B. C

..... .Misses ia and Anna Goddard

Benediction.

FACULTY CONFERENCE ON COL-
LEGE THEMES.

The first of a proposed series of Faculty
Conferences on College Themes was held
at the President's house on Thursday even-
ing, December 15, 1898. Nearly all the
Faculty and teachers were present. The
President read an essay, of about an hour,
on "Some Fundamental Principles of Col-
lege Discipline."

I. Supreme reliance upon the Holy
Spirit, whose influence is as real and uni-
form in Christian education as that of gravi-
tation in material nature. American col-
leges owe their best qualities to spiritual
influences. Harvard was founded "For
Christ and the Church." Yale, Dartmouth,
Middlebury, Maryville, Oberlin, Wabash,
Hanover Park, and many others have had
a similar origin. Only so far as they con-
tinue to be led by the Spirit can they do
the best work. The best college work is
wrought out by prayer. Said the late be-
loved Prof. G. "S. W. Crawford, "Maryville
College owes what it is to prayer."

II. College government should imitate,
as far as possible, the government of God.
It should be a government of love, perfect
fairness, justice, tenderness, mercy and in-
flexible righteousness. It should' make it
as easy for pupils to do right, and as hard
to do wrong, as possible. Above all, it
should govern.

III. College Discipline should always ap-
peal to the higher intellectual and moral
faculties of the students.

If it follows the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, and imitates the government of God;
it will make such appeal. The conscience,
reason and heart of the student will be in
alliance with the authorities of the college.
Such administration will create an atmos-
phere of right thinking, feeling and doing,
such as will preclude most of the occasions
for disciplinary penalty. Not all, of course.
The executive power back of all, and un-
der all, must be, though unobtrusive, yet
constantly present, and distinctly realized.
A fine Christian sense of honor must be cul-
tivated. Christian manliness must be rec-
ognized ; treated with confidence, and led
to its highest development. A noble as-
piration for moral and spiritual, as well as
intellectual culture should be stimulated,
according to the petition, "Thy will be done
in earth as in heaven."

IV. Every advantage of environment
should be improved. A dead lift should

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always be avoided. Every student is a
member of a family ; of the State, of society.
All these demand of him diligent study and
good conduct. His grades in scholarship
and his deportment should be regularly and
frequently reported to parents and guar-
dians. The powerful motive to right doing
from the consciousness that kindred friends
and the community are expecting it of him
should be brought to bear upon every stu-
dent. The false sentiment, both in ana
out of college, sometimes prevalent, that
college students are exempt from the usual
demands of law, of propriety, and even of
morality, should be\ everywhere discour-
aged. God is not mocked. Sin is the same
everywhere. Vice is followed by its nat-
ural consequences. The wages of sin is
death.

V. Discretion and tact are, of course, to
be employed in the ever varying details of
administration.

All college instructors should be good
scholars and good men ; models for their

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faculty should have a deep sympathy with
youth, and make due allowance, and even
provision, for all the right exercises of the
natural exuberance belonging to that age.
There is constant demand for the exercise
of wisdom. There must be endless adap-
tation to the specific demands of successive
classes of students. The great moral and
spiritual rules are uniform, their applica-
tions are justly diversified from day to dav,
and from year to year.

The reading of this essay was followed
by a very animated and interesting discus-
sion, in which all the teachers, as well as
professors, took part. Light refreshments
were partaken of, intermingled with the ut-
terance, of many brilliant and weight/
thoughts ; and so a very pleasant evening
was passed. It is proposed that not less
than two such conferences shall be held
each year, and that the essays thus present-
ed shall be preserved in the College Library,
together with notes of the ensuing: discus-

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FACULTY.

REV. S. W. BOARDMAN, D. D., LL. D.,

President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science

and of Didactic Theology.

REV. SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D. ,

Professor of the English Language and Literature,

and of the Spanish Language.

REV. ELMER B-. WALLER, A.
Professor of Mathematics'.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
Professor, Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S. FISHER, Ph. D.,
Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN, 'A. M.,
Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M.,
Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
cessor of the Science and Art of Teaching.

FRANK M. GILL,
Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study — the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacher's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.
The location is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven
churches. No saloons in Blount county. Six
large college buildings, besides the President's
house and two other residences. The halls
heated by steam. A system of waterworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College under the
care of the Synod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B. ,
Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

t JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B.,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B.',

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B.,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M. ,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B.

Instructor in Modern Languages.

MRS. SANFORD,
Matr jn.

Ph.,

WM. THOMAS,
Janitor.

MRS. A. A. WILSON,
Manager of the Co-operative Boarding Club.
MISS H. M. KINGSBURY,
Assistant Matron and Assistant Manager of the Co-
operative Boarding Club.

THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
Competent and experienced nstructors give
their entire time to this department, while a
number of the Professors of the College depart-
ment give a portion of their time to it. There
are here also four courses of study.

EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only $3.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumental music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
Club only about $1. 20 per Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75.00 to $125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899»

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

Prof. HERMAN A. GOFF, Registrar, MaryvillE, Tenn.

'Absent on leave at Yale University. + Absent on leave at Chicago University.

Maryville College Monthly.

Volume I.

FEBRUARY, 1899.

Number 6.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

A FORWARD MOVEMENT.

BY THOMAS MAGLIRK.

No organization of modern times can
point to the object of its existence and say
with more truthfulness that it is fulfilling
that object than can the Young- Men'.'
Christian Association.

It had an insignificant beginning in the
world's capital in the year 1844, and was
started for the purpose of promoting the
physical, social, intellectual and spiritual
welfare of young men. To-day it has over
half a million members, scattered among
forty nations, in 5,000 cities and towns.
"They speak twenty languages, are pos-
sessed of permanent property amounting' to

over twenty-five million dollars, receive an-
nually from members and friends over three
million dollars, and expend not only this
money, but the life service of thousands o;
their own number in keeping open hospit-
able buildings or rooms, and in varied
forms of attractive work among young
men."

Thirty years ago the first association
building in America was erected in New
York City. Nowhere in the world has the
Y. M. C. A. made such rapid progress as in
America. In the providence of God it has
been reserved for the AYest to take up this
idea of young men for young men ; develop
and extend it to the nations of the world.

The Young; Men's Christian Association

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seeks to build up body, mind, and spirit.
Recognizing the whole man, it seeks to
touch every part of him that it may reacli
the best. It does not demand that he be a
religious bigot, a fanatic, or a visionary, but
"a man of good moral character." When
once it has brought a man within the sphere
of its influence, it introduces him to the
gymnasium, where he learns to respect his
body; leads him to its reading room, or, ;t
he is not prepared for that, to its educa-
tional classes: and puts him in a social at-
mosphere that is both cheering and ele-
vating. These are all subservient to the
one great aim of its existence— "to lead men
to Christ." Its fidelity to this purpose has
ever made it progressive.

It is a movement of young men in behalf
of young men, combined with the sympathy
and co-operation of youthful veterans. Ev-
ery association is managed by an executive
committee composed of picked men whose
duty it is to manage the association. In
the town and city associations it is not un-
usual to find the shrewdest and most spirit-
ually-minded men of a community on this
committee. In college associations profes-
sors are often found acting on the executive
committee. While the executive commit-
tee has to work out its own local problems,
it has behind it an executive committee se-
lected from the State of which it forms a
part. A large number of States have gen-
eral secretaries, who give their time wholly
to assisting city, college, railroad and army
associations, and to the guidance of organi-
zation in new fields and the development
of new associations.

The International Committee has gen-
eral oversight of the whole field. It is
comprised of men whose executive ability,
knowledge of young men. and fervent spir-
ituality have inspired confidence wherever
the Young Men's Christian Association is
known. Xo more striking illustration of
its power to grasp a situation and success-
fully cope with it was ever manifested than
during the recent war. In less than a
week after war had been declared with
Spain this committee organized the nucleus

of the Army Christian Commission ; en-
listed the co-operation of the government
authorities at Washington, and sent men
and equipment to organize the Army
Young Men's Christian Association among
our soldiers and sailors, thus combating
the evils of camp life and elevating the sur-
roundings.

The College Y. M. C. A. is, like the great
movement of which it forms a part, primar-
ily a religious organization. Every im-
pulse of its activities is prompted by a love
for the humanity that Jesus came to re-
deem. The religious meetings, Bible, mis-
sion study, and the Personal Workers'
Classes, are all prominent features of its
work.

Last year, in 537 college associations of
America, 1,922 young men were led to
Christ, and over 11.000 were searching the
Scriptures in Bible classes. The spiritual
awakenings in some of our largest colleges
have bad their beginnings in the College
Y. M. C. A., notably Princeton's historic
revival of '76, out of which has grown the
World's Student Christian Federation.

It is impossible to overestimate the im-
portance of a College Y. M. C. A. when
we consider the significance of the Student
Volunteer Band and the World's Student
Christian Federation. Both owe their or-
igin to the College Y. M. C. A., and have
one common purpose— the evangelization
of the world and the binding together of
humanity in a bond of fellowship with Jesus
Christ. Remembering that the leaders of
thought and the molders of nations come
from our universities and colleges ; that the
World's Student Christian Federation rep-
resents America. Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia, comprising 55.000 professors and
students belonging to all the leading
branches of Protestant Christendom, and
also bearing in mind the increased mission-
ary interest among College men, the im-
portance of a College Y. M. C. A. and its
far-reaching influences is at once apparent.
The Universal Day of Prayer observed last
year by Christian organizations of students,
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MARYVILLK COLLEGE MONTHLY

different countries, is significant of its in-
fluence, and a sweet whisper of future tri-
umphs for the kingdom of God.

Maryville College is indeed fortunate in
its prospect of very soon having Bartlett
Hall completed. With it will come new re-
sponsibilities and problems demanding an
intelligent and wise administration. We
ought therefore to study the methods suc-
cessfully pursued in other College Y. M. C.
A.'s, and above all, keep ourselves directly
in touch with the mainsprings of the world-
wide forward movement among' students.

ENGLAND'S IMPERIAL POLICY.

BY EDWIN L. ELLIS, IUOO.

England as a colonizing power has been
felt for ages. She has always led the world
in all great movements for the extension of
civilization and the promulgation of the
best financial, political and religious princi-
ples. Like the true philanthropist, she be-
gan her work of redemption with the coun-
try nearest her door. Early in the reign of
Henry II., Ireland felt the power of her
uplifting hand. As the years advanced, In-
dia, America, Australia, Africa and the isl-
ands of the seas sprang into intelligent and
progressive activity at her touch.

At the beginning of the present century
England's colonial possessions were great,
but unorganized. Queen Victoria's reign
has witnessed the consolidation of her nu-
merous American dependencies into the
Dominion of Canada, and the provinces ot
India, once governed by the East India
Company, into the Empire of India. With-
in this century Australia has been redeemed
from the hands of savages, while large por-
tions of Africa have been opened to trade
and civilization. In 1837 the foreign pos-
sessions of England covered an area of four
million square miles ; to-day they cover
twelve millions.

In 1837 England's commerce was worth
8250,000,000 ; to-day it is worth ten times
as much. In other words, in Queen Vic-
toria's reign the territorial extent of Eng-

land has treble!, while her
increased tenfold. No other nation can
show such growth. Rome in a thousand
years did not acquire an empire one-sixth
as great as England has gained sini e
Queen Victoria came to the throne.

After thus briefly reviewing England's
colonizing activity, let us ascertain what is
England's imperial policy.

We may sum it up in one sentence: Eng-
land's flag shall wave over such parts of the
earth's surface as shall be justly secured
by peace or war in the protection of Eng-
lish commercial and personal rights, and
in the advancement of the general cause
of civilization.

England has no moral right to leave her
vast international traffic unprotected, and
she can not as a Christian nation leave the
fairest portions of the world to wither and
decay under the blighting influences of hea-
thenism and barbarism, or remain inactive
while weak and worthy nations are plun-
dered and oppressed. Her duty to man-
kind demands that she stretch forth the
hand of civilization and Christianity, and
lift up to a higher plane those who sit in
heathen darkness, and that she extend her
hand of power to protect with her beneficent
laws those who are oppressed.

England's imperial policy has been emi-
nently successful, for it has produced bene-
ficial results wherever it has been in oper-
ation. One of the strongest points in its
favor is its adaptability to varying circum-
stances and conditions.

The policy that prospers the Hindus and
meets with their approval, prospers also the
Mohammedans. The policy that trans-
formed America from a wilderness into a
garden in which dwells one of the greatest
nations of the earth is making Africa blos-
som like the rose. The policy that has
raised Australia from the depths of barbar-
ism is now awakening China from its sleep
of five thousand years.

Wherever England rules, justice rules.
The Mohammedans, of the English colo-
nies, as much as they are opposed to the

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Christian religion, boast of the just govern-
ment and incorruptible judiciary of Great
Britain.

As the motherland of freedom she goes
forth on her mighty march of progress, in-
grafting into every nation that she touches
the civilization, the politics, and the reli-
gion of the greatest nation of the earth.
Wherever England's flag waves, the preach-
er of the gospel can proclaim his message
without fear of molestation or danger. The
effect of her policy is especially manifest
in India, where she found a wilderness of
crime, ignorance and superstition. Great
bands of marauders plundered and mur-
dered the helpless natives. The head men
of the villages harbored and protected these
ruffians because they were given a share of
the spoils.

When England became a ruling factor in
India, all such organized crimes were put
down with a firm and heavy hand. Lands
which were formerly uncultivated, because
of the general insecurity, have been made to
produce bountifully under the protection
of the English administration. A supersti-
tious, ignorant race has been put in the
path of knowledge, and is now advancing to
that higher measure of life which the
Anglo-Saxon race represents.

Can honest thinking people fail to ap-
prove this policy of England that has sup-
pressed robbery, murder and crime of every
kind?

Can we in this, the evening of the nine-
teenth century, attempt to blow out the
great torchlight of civilization, the great
imperial policy of England, which she is
to carry to mankind in the twentieth cen-
tury? We can not. We must not.

About one hundred years ago England
made her way into Africa, a country bur-
dened with the slave trade. The Transvaal,
blessed with wonderful gifts of nature, had
for years been left to waste and ruin. Her
natives, as swine among pearls, trod under
foot her precious and inexhaustible miner-
als. Her prolific soil, fresh from the hand
of God, had for centuries been uncultivated
What was needed to bring into use these

wonderful gifts of nature ? The colonial pol-
icv of England. She crushed the slave
trade in that country, saved a weak nation
from ruin and destruction, and then with
a bountiful hand bestowed upon the people
the inestimable blessings of freedom, edu-
cation and religion. England rescues the
weak from physical slavery, and then seeks
to release from mental bondage.

Rudyard Kipling, in his poem, "Kitchen-
er's School," sets forth this English spirit —
"They do not consider the meaning of
things ; they consult not creed or clan ;
Behold! they clap the slave on the back,
and behold ! he becometh a man.
They terribly carpet the earth with the dead,
and before their cannons cool
They walk unarmed by twos and threes
to call the living to school."
We have surprised the nations of the
earth by our wonderful victories at San-
tiago and Manila, and as we go forth to be a
mighty nation beyond the seas we approve
of England's imperial policy by imitating
it.

The greatest American statesmen of to-
day approve this policy. Then, shall we
not all indorse this policy founded upon
such great principles? Is it not an inspiring
thought that in the closing days of the nine-
teenth century America joins hands with
England in bearing aloft a banner upon
which is inscribed: "For civilization, for ed-
ucation, for humanity and God."

A LETTER FROM CUBA.

To the Editor of the Maryville College

Monthly:

Dear Sir. — Feeling an interest in Mary-
ville College, my alma mater, and thinking
that perhaps the readers of your interesting
paper would enjoy a word from one of the
boys of the Fourth Tennessee, I take the
privilege of giving you a short account of
our experiences since we left Camp Taylor,
at Knoxville.

Early on the morning of the 28th of No-
vember we were ordered to break camp at
Knoxville and prepare for a trip to Cuba.

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107

At 11 o'clock at night we steamed out cf
the station, and after traveling all the next
day we reached Savannah, Ga., early in the
morning. This place was the port from
which we were to sail, and by daylight on
the 1st day of December we were all safely
embarked on the transport Manitoba.

About 8 o'clock, while the band played
"America," "The Star Spangled Banner,"
"Dixie," and "Home, Sweet Home," from
the upper deck, we sailed slowly out of the
harbor, cheered by hundreds of people on
shore, and by the whistles from all the ves-
sels in the harbor. In a short time the
shores of our native land faded from our
view, and nothing of special importance
occurred until the evening of the second
day, when it was announced that land had
been sighted. The land was soon visible
to us all, and proved to be San Salvador,
around which so much interest centers.
During the day several small islands were
passed, among which was Castle Island,
where a lighthouse is placed. Just at day-
light I arose from my cot, and my eyes fell
upon land in the distance. I was soon in-
formed that this was the eastern end of
Cuba, and that we were sailing through the
Windward Passage. The eastern part of
Cuba seems very rough, and has a consid-
erable elevation, but it has not the appear-
ance of the mountains of East Tennessee,
for instead of being covered with timber,
it looks very barren, with nothing on it ex
cept small shrubbery.

As we sailed along the southern coast
something of interest would occasionally
present itself, and the country gradually
became more level, with small villages, or
rather ruins, in the foreground. We sailed
by Siboney and a small village near it, where
the American forces first landed, and we
saw the castle upon which the first Ameri-
can flag was raised. We were told that
within a short time we could see Morro
Castle and the Harbor of Santiago, and I
suppose that every eye on the vessel was
turned in that direction. At 2 o'clock on
Sunday afternoon we were passing in front
of Morro Castle, and through the waters

where the great naval >a : fought,

which defeated and humbled Spain and
brought freedom to the starving and dyin
Cubans.

With the aid of a glas ould see the

wreck of the Merrimac, which has immor-
talized Hobson.

There were scenes of interest yet await-
ing us, for during the afternoon we passed
within plain view of the wrecks of the Span-
ish warships, Maria Teresa, Oquendo. Viz-
caya and the Cristobal Colon.

On the morning of December 6 we came
into the harbor of Casilda, where we first
set foot on Cuban soil. Our camp. "Ten-
nessee," is located three miles from Casilda.
and at the southern entrance to the city ot
Trinidad. This city was founded in the
year 1614 A. D., but has the appearance of
having been founded some time B. C. It is
the wealthiest town in this part of the isl-
and, but many of the finer buildings were
destroyed during the war.

The streets are very narrow, and the
houses are very low and open directly upon
the streets. It has a population of about
twelve thousand, and is claimed to be the
healthiest place in Cuba. It certainlv
should be healthy, for it has an elevation of
200 feet, and is fanned by breezes from the
Caribbean Sea on the south, and from the
Yijia Mountains on the north.

The climate here is now something like
we have in Tennessee in June. The morn-
ings and evenings are very pleasant, but
during the middle of the day the heat of the
sun is almost unbearable, and our duties are
so arranged that we are not required to be
in the noonday sun.

At our arrival here the regiment was di
vided, and the battalion in which most ~>:
the Blount County boys belong, was sent
to Sancti Spiritus.

I regret that I can not send you any defi-
nite information about them, but so far as
I can learn the}- are all well and comfort-
ably situated. Charles Martin. J. Rol
Simpson and myself, who are in the band,
and were formerly at Maryville College,
are delighted to send word to our fellow

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

students that we are enjoying good health
and making the best of our South Sea Isl-
and home, but we are sorry to tell you
that a great deal of sickness prevails
among the boys, about ten of whom have
succumbed to fatal diseases, and are now
resting peacefully beneath Cuban sod.

I wish I had the space to give you a full
description of the people, our surroundings.
etc., but feel that I have taken my share of
your space, so wishing you all a prosperous
and happy year, I remain yours sincerely,
Albert S. Harris.

Trinidad, Cuba, Jan. 14. 1899.

HOW FAR THAT LITTLE CANDLE
THROWS ITS BEAMS.

BY MRS. AXXA M. HULL.

The Chilhowee Literary Club of College
Hill, conscious that intellectual "expansion"
alone is not a sufficient reason for being, and
believing that it has "come to the kingdom"
as a debtor to those who lack equal oppor-
tunities for culture, in an attempt to dis-
charge that debt has in the past year sent
out three libraries to the regions beyond.

The first library, of 70 volumes, was sent
to Cade's Cove ; the second, with the same
number of volumes, was sent to Tuckalee-
chee Cove. These are styled the "Chilho-
wee Traveling Libraries," and the design is
to have the library remain in one locality
for a year, and then interchange it with a
neighboring one.

The third library, of no volumes, was
sent to Miss M. E. Caldwell, as a nucleus
of a permanent library for the school at
] funtsville. Many good magazines and
papers for free distribution were sent with
each collection of books.

The fourth library, of 60 volumes, will be
sent shortly to Miller's Cove, with several
hundred papers and magazines. In all 310
volumes have been collected.

When last year the State Federation of
Women's Clubs met in Chattanooga, the
delegates of the Chilhowee Club to that
convention, Mrs. M. A. Lamar and Miss
M. E. Henrv, who has been the leading

spirit in this work, brought back enthusi-
astic reports of the philanthropic work of
other clubs, and brought before the Chilho-
wee Club the project of supplying the boys
and girls of our mountain coves with good
literature. Each member agreed to do
something to make the plan a success;
books and magazines, or money to buy
books, were given by the members ; distan:
friends were solicited to aid the good cause.
Meetings were held to cover and list the
books. No book was ready to start on its
journey until it was carefully covered with
stout paper, securely pasted on, and had
pasted within it, at Professor Waller's
unique suggestion, an interesting circular,
setting forth the advantages of Maryville
College, so that if haply the young people of
the mountain districts, upon reading the
books, should have a consuming desire for
an education, they might know whither to
turn their steps to obtain it. Shall we not
hope for this reflex action of the "Chilhowee
Traveling Library"?

It should be mentioned that the different
libraries were not duplicates of each other,
though doubtless copies of certain standard
works were found in each collection. The
books covered a wide range of subjects, to
suit varying tastes. Yet they were not
sent in a haphazard manner, but only after
careful examination.. A responsible person
in each neighborhood has agreed to act as
librarian, and words of appreciation have
come back to the Club, assuring it that the
books are read and enjoyed.

Mrs. Lillie Lord Tiffts, a daughter of
Rev. C. P>. Lord, of Maryville, and a promi-
nent worker in educational and philanthrop-
ical movements, died recently at her home
in Buffalo, N. Y. She was a warm friend
of Maryville College, and was instrumental
in bringing to Maryville for a day's visit
the Association for the Advancement of
AVomen. It was at this time, in November.
1894. that Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in ad-
dressing our students, congratulated them
in belonging to an institution with a na-
tional policy.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

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BARTLETT HALL.

Cash received to Feb. i, 1899 ■ •

1895 — Brick-making' by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.

1897 — Building erected and inclosed.

o o r> • 1 r *et needed to complete aud furnish, t. 000

1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use. l

The history of the Y. M. C. A. and Gym-
nasium Building of Maryville College has
/been often told. Kin Takahashi, a Japan-
ese graduate of '95, was the originator of
the movement. In May, '95, the students
under his leadership formed the "Bartlett
Hall Building Association."

Cash receipts from November, 1896, to
May, 1897, were:

113 Brick Church S. S.. Rochester.$ 51 93
] 14 T. S. Campbell 5 00

115 H. M. Welsh 3 00

116 Nancy I. McGmley 1 00

117 Cora Means 5 00

1 18 Irving W. Street 8 25

119 First Presb. Ch., Scranton. ... 16 60

1 20 Ed. Montgomery 5 00

J2i Prof. G S. Fisher 3 00

122 Schubert Concert 14 85

123 Katy Love 25

124 R. P. Walker 15 00

i2j B. F. Armstrong 7 95

126 Rev. W. E. Graham 25 00

727 Prof. Elmer B. Waller 25 00

328 Ed. Montgomery 1 75

129 John F. Brown 5 00

130 S. S.. Second Presb. Ch., Chat-

nooga 20 00

131 Prof. John G Newman 20 00

132 Frank H. Armstrong 1 95

133 J. H. Strawbridge 50 00

] 34 J. H. Fenton • 11 00

135 Mrs. M. C. Thaw 25 00

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer, Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit ihe remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

136 West Side Y. M. C. A., N. Y.. 8 93

137 First Presb. Ch., Pittsburg. ... 25 00

138 Miss Henderson 1 o-j

139 Cash 2 00

HO Miss Jane W. Magee 20 00

141 Prof. H. A. Goff 20 00

142 Thomas N. Brown 5 00

143 Miss M. E. Henry 1 00

144 Prof. J. C. Barnes 15 00

145 Miss Jessie K. Smith 1 00

T46 J. W. Culton 5 00

147 R. McFarland 25

148 Adelphic L nion 8 50

149 S. S.. New Market Ch 5 00

Cash receipts for January, 1899:

395 F. M. Gill $ 10 00

396 Prof. S. T. AYilson 25 00

397 D. M. Caldwell 5 00

398 J. W. Sanders 10 00

399 Jo. Burger 10 00

400 Misses Willards 500 00

401 Mrs. C. C. Sinclair 20 00

402 J. W. Hallenback 100 00

403 D. R. Haworth 3 00

404 Maryville College 4000 00

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly,

Vol. I.

FEBRUARY, 1899.

No. 6.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L.ELLIS, SAMUEL D. McMURRY,
Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE. MARY G. CARNAHAN,
Bainonian. Theta Epsilon.

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LOCALS.

Rev. William McClung, '92, conducted
chapel exercises one morning.

John McCulloch, a former student, is at-
tending the Medical College at Nashville.

The firm of M. F. Rouke & Co., of
Knoxville, has just finished putting in the
steam pipes at Bartlett Hall.

The Glee Club is practicing faithfully,
and will surprise us before long with the
excellency of its program.

A new striking bag has been placed in
the gymnasium, and some dumb-bells have
been ordered for the marching classes.

Campbell S. Cunningham, '94, was mar-
ried to Miss Cornelia Doran, of Knoxville,
on Wednesday, January 25, by Dr. Thos.
Warner.

Robert Pflanze has left College and ac-
cepted the remunerative but dangerous po-
sition of assistant doorkeeper of the House
at Nashville.

The Senior Class a few days ago enjoyed
a reception given by the two members of
the class, Miss Rosa Lyle and Miss Ellen
Alexander, who room at Baldwin Hall.

During the severe illness of Rev. F. E.
Moore, the pulpit of New Providence
Church has been supplied by Dr. Boardman
and Professors Waller, Newman and Goff.

The Volunteer Band for Foreign Mis-
sions conducted the Tuesday (January 31)
prayer-meeting. Miss Ellen Alexander,
'99, was leader, and well-prepared papers
were read by G. W. Reed, R. W. Post, F.
L. Webb, and Miss Mamie Stebbens.

A new member of one of the literary so-
cieties, when called upon for a speech, said:
''Mr. Chairman. I annihilate the honor of
having an opportunity of speaking before
this society, and I feel my utter unaccount-
ability in provoking any further equivoca-
tions-"

The faculty, at the request of the Y. M. C.
A. and the Y. W. C. A. has granted per-
mission for a series of lectures, to be de-
livered before the students in the chapel
during the months of March and April.
Three of the lecturers have already been
chosen — Professors Wilson and Waller,
and Miss M. E. Henry.

The Y. M. C. A. elected the following
officers recently:

President — Thomas Maguire.

Vice President— T. H. McConnell.

Recording Secretary — I. W. Jones.

Corresponding Secretary — H..T. Hamil-
ton.

Treasurer. — H. C. Rimmer.

The next issue of the monthly will con-
tain a half-tone engraving and an account
of the new school building at Marshall, N.
C, which is under the care of the Woman's
Board of Home Missions. Maryville Col-
lege has furnished teachers for this acad-
emy in the past, and S. B. Parker, 96, is
now its efficient and successful principal.

The Athletic Association held an enthu-
siastic meeting lately, and elected officers
for the coming season. The material for
a good base ball nine is very promising,
and already a number of boys are in train-
ing for different positions upon the nine.
The officers are:

President— W. T. Bartlett.

Vice President — J. B. Bacon.

Secretary— T. W. Belk.

Treasurer — Bert Ruble.

Base Ball Captain— WT. T. Bartlett.

Manager — Wallace Turnbull.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

George C. Levering, a former student of
Maryville, won the second place in the In-
diana State oratorical contest at Indianap-
olis as the representative of Earlham Col-
lege. His subject was "Gladstone or Bis-
marck," and he brought out very forcibly
the diametrically opposite characteristics of
these two great leaders of Germanv and
England.

The tail end of the western blizzard
reached Maryville the last day of January,,
and gave us about four inches of snow,
which, however, soon left us, after giving
the students three days' enjoyment in snow-
balling. The campus and the trees, cov-
ered with the clinging snow, presented a
very beautiful appearance, and several
photographs were taken.

Special services were held in the College
chapel on January 25, the "Day of Prayer
for Colleges." Appropriate remarks were
made by different members of the faculty,
and earnest prayers were offered for the
100,000 students in our 500 institutions for
higher learning. In the afternoon eighteen
students having the ministry in view met
with the teachers and professors and spent
an hour in prayer and Christian confer-
ence.

Mrs. Charles A. Perkins, dean of the Wo-
man's Department of the University of
Tennessee, delivered a lecture on the Pas-
sion Play of Oberammergau on January 31
at Columbian Hall. The lecture was illus-
trated by the stereopticon and was given
under the auspices of the Tuesday Literary
Society. The four literary societies of the
College, by invitation, were present in a
body, and enjoyed with others the realistic
views and descriptions.

The usual evangelistic services for the year
will begin the middle of this month, Feb-
ruary, in the College chapel, and will be
held for ten days, conducted by Dr. S. C.
Dickey, of Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Dickey
is a graduate of Wabash College, and was
formerly synodical missionary of the Synod
of Indiana. He is now the secretary of the
Winona Assembly, but has consented to be

with us during these meetings. He is not
entirely a stranger to our students, for he
was at the College in October, on his re-
turn from visiting the Synod of Tennessee.

The Juniors and Freshmen of the Col-
lege united in holding a banquet on Febru-
ary 2, at the Central House. The dining
room was tastefully decorated with ever-
greens, class colors and class mottoes. A
sumptuous feast of several courses was
served and heartily enjoyed. Miss Edith
Newman, '00, presided over the literary
part of the program, and the following
toasts were made: "The Sophomores," A.
G. Hull, '02; "The Seniors," R. B. Elmore,
'00; "The Junior-Freshmen," Ethel Min-
nis, '00; "Prophecy," Elizabeth Penney,
'02; Poem, T. H. McConnell, '00.

Subjects for prayer-meetings in Mary-
ville College for 1899:

January 10. — Heaven, the Standard for
Earth, Dr. Boardman.

January 17. — Song Service, Miss Perine.

January 24. — Christian Hope, Rev. F. E
Moore.

January 31. — Our Work. Volunteer
Band.

February 7. — Wisdom. Rev. J. I. Cash.

February 14. — Preaching Service.

February 21. — Preaching Service.

February 28. — Witness Bearing. Y. M.
C. A.

March 7. — A Pilgrim's Progress, Profes-
sor Wilson.

March 14. — What Is Your Life' Profes-
sor Gaines.

March 21. — Spiritual Blindness. Profes-
sor Goff.

March 2S. — Christian Beneficence, Pro-
fessor Barnes.

April 4. — Building Character. Professor
Ellis.

April 11. — The Red Cross Movement,
Miss Henry.

April 18. — Christ's Mind. Our Mind.
Professor Gill.

April 25. — Lest We Forget. Professor
Sherrill.

May 2. — Christian Experience in Song.
Y. W! C. A.

May 9. — The Atonement. Professor Wal-
ler.

Mav 16. — Meeting conducted by Senior
Class.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

SILSBY'S SHANGHAI SYLLABARY.

Besides doing the usual missionary work
in its evangelistic and educational depart-
ments. Rev. John A. Silsby, our representa-
tive in China, has been a tireless worker in
the various lines of missionary activity
which center around the printing office of
the mission. At times he has had entire
oversight of the press and its publications.
Recently he has made a very important con-
tribution to the study of the Chinese lan-
guage, by the publication of an octavo vol-
ume entitled "Shanghai Syllabary, Ar-
ranged in Phonetic Order."

In his introduction. Mr. Silsby says:
"This Syllabary is designed to be a com-
panion to the "Syllabary of the Shanghai
Vernacular,'" prepared by three Chinese
scholars under the superintendence of my-
self, and arranged in the order of the Chi-
nese radicals. Since the publication of that
work — some six years ago — I have been ac-
cumulating material for the present vol-
ume, and have been at considerable pains
and expense to secure accuracy and some
degree of completeness. I have been as-
sisted in this work by three Chinese teach-
rs of well-known ability, as well as by my
faithful and efficient teacher. The book
contains several hundred more characters
than does the old Syllabary. If the recep-
tion of this little book is such as to encour-
age further work along this line, it is my
plan to prepare, at some time in the future,
a new edition, enlarged, and with meanings
attached, with references to Giles' diction-
ary in addition to that of Williams. The
romanization used is that adopted by the
Christian Vernacular Society of Shanghai,
and described in the former Syllabary."

Mr. Silsby has scholarly tastes and in-
clinations, and we feel like congratulating
him upon rinding time to engage in so con-
genial and useful a service as the prepara-
tion of the Syllabary.

Mr. Silsby left Maryville early in the
month of June, to begin his second decade
of missionary life. While he was in Mary-
ville, last year, he contributed much to the
development and quickening of missionary
intelligence and enthusiasm, responding to
all the numerous invitations to address the
students and the residents of Maryville. He
takes with him the friendship and prayers of
many hearts. May God preserve his life,
and make him increasingly useful, and long
keep his family an unbroken number.

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Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

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Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study— the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teachee's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

t JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B.,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department

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EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. . Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only $3.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumental music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
Clue only about $1.20 per Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75.00 to $125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899.

For^Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

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'Absent on leave at Yale University.

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Maryville College Monthly.

Volume I.

MARCH, 1S99.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

HISTORY OF OUR Y. M. C A.

CHARLES N. M'GILL, '99,

The Y. M. C. A. of our College has an
enviable record of twenty-two years. Dur-
ing all these years the Association has been
a mighty power for good. Every one who
has been an active worker in our Associa-
tion is glad to testify of the benefits received
from its hallowed and uplifting influences.

The faculty have often testified of their
approval and hearty appreciation of our
work, and have said that the far-reaching
inlluence of the Y. M. C. A. renders dis-
cipline easier, and increases diligent and
conscientious study in the class room, and
greatly assists in keeping up the moral tone
of the whole College.

It has been noticed that the boys who arc-
most faithful in attendance and in active
vvork of the Association are. generally, most
studious in their lessons, and are found in
the front rank of their classes.

In looking over the history of our
Y. M. C. A. we notice that the membership
has not been composed of weaklings, but
that the members have been men of the
best intellect and moral character that the
College possessed. The Maryville College
Y. M. C. A. was organized March 3. 1877.
just after a series of meetings conducted
by Rev. Nathan Bachman, D.D. It was
organized in order that the Christian bovs
of the College might bind themselves to-
gether for mutual help and strength in efn-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

cient Christian work. The regular meetings
were held alternately in the halls of the lit-
erary societies ; later in the chapel, and for
three years on the third floor of "Fayer-
weather Annex," and now the regular
meetings are held in the chapel. We hope
soon, however, to occupy the convenient
and commodious auditorium of Bartlett
Hall, for which the Assocation has earnestly
prayed and faithfully worked for several
years.

The charter members of the Y. M. C. A.
were: J. B. Porter, President; J. A. Silsby.
Vice-President ; S. T. Wilson, Secretary;
L. B. Tedford, John T. Reagan, James E.
Rogers, Joseph W. Rankin, George S.
Moore. D. A. Heron, C. C. Hembree.
W. H. Franklin. C. B. Dare, R. H. Coulter,
James Anderson and Ira B. Conley.

As we look at the history of these men
and a large numberthat have followed them,
we are not only struck with their piety and
religious work, but find that the}' are men
of strong intellectual ability and business
capacity. These men, and scores of others
that could be mentioned, are filling, most
admirably, positions of prominence in the
churches, schools and business affairs of
this country and other parts of the world.
It is a fact that the men of our Associa-
tion, especially the officers and standing
committees, have been men of executive
ability as well as of strong moral character.
It is thus interesting and gratifying to know
that the intellectual and the spiritual quali-
fications have been and are so well united
in the membership of our Y. M. C. A. It
would be interesting to trace the work of
the Association from its organization to the
present, giving the names of its officers and
prominent workers, but lack of space for-
bids such details. Suffice it to say that
the standard of the Maryville College
Y. M. C. A. has always been high, both
morally and intellectually. It was one of
the first College Associations ever organ-
ized in the United States.

The present officers of the Association
are: President, H. M. Welsh; Vice-Presi-
dent, Thomas Maguire; Recording Secre-

tary, I. W. Jones; Corresponding Secre-
tary. C. N. Magill; Treasurer. H. C. Rim-
mer. As I have been privileged to work in
our Y. M. C. A. for eight years, I shall men-
tion seven special features of the work that
I have enjoved, and by which I have been
profited, during my college course.

t. The social work done by the Y. M.
C. A. is of great advantage to the College.
The Y. M. C. A. always extends warm
greetings to new students. Our Reception
Committees are always on hand to give a
heartv welcome to the stranger, to furnish
any desired information, and to do every
favor nossible to make new students feel
at home.

The Y. M. C. A., in connection with the
Y. W. C. A., has, for many years, given
receptions at the beginning of each term :
it has arranged for many profitable lectures,
pleasant entertainments and religious meet-
ings in the College, and has thus added
much to the social status of the College.
We have never been able to play the
social part in the College in providing for
new students, affording reading rooms, par-
lor games, bathrooms, etc., as we should
like to do, but we believe the time is coming
when we shall have our new building com-
pleted, and then we can do much for the
improvement of the social advantages on
College Hill.

2. Bible study has been a prominent fea-
ture of the Y. M. C. A. All the devotional
meetings are really a careful and practical
study and application of God's Word. The
leader of each meeting takes the passage
assigned on the topic card and makes a
diligent study of it, and presents his
thoughts to the Association. The meeting
is then thrown open for general participa-
tion. We thus gain mutual help from such
meetings, as many take part. The spe-
cial Bible classes are also largely attended.
In these the boys study such topics as "The
Harmony of the Gospels," "The Life of
Christ," and "Personal Work." These
classes meet for one hour every Sabbath,
and are very helpful in acquiring a thor-
ough knowledge of the Bible.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

3. The faithful work and prayer of the
Y. M. C. A. for the success of the "Annual
Meetings" is one of the most enjoyable
privileges of the Association. The boys
organize prayer bands and "Personal
Workers' Classes" long before the meet-
ings commence, and pray that the Holy
Spirit may come in great power.

In the revival services each year we can
see the gratifying results of such prepara-
tion. When the meetings are in progress
the Y. M. C. A. is ready and anxious to do
or say anything that will bring others to
the Savior.

4. After the meetings have closed, the
Y. M. C. A. is the training school for new
converts and revived Christians. It serves
to keep the spiritual life aglow throughout
the year. Many new converts have grown
strong by taking part in the devotional
meetings and by receiving words of counsel
from their brothers in Christ. The Y. M.
C. A. is an organization by which the good
accomplished in the meetings may be re-
tained.

5. Our Y. M. C. A. has always kept in
touch with the "Forward Movements" in
the Y. M. C. A. work of our State and
country. We have always sent delegates to
the annual conventions of the State, and
to the "Summer Conferences," and last
year two delegates were sent to the great
Conference at Cleveland, O. Our delegates
always come back to us with new ideas and
effective methods of work. Thus we are
kept in harmony and touch with the latest
and best prescribed methods as given by the
most successful Christian workers of the
United States.

6. The Association has always been
deeply interested in missions. Five of the
fifteen charter members became mission-
aries, viz.: J. B. Porter, J. A. Silsby, S. T.
Wilson, J. E. Rogers and L. B. Tedford.
Many other former members have entered
home and foreign fields of labor. Several
of our present members are contemplating
work in the foreign field, thus keeping alive
the missionary spirit in the Association.
We also have a missionarv meeting once a

month in connection with the Y. M. C.
of the College. Our Association I
time to time, contributed to the cau-
missions. In [895-1896 Stoo was conti
uted to the mission work conducted by I
J. B. Porter in Japan.

7. The Y. M. C. A. has done a noble,
sacrificing, earnest and faithful work for
Bartlett Hall. For many years the Y. M.
C. A. boys have worked and prayed that,
in some way, they might secure a "V. M.
C. A. and Gymnasium Building." They
wanted a home which they could call their
own. How often the boys would get to-
gether and talk and plan for such a
home! The Association has worked large]-,
through the Bartlett Hall Building Asso-
ciation, which was virtually the same as the
Y. M. C. A., for oftentimes the officers of
the Building Association were the men
who served as officers in the Y. M. C. A.
It was thought that the work would be
more enthusiastic and effective by a special
building association. The boys are all hop-
ing for the time when they may enjoy all
the advantages and privileges of our new
building.

Indeed, the Y. M. C. A. has done a vast
amount of work in various wavs. It has
added much to the social aspect of the Col-
lege; it has aroused an interest in Bible
study; it has been engaged in gathering
the unconverted and the wayward Christian
under its protecting care ; it has kept in
touch with the forward movements of the
Christian work of the land ; it has kept
aglow the missionary spirit ; it has made
college discipline easier ; it has caused boys
to be more diligent and conscientious in
their studies, and has been the direct in-
strument in the erection of Bartlett Hall,
that is an honor to our College and South-
ern grit and perseverance. Surely we
should all be proud of the past record, and
strive to achieve still greater things in the
future.

Susceptible persons are more effected by
change of tone than by unexpected words.
—Geo. Eliot -

MARYVILLE COLLLEGE MONTHLY

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

THE GLEE CLUB. The club will start upoi

Maryville College has always given a East Tennessee on Monda;

good deal of attention to vocal culture. Vis- giving concerts at the followii

itors from abroad frequently comment upon Jonesboro, March 20.

the admirable quality of the chapel singing. Greeneville, March 21.

A number of quartets may always be found Morristown, March 22.

connected with the Literary Societies, and New Market, March 23.

one of the features of the College entertain- Knoxville, March 24.

ments is the excellency of the music fur- The program will be:

nished by these quartets. The preparation part I.

for these public appearances has always 1 Chorus Medlev

been an incentive for faithful practice to Glee Club.

many students. 2 Solo— 'The Bandolero" Stuart

We have had the musical talent with us ]yir. William T. Bartlett.

for a long time for a good glee club, but a 3 Double Quartet— "Moonlight on the

leader was necessary. Such a leader has Lake" White

been found in Prof. John G. Newman, who. 4 p;ano Solo— Fantaisie-Impromptu

knowing that it would be an advantage to Chopin

the students and College to have a glee club, Miss Leila M. Perine.

has given freely of his time and energy dur- 5 Solo— Arranged from different languages

ing the past three months in drilling and Mr Alexander Dilopoulo.

organizing the Maryville College Glee Club. 6 Chorus— "O World, Thou Are So Won-

The personnel of the club as it now exists drous Fair" Starch

numbers twenty-five. The half-tone en- Glee Club,

graving upon the opposite page of this issue Intermission,

contains twenty-two members, and their p3rt tt

names, beginning with the rear group from r Quintet—" 'Tis Morn" Geibel

left to right, are as follows: 2 Chorus— Serenade Mendelssohn

F. C. Caldwell, New Market, Tenn. Glee Club.

Prof. J. G. Newman, Maryville, Tenn. ^ piano Solo— Kamenoi-Ostrow

I. W. Jones, Samsonville, O. Rubenstein

H. T. Hamilton, Fayetteville, Tenn. Miss Leila M. Perine.

S. D. McMurry, Mt. Horeb, Tenn. 4 Quintet— "Down by the River Side"

T. H. McConnell, Wilmington, O. .. §0i0_"My Little Love" . . .Hawley

H. S. Lyle, Dandridge, Tenn. Mr.' William T. Bartlett.

W. E. Harmon, Ellejoy, Tenn. 6 Chorus— Carmen Collegii Mariavillensis

H. B. McCampbell, Beverly, Tenn. The transportation and other expenses of

A. R. McMurry, Maryville, Tenn. twenty-five persons will be necessarily large.

Prof. H. A. Goff,. Maryville, Tenn. ^ it ig hoped that the friends and former

J. Q. Wallace, Soddy, Tenn. students ofthe College in these cities where

C. N. Magill, Maryville, Tenn. the concert3 are given will make an especial

E. B. Praythor, Denmark, N. C. effort to give the club remunerative houses
T. W. Belk, Altan, N. C. in this initial trip oi the Maryville College

C. H. Elmore, Knoxville, Tenn. Glee Club

F. L. Ellis, Maryville, Tenn.

J. H. Searle, Grand View, Tenn. The fierce storm of Saturday. March 4.

W. R. Jones, Fbenezer, Wales. which did considerable damage in the com-

D. McClung, Maryville, Tenn. munity. hie"; down an unused chimney of
A. G. Hull, Maryville, Tenn. Anderson Hall and leveled some fences and
W. A. Walker, Macomb. Bl. trees.

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

THE SERENADE.

(Uhland's Poem, Das Staehdchen.)
What from my slumber wakens me

In sweetly sounding trill?
Oh, Mother, see ! who can it be,

In hours so late and still ?

Nothing I see, no sound is made ;

Oh, slumber still so mild !
There comes to you no serenade,

So sick, my own poor child.

No earthly hymn is borne along
That gives me such delight;

The angels call to me in song ;
Oh, Mother, clear, good-night.

A MARYVILLE COLLEGE STUDENT
HONORED.

Prof. John C. Branner, a former student
of Marvville College, has been appointed
Vice-President of Leland Stanford Uni-
versity.

Our December issue had a half-tone en-
graving of Professor Branner, with a letter
from him, in which he congratulated his old
College upon the erection of the Fayer-
weather Science Hall. The same issue also
had an extended article from him about the
"Spanish University of Salamanca." One
of our exchanges comments upon this as
follows: "Any item concerning Spain or
Spanish life attracts attention at the present
day ; and to students, any account of student
life, even in that out-of-the-way country,
must be interesting. We call especial at-
tention to the excellent description of the
Spanish University at Salamanca, and of
student life there, in a late issue of the
Maryville College Monthly, to be found on
the exchange table in the library."

The San Francisco Chronicle has the fol-
lowing to say concerning Dr. Branner's ap-
pointment, which was effective February 15:

"President Jordan announced through
his secretary, George A. Clark, the appoint-
ment of Dr. John Casper Branner, head of
the department of Geology in the Univer-
sity, to be Vice-President of the Univer-
sitv. This appointment is made by Presi-

dent Jordan with the consent of Mrs. Stan-
ford.

"Appointing Professor Branner to this
office is bestowing a well-deserved honor
upon one of Stanford's, and, indeed, Cali-
fornia's, ablest teachers, scientists and schol-
ars. Professor Branner has been here since
the University opened in 1891 . He took the
degree of B.S. at Cornell Lhuversity in 1882,
and the degree of Ph.D. at Indiana Uni-
versity in 1885. He was Assistant Geolo-
gist to the Imperial Geological Survey of
Brazil in T875-78; special botanist for Thos.
A. Edison in South America, 1880-81 ; spe-
cial agent of the Lmited States Department
of Agriculture in Brazil, 1882-83; topo-
graphical geologist of the Geological Sur-
vey of Pennsylvania, 1883-85 ; Professor of
Geology in the University of Indiana, 1885-
91. and State Geologist of Arkansas,
1887-92.

"Professor Branner's work in these dif-
ferent capacities was of a very broad char-
acter. As State Geologist of Arkansas, he
published fourteen volumes upon the geol-
ogy of that State, and has in various stages
of preparation five additional volumes. He
has besides published a large number of ar-
ticles in scientific journals upon the geology
of Arkansas. His other scientific writings
relate principally to Brazil, in which country
he lived and traveled for eight years. His
acquaintance with South America led to his
selection as the author of a volume of four
hundred pages upon the geography and
physical features of that continent, to be
published by D. Appleton & Co., about two
years hence. He is a member of many of
the leading scientific societies of this coun-
try, among which are the American Philo-
sophical Society, the oldest scientific organi-
zation in America, and the Geological So-
ciety of America. He is also a member of
the Geological Society of London and of
the Societe Geologique de France, and of
several other foreign societies."

The baseball nine is practicing on fair
days, and hopes to arrange games for the
latter part of this month. Wallace Turnbull
is manager.

MARYVILLfi COLLEGE MONTHLY.

'25

BARTLETT HALL.

1895 — Brick-making by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.
1897 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use.

Cash received to Feb. r, 1899 ■ • $i(
Yet needed to complete aud furnish. 1

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer, Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit ihe remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

Cash receipts from July to November, 100

[896, were: 101

76. F. M. Gill $5 00 102

jj. Miss Caroline Willard 100 00 103

78. Miyawa Kyiyiro 25 00 104

79. Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, D.D. 100 00 105

80. Cleveland H. Dodge So 00 J 06

81. Cash 5 00 107

82. W. T. Parham 5 00 108

83. W. E. Parham 5 00 109

84. Frank Engel 5 00 no

85. Mrs. Follett 1500 in

86. Flora Henry 10 00 112

87. J. J. Mcllvaine 10 00 C

88. Cecil Cooper 3 00 405

89. Raymond Cooper 3 00 406

90. R. H. Hanna 10 00 407

91. Martha Boardman 2 00 408

92. Charles Treat 10 400

93. Mabel Treat 10 410

94. Anna M. Kingan 1500 411

95. Mrs. Sarah M. Hood 500 412

96. Mrs. Lillian M. Webb 1 00 413

97. A. G. Whitford 300 414

98. S. S. Second Presbyterian 415

Church, Jonesboro 10 00 416

99. R. M. Magill 5 00

J. E. Tracy 25 00

John Ott 5 00

H. A. Baldwin 5 00

Carrie Brause 50

Rev. S. E. Henry 5 00

Hettie Campbell 5 00

Norman Morrison 1 00

C. C. Kennedy 2 50

Walter Breeds 3 00

Mrs. W. E. Dodge 100 00

Miss M. E. Henry 3 00

Prof. S. T. Wilson 25 00

T. M. Hamilton 15 00

?h receipts for February, 1899:

Cora Edington Si 00

E.H.Ford 1 00

Charles Magill 2 00

W. F. Phillips 2 50

Frank Engel 9 75

Maud Farnham 1 00

Rev. A. R. Mcintosh 1 00

Fred. Foster 1 00

Rev. Arno Moore 5 00

George H. Humphrey 5 00

W. D. Hammontree 1 00

S. S. Second Presbyterian

Church, Chattanooga. ... 20 00

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly.

Vol. I.

MARCH, 1899.

No. 7.

ELMER B. WALLER. Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L. ELLIS, SAMUEL D. McMURRY ,

Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE. MARY G. CARNAHAN,

Bainonian. Theta Epsilon.

CHARLES N". MAGILL. I RironjmcMANAfFRS
JOSEPH M. BROADY. > »l- SINESS Managers,

The Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July and August. Contributions and
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

Subscription price, !o cents a year; Sin(/te Copies, >"•
cents.

Address all communications to

Maryville College Monthly,

Maryville, Tenn.

Entered at Maryville, Tenn., as Second-Class Mail Matter.

LOCALS.

C. A. Davis, a former student, is in town
with his familv.

The next issue of the Monthly will be
double the present size.

Mrs. Clyde West is conducting a class in
elocution in the College.

H. M. Welsh, '99, has recovered from
his illness and returned to College.

W. F. Phillips was married recently to
Miss Carrie Mundv, of Marvville.

Tohn C. McClung, a trustee of the Col-
lege, has had a severe attack of pneumonia.

Miss Martha Marston, '95, was married
on February 14 to Mr. Arthur Lee Davis,
of Weaverville, N. C.

Prof. S. T. Wilson has been out of Col-
lege for ten days owing to the critical con-
dition of his mother's health.

The Y. M. C. A. conducted the Tuesday
(February 28) prayer meeting. The subject
was "Witness Bearing," and a large number
took part.

The Y. M. C. A. is indebted to Mr. Col-
bert for giving it an entertainment with the
improved Edison Phonograph. A large

number were present in the chapel and en-
joyed greatly the different pieces repro-
duced by the wonderful instrument.

During two days of the cold weather reci-
tations in Anderson Hall had to be suspend-
ed on account of the engine, which drives
the large fan of the heating system, becom-
ing disabled.

The Tuesday Club was organized in 1894
and federated in 1896. The program for
the present year has been a study of Spain.
Its President is Mrs. L. K. Burger. Its
Vice-President is Mrs. George Toole.

The Bainonian Society has selected
Misses Emma Alexander and Ethel Minnis
to represent the Society in the Adelphic
Union entertainment at Commencement.
The Alpha Sigma Society has chosen T. H.
McConnell and II. C. Rimmer.

The evangelistic services conducted by
Dr. S. C. Dickey are happily described by
President Boardman in an article of this
issue. Dr. Dickey left Maryville for his
home at Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday, Feb-
ruary 24, and a large number of students
accompanied hiin to the station to bid him
farewell and God speed.

The members of the Faculty will give a
series of three free lectures at different
towns during the months of April and June.
The places where arrangements have been
already made for these lectures are: Madi-
sonville, Rockford, Bearden, New Market,
Hebron, Dandridge and South Knoxville.
The subjects and dates will be announced
later.

The Chilhowee Literary Club, the pioneer
Woman's Club of Maryville, was organized
in 1 89 1 and was federated in 1896. Its motto
is: "Strive to be what you wish to seem."
The program for the present year has been
"Civil Government, Economics and Educa-
tion in the United States." The officers of
the Club are as follows: President, Mrs.
Alice Hopkins Barnes ; Vice-President,
Miss Fannie Marston ; Recording Secrc-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

tary, Miss Amanda L. Andrews; Corre-
sponding' Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs.
Mary J. Newman ; Press Correspondent,
Mrs. Rosa Caywood.

The College Brass Band has been re-or-
ganized, with H. T. Hamilton as leader,
and is meeting three times a week for prac-
tice. Both the College and town are inter-
ested in this organization, and ought to give
it every possible encouragement. Three
former members, Albert S. Harris, Charles
Martin and J. Rol. Simpson, are now in
Cuba with the Regimental Band of the
Fourth Tennessee.

Mr. Vinton, of Brown University, Travel-
ing Secretary of the Students' Volunteer
Movement, spent a day in Maryville re-
cently in the interest of this missionary
work. He addressed all the students in
chapel one morning for a few minutes, and
special meetings were held by the Maryville
College Volunteer Band and the Y. M.C. A.
during his visit. More than four thousand
college students have signed the missionary
pledge, and twelve hundred of this number
are already in the foreign field as laborers
for Christ.

By joint invitation of the Chilhowee Lit-
erary Club of the College, and the Tuesday
Club of the town, the Tennessee Federation
of Women's Clubs will hold its fourth an-
nual convention in Maryville, April 12, 13
and 14. The Federation was organized at
Knoxville, February, 1896, and was admit-
ted to the General Federation of Women's
Clubs the same year. It held its second an-
nual session at Memphis in 1897, and its
third annual meeting at Chattanooga in
1898. Its officers are as follows : President,
Mrs. W. D. Beard, Memphis; Vice-Presi-
dent, Mrs. Charles M. Greaves, Chatta-
nooga; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lincoln
Amburst, Johnson City ; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Jonathan Tipton, Knox-
ville; Treasurer, Mrs. W. S. Dickson, Mor-
ristown ; Auditor, Miss Leah S. Fletcher,
Cleveland. The President and Vice-Presi-

dent oi th< General Federal t< >n, Miss
French (Octave Thanet), Miss Will.
Dromgoole, Mrs. Candace Whi l<
York, of the School of Applii
Mrs. W. A. Giles, Vice-President National
Civic Society, Chicago: Mrs. Piatt and
others, are expected to be present. This
will afford a rare opportunity to the stu-
dents of our College to meet these cultured
and refined Women and to hear the import-
ant and practical topics of the day ably dis-
cussed.

EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT MA-
RYVILLE COLLEGE, FEB.
14-23, 1899.

BY PRESIDENT BOARDMAN.

On Tuesday evening, February 14, Rev.
Solomon C. Dickey, D.D., of Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary and General Manager of the
Winona Assembly, commenced a ten days'
series of evangelistic services in the Col-
lege. Profitable meetings have often before
been held at about the same season of the
year. The attendance has probably never
before been so large as this year. The truth
presented was weighty, clear, searching.
The illustrations were apt and effective.
The preacher relied for effect mainly on
the presence and power of the Holy Ghost.
and was obviously much engaged in prayer.
The same was true of teachers and Chris-
tian students. The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. had both been for some months in a
condition of quickened activity and antici-
pation. Eight circles were formed for es-
pecial prayer during" the meetings. The
teachers were a unit in promoting the work.
Skepticism of any kind is unknown among
the instructors, and scarcely exists among
the students. The systematic Bible lesson.
required of every student once a week
throughout the year, prepares the way for
these annual series. Classes are also formed
in the Y. M. C. A. for the study of the best
methods of Christian work. There are al-
ways a goodly number hungering for spir-
itual blessings and ready for evangelistic
effort. The meetings assumed especial
power on Sabbath evening, February 19.

128

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Perhaps fifty or sixty Christians, in an after-
meeting, spoke with brevity and simplicity,
lamenting their lack of greater fidelity in
religious duties. The cloud seemed to de-
scend while they were yet speaking. In
the midst of this sacred service a number of
persons, who had gone out after the pleach-
ing, returned, as if impelled by power from
on high, and some of them afterward arose
for prayer. During the meetings Dr.
Dickey engaged much in personal converse
with the students. He cordially invited
them to his room, and many gladly came.
He is younger than many evangelists,
though he does not claim to be an evan-
gelist, but has been for most of his profes-
sional life a pastor and Synodical Secretary.
He met the students with sympathy and
ardor, and received their confidence and
warm affection. He gathered separately
in the parlor, on successive afternoons,
those who are intending to enter the min-
istry ; those who anticipate the medical pro-
fession; those who seek the law and busi-
ness pursuits, and those who are undecided
in the choice of a vocation for life. These
meetings were sacred and delightful, and
will doubtless be followed by very valuable
results. He met also the young ladies. Dr.
Dickey conducted morning prayers in the
College chapel, where all the students and
teachers, more than three hundred, are
present, and occupied fifteen minutes, by
arrangement of the faculty, in addition to
the usual period. He insisted upon the con-
stant use of the Bible in the successive ex-
ercises.

Verses of Scripture promptly given,
and sentence prayers offered by large num-
bers, were very impressive. The meetings
were cumulative in interest. All felt that
God was present. Thursday, the last day,
was notable. The word came in demon-
stration of the Spirit and of power. All
were baptized into the cloud. The services
of Thursday evening were divided into three
parts. In opening Dr. Dickey presented
the request made by Elisha to Elijah before
his translation, "I pray thee, let a double
portion of thy spirit be upon me." He

called upon those persons present who were
over sixty years of age for a few words
to younger Christians. Ex-President Bart-
lett ; Elder Gillespie, of Birmingham, Ala.,
who was graduated at Maryville in 1849,
and President Boardman responded. Their
addresses were followed by brief remarks
from a large number of students, stating
each his supreme religious desire. After
this a second service was held by the men
and women separately ; the one collected in
the northern and the other in the southern
half of the chapel, with the folding doors
drawn down between them. Miss Stella
Eakin, '94, conducted the women's meet-
ing. The services in both sections were of
deep interest. For a third exercise all were
again brought together. Christians were
requested to stand up, and formed a large
majority of the audience. Others were in-
vited to rise if they desired the prayers of
Christians. Four or five hundred persons
were present. Many arose for prayer. It
was a day much to be remembered. Power
was present to heal. How many were con-
verted we know not. God knows. Doubt-
less it shall be recorded to eternity that this
and that man were born there. The king-
dom of God cometh not with observation.
Decisions were perhaps less numerous than
on some former occasions. The meetings
were characterized rather by the unwonted
elevation of experience on the part of Chris-
tians. One was reminded of the time when
"none of the disciples durst ask him. Who
art thou? knowing that it was the Lord,"
and of that occasion when "They were all
amazed, and they glorified God. and were
filled with fear, saying, We have seen
strange things to-day." This, like every
revival, was an invincible answer to agnosti-
cism. God was present. Consciousness was
his witness. Experience afforded sunlight
evidence. Such evidence will, we believe,
accumulate in mightier revivals than the
world has yet seen. All shadows shall melt
away before that noondav sun.

Program of the midwinter entertain-
ment of the Athenian Literary Society, Jan.
20, 1899:
Invocation Rev. O. C. Pevton

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

I 2'j

Piano Duet — Overture, "Semiramis". .

Rossini

Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Per ine.

Essay — Permanency of Savage Insti-
tutions J. E. Tracy, '02

Vocal — Oueen of the Earth Pinsuti

W. R. Jones.

Oration — The Argonauts of '98

R. B. Elmore, '00

Vocal— Selected. .A. L. S. Male Quartette

Debate — Resolved, That England's
"Imperial" Policy Be Commend-

ed.— Affirmative, Edwin Ellis
Negative, Arthur G. Hull, '02.

Vocal — Come to Me benza

Miss Stella Eakin.

Oration — A Neglected Hero

J. Q. Wallace

Vocal — The Bandolero Smart

Will. Bartlett, '01.

The Athenian Will Harmon

Vocal — Selected. .A. L. S. Male Quartette
Benediction. . .Rev. S. W. Boardman, D.D.

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FACULTY.

REV. S. W. BOAEDMAN, I>. I)., EL. D.,

President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science

and of Didactic Theology.

REV. .SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D. ,

Professor of the English Language and Literature.

and of the. Spanish 'Language.

REV. ELMER B-. WALLER, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
Professor. Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S. FISHER, Ph. D. ,
Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN, "A. M.,

Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M. ,
Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
fessor of the Science and Art of Teaching.

FRANK M. GILL,
Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study — the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacheb's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

The location is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven
churches. No saloons in Blount county. Six
large college buildings, besides the President's
house and two other residences. The halls
heated by steam. A system of wiuerworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College 'under the
care of the Stxod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B. ,

Instructor In the Ancient Languages.

t.JOHX W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M. ,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B. Ph.,

Instructor in Modern Languages.

MRS. SANFORD,

Matr _>n.

VVM. THOMAS,

Janitor.

MRS. A. A. WILSON,
Manager of the Co-operative Boarding Club.
MISS H. M. KINGSBURY,
Assistant Matron and Assistant Manager of the Co-
operative Boarding Club.

THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

Competent and experienced nstructors give
their entire time to this department, while a
number of the Professors of the College depart-
ment give a portion of their time to it. There
are here also four courses of study.

EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only §0.00 per
term, or §12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only §3.00 per term, or §6.00 per
year. Heat bill, §3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumental music at low
rates. Boaisd at Co-OPEiiAHVE Boahding
Club only about §1.20 pei: Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from §2.00 to
§2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, §75. (Mi to §125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1S99.

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

Prof. HERMAN A. GOFF, Registrar, Maryyii.t e, Texn.

Absent on leave at Y'ale Universin

■i- Absent on leavj at Chicago L'ulversitj

Maryville College Monthly.

Volume I.

APRIL, 1899.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

A PLEA FOR POPULAR EDUCA-
TION IN TENNESSEE.

The January number of the Davidson
College Magazine of North Carolina, has
an article entitled "A Plea for Popular Ed-
ucation in North Carolina.'' The argu-
ments and statements made in this forcible
presentation of the lamentable condition ot
the public schools of North Carolina, are,
for the most part, applicable to the State of
Tennessee, so that almost the entire article
is quoted.

"For centuries the better classes have
had the advantages of an education. It is
the common man who has been neglected.
And this is especially true of the common
man in North Carolina. He has been neg-

lected because we have not freed ourselves
from the influences of feudalism. Because
we have allowed ourselves to be dominated
by the aristocratic idea. It is true that in
the days of our forefathers the social struc-
ture was to a slight extent aristocratic, but
the masses of the people were common peo-
ple, and, like the common people in most
lands a hundred years ago. were ignorant
The prevalent idea of education was that h
was a luxury for the rich, or if a necessity,
a necessitv for only a few, and these few the
ruling class. An education was considered
by the masses of the people to be a special
privilege belonging only to the rich. They
grew up in ignorance and darkness, neither
aspiring to nor desiring an education.

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"In studying the history of our State, we
see, at a later period, a movement in the
direction of popular education. The prime
factor in this movement was the pulpit.
The school house was built beside the
church, and the preacher had charge of
them both. At first, following the example
of the monastic schools of the Old World,
these schools were established for the edu-
cation of preachers, but they fast broad-
ened out into schools of general culture.
Still it was the sons and the daughters of
the better classes who were educated. The
conception of education was a class con-
ception.

"And we have not yet entirely freed our-
selves from this class conception of educa-
tion. Study the social conditions of North
Carolina to-day. In this social study we
must not give undue value to any particu-
lar class. One man must be regarded as of
as great importance as another. From our
infancy we have heard of the brave deed?
and noble acts of our ancestors, and have
been willing to accept the laurels that they
won. We have been, to some extent, blind-
ed by our traditions, so that we have never
looked ourselves in the face and seen our-
selves as others see us. A great many peo-
ple think that the intelligence of North
Carolina is at least up to the average of the
United States. They think that we are now
doing as much as is necessary for the edu-
cation of the people. But what are the facis
in the case?

"The average length of the public schools
in the United States is seven months.
North Carolina has a term of sixty-three
days. The average cost in the United
States to educate each child at school is
$iS.q8 a year. In North Carolina we pay
$3.40 a year for each child. Furthermore,
out of forty-nine States and Territories,
North Carolina has the shortest school
term, pays teachers least and expends least
in proportion to the number of children at
school.

"Hence we should expect the people of
our State to be the least educated of all in
the Union. And so they are, except in six

States that have a larger proportion of
negro or Indian population. But, exclud-
ing negroes and foreign immigrants, and
counting only the native white population,
North Carolina is the most illiterate of all,
except the Territory of New Mexico.
About one-fourth of our white people over
the age of ten can not read. To be exact,
the illiteracy is twenty-three per cent. The
enormity of this appears when we remem-
ber that there are seventeen States with
less than two per cent, of illiteracy among
their native population, and that in thirty-
seven States the white people are not half
so illiterate as in North Carolina.

"The reasons usually given for not edu-
cating the children are that the people are
too poor and that the taxes, are too high.
Our tax-rate at present is the lowest of any
State in the Union, except Nevada and
Idaho. Including the special local taxes,
the whole school tax, compared with the
wealth of the State, amounts to only a little
more than eighteen cents on each hundred
dollars of listed property, while the average
for the Lmion is something more than
thirty-seven cents. No man is too poor to
educate his children. It is this doctrine
that has made us poor and kept us poor.
It has driven more wealth from the State
and has kept more away than any other
doctrine, for no man is willing to risk his
capital in a State where ignorance and vice,
with all their superstitions and degrada-
tion, rule nearly one-fourth of the people.
This is the doctrine that fosters supersti-
tion and ignorance, for one ignorant gen-
eration begets another more ignorant and
degraded than itself.

"But if we wish to educate the rising gen-
eration, we must spend more money upon
our public schools. The best way to raise
this money, and the only sensible way, is
by local taxation. That is, by each commu-
nity taxing itself as much as may be nec-
essary.

"This is proved by the fact that the only
communities in our State that have good
public schools are those that have good
local school tax, and our State is not the

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•exception. The experience of other States
proves the same. Two-thirds of the school
fund in the Linked States is raised by local
taxes. There are thirteen States that have
no general school tax, but rely altogether
on local taxes. And it is a noticeable fact
that these States have the best schools in
the Union. Our State is immensely rich
in undeveloped natural resources, and all
that is needed to make it blossom with pros-
perity is an intelligent citizenship. The
greatest problem before us, and one that
must be solved sooner or later, is the re-
adjustment of our social life and machinery.
Let us not forget the fact that it is the com-
mon man who will hereafter rule. Are our
children to be ruled by superstition and
ignorance, or shall they be ruled by justice
and truth ? Shall our future rulers come
from the huts and hovels of poverty and
vice, or shall they come from the homes of
prosperity and virtue? Shall they be the
tools in the hands of a few corrupt politi-
cians, or shall they be men who will know
the right and will dare to do it? When we
realize results of superstition and ignor-
ance, will we not resolve to do all in our
power for the education of the people ? Let
us then resolve that every child in the Com-
monwealth, be he white or black, rich or
poor, shall be given an opportunity to make
the best of himself that he can."

The Holston Christian Advocate, pub-
lished at Knoxville, and edited by Rev.
James I. Cash, pastor of the Methodist
Church, South, of Maryville, has an article
on "The Common School" in the issue 01
January 12, 1899, in which the editor says:

"In a recent 'Open Letter' to the Tenn-
essee Legislature we invited attention to
the common schools of the State. To most
of the sober, sensible folks of the country
it is already apparent that 'we must educate
•or perish.'

"Tennessee has advanced in some partic-
ulars ; in others she has not. And the pres-
ent Legislature should render decided as-
sistance just now. Our State's craft is to-
day where 'two seas' meet, and those con-
trolling- the vessel should handle her well

and wisely: unfaithfulne
may invite irretrievable di :

"The expenditure, based on
tendance, per capita for public school pupils
in the United States is 818.92: but Ten-
nessee allows the pittance of $4.69. The
average length of school term in the United
States is 140 days, but this State provide;
only 92. Facts are cold friends now and
then, but they are always faithful friends.

"Let the Legislature devise liberal things
for the children, the poor children of the
'Volunteer State' ; and let the respective
counties sanction wise legislation on the
part of their representatives. Unity and
co-operation among the general and local
leaders will shortly lift Tennessee out of the
pit.

"Led by the wise and provident manage-
ment of Professor Waller, of Maryville Col-
lege, Blount County is now making an at-
tempt to introduce schools of five months'
duration. . . . Replying to the wail, 'the
county can't afford it,' the Professor pens
the following:

" 'The tax rate this year is Si. 25 per Sioo.
The assessed valuation of the county is
$2,425,000. The two banks in Maryville
have about $200,000 in assets, which belong
mostly to citizens of the county. Within
the past few years three new brick churches
have been erected in Maryville alone, at a
cost of $25,000 (while the total valuation of
all the ninety-three school houses in the
county is only $13,000). War pensions paid
into the county amount to $30,000 a year.
Last vear the farmers of the county bought
100 binders at $125 each: 150 mowers at
$45 each, and about $12,000 worth of com-
mercial fertilizers. These few facts show
that the town people and farmers are pros-
perous and can afford an increased tax for
schools.'

"In keeping with the foregoing, we take
pleasure in closing this article by present-
ing the public with an extract from the late
message of Governor Taylor:

" 'In this electric age it requires the edu-
cation of the masses to build up a youthful
and happy citizenship. Our nation can no:

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lead and excel other nations unless its peo-
ple are more enlightened than the people
of other nations. Tennessee can not taive
her place in the front rank of the States
which lead other States unless she gives
constant and liberal encouragement to ner
public schools.' "

The attempt to increase the number of
school days to five months in Blount Coun-
ty had its origin fifteen months ago. A pe-
tition, signed by 500 persons, was presented
to the County Court at its January meeting
in 1898, asking the court to increase the tax
for school purposes. This petition was de-
nied by a vote of about 12 to 24.

A second attempt was made at the Janu-
ary court of 1899. Before this meeting, 200
pamphlets, containing some school statis-
tics and statements, had been distributed in
the county and sent to the magistrates, in
order that this important subject might re-
ceive from them the thought and attention
which it deserved.

The following extracts are taken from
this pamphlet, which contained also the pe-
tition presented to the County Court:

Some Public School Statistics of Blount
County, Tenn., for the Year 1898:

9 and 19.

480

195

308

361

384

436
1.185

4i7
460

340

533 I

522 I

359 !
294
223 I
201 j
^33 i

12
2
8

5
8

7
5
3
6
2

337 I 167I no
159
5o
218
279
260
138

278

402
367

19 I 53
131 ....
126 ! 60

i37

89
95

1501 127

63
217

208
237

45
80
80

291 I 160 I 95

150
122

54! 130

Scholastic population last year. . . 7,074.

Number of schools . 93

Number of teachers 96

Average number of days taght. . . 90
Average monthly salary of teach-
ers $23.00

Total expenditure last year 12,833.02

Expenditure per capita 1.81

School expenditure per pupil (based on-
average attendance):

United States. Tennessee. Blount Co.
$18.92. $4.69. ($4.00.)

Average length of school term, in days:
United States. Tennessee. Blount Co.
140. 92. 90.

The following objections are sometimes
made to increasing the tax rate for school-
purposes :

First ( >bjection. — "I don't believe in the
public school system."

Answer. — The people of the United
States do believe in the system, as is shown
by the above statistics.

Second Objection. — "I think the teachers
of our county are of no account."

Answer. — The same statement might be
made of any one, and yet not be true. The-
law of supply and demand, however, applies
to teachers.

Third Objection. — "I would favor an in-
crease in the tax rate for schools if the chil-
dren would attend them better."

Answer. — The children do not attend as
they should, or as they would, if the count}
had longer and better schools, and if the
parents would take more interest in them.
Will you punish, however, helpless children
who would attend because there are some-
who will not attend?

Fourth Objection. — "I don't think the
county can afford it."

(The answer to this is given above.)
The following section is taken from "Th^-
Public School Laws of Tennessee":

"Sec. 39. When the money derived from
the school funds and taxes imposed by the
State on the counties shall not be sufficient
to keep up 2. public school for five months
in the vear in the school districts in the

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county, the County Court shall levy an ad-
ditional tax sufficient for this purpose, or
shall submit the proposition to a vote of the
people, and may levy a tax to prolong the
schools beyond the five months, said tax to
be levied on all property, polls and privi-
leges liable to taxation, but shall not exceed
the entire State tax."

"Petition. — We, the undersigned, citi-
zens of Blount County, Tennessee, and
voters in the districts set opposite our
names, do respectfully petition the Wor-
shipful County Court to so increase the
rate of tax for school purposes, that at
least the law of Tennessee, directing the
County Courts to keep up the Public School
for five months in the year, may be com-
plied with."

The second petition was presented to the
County Court on January 2, 1899, by a
committee of ladies and gentlemen. An ex-
ceptionally able paper was read in favor of
granting the petition by Mrs. M. A. Lamar,
who, in company with Miss Nina Cunning-
ham, had been appointed to co-operate in
this work by the Chilhowee Literary So-
ciety, of Maryville. Speeches were also
made in favor of the petition by Hon. Will
A. McTeer, Superintendent J. F. Iddins
and Prof. Elmer B. Waller.

The Court paid very respectful attention
to all that was said, but when the vote was
taken the petition was denied by a vote of
about 1 1 to 22, and the tax rate was fixed at
$1.25 for the year 1899.

An increase of five cents on the school
fund would have made the average of five
months.

A third attempt in 1900 may be success-
ful, but there is at present no particular
sign of encouragement.

The conditions of other counties in Ten-
nessee are probably similar to Blount Coun-
ty, except that those counties which con-
tain cities or large towns are more progres-
sive in school affairs.

The philosophy of the lack of interest in
the public schools is given correctly by tin-
writer in the Davidson College Magazine;

i. e., too many are dominated by the aris-
tocratic idea of education.

At first thought this may sei m
gruous, especially in East Tennessee, where
every one is conscious of his equality with
every one else, and where there is so little
class distinction. But old aristocratic ideas
may remain even where the people are in
most respects intensely democratic. The
very spirit of personal independence and
the ultra-conservatism of the people make
t!i em think along the lines of the past — that
education is a luxury, and that, in fairness,
no one ought to be educated at the expense
of his neighbors. The class conception of
education prevailed in England for many
years after the system of public schools had
been successfully inaugurated in the United
States. The common people, however, fol-
lowed the example of the Luited States and
combated the aristocratic idea of educa-
tion, until now their school privileges are
but little inferior to our own. When, how-
ever, the common people themselves hold
the aristocratic idea in regard to any prob-
lem, the solution is more difficult and dis-
couraging.

FRANCISCA: A TALE OF BRAZIL-
IAN LIFE.

BY JOHN W. COLBERT, 92.

The sun had just risen, and shone bright-
ly red over the waters of the little bay of
Lbatuba. The tide was coming in. and the
waves rose high up to the roughly cut stone
wall of the harbor. The morning air was
cool, and the inhabitants of the little sea-
port were all astir. In the market place,
near the beach, business was eagerlv car-
ried on, and cabbage, farinha. black beans
and mandioca, the favorite vegetables of the
Brazilians, were selling in great quantities,
while fishermen were coming in from the
harbor carrying about on long poles pink
and blue fishes.

Ubatuba is a miserable little place, with
low clay and brick houses, its only orna-
mental building being the tasteless white
church. Life is usually very slow here:
only if the tinkling of the bells and the buz*.

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of firecrackers announce some saint's day.
the farmers of the neighborhood will be
seen crowding into the city to perform their
devotion and do their shopping.

The harbor in itself is insignificant, and
visited only by coast steamers : there is
little commerce going on, and yet what
fashionable watering place in northern re-
gions could stand the comparison with this
scenery? From the shade of roval palm
trees the spectator looks out on the blue
rocking ocean, which is tamer here than on
northern shores, and throws at his feet
many-colored shells, while behind him tow-
ers the mighty Serra, with its green and
blue tinged rocks and its veils of white
mists.

( >n the stone wall of the harbor, with her
feet touching the foaming wavelets, sat 3,
lonely woman. Her big, bony frame was
wrapped in a coarse white linen dress ; her
srms were bare, and showed muscles as
strong as a man's. Masculine, too, were
her features — the broad, low forehead, the
resolute mouth, with some dark down on
her upper lip. Only her hair, her only or-
nament, gave her a more womanly appear-
ance. It was unusually long, and fell in
two blue-black braids over the coarse but
blamelessly white garment. The woman
might count some forty or fifty years of
age, but white threads in her hair and a
sad, sinister expression made her look old-
er. She had been sitting there some time,
watching the movement of the sea, but no-
body approached her because they all knew
the Senhora, or Francesca, and her strange
ways. About twelve years ago she had
come, bundle in hand, over the Serra. In
the bundle had been money, much money
The judge of the place had seen it for him-
self. She had gone to him to ask him if
there was no house for sale in the neighbor-
hood of the I) each. They offered her a little
clav hut whose only ornaments were two
enormous cocoa palms and a little bit of a
garden, and Francesca had paid the sum
they asked her and entered her new home.
Since that day she lived her life away from
the rest of the inhabitants of the village-

Nobody knew where she came from; no-
body dared to ask her story. She had care-
fully planted the little garden and raised
vegetables more abundantly than they were
to be had in any other place. People of-
fered to buy them from her, but she had
answered that they were just sufficient for
her, and that settled the matter.

What could Francesca see in the waves
that she was watching for hours? Certain-
ly nothing bright and cheering, for her
stern features did not relax at the sight of,
the highly tinted water. Now a wave came
along, rolling slowly, higher than the oth-
ers, and when it reached the wall where
Francesca was seated its white foam,
breaking in a thousand fragments, fell
down on her black tresses, and with a
scornful and defiant smile on her lips Fran-
cesca got up, turned her back on the sea
and walked slowly toward her home.

But what had happened there? Before
the door of her hut stood a crowd of people
eager to get a view of the interior, and
never noticing Francesca's approach. She
was beside herself. "'Away, all of you !
Away from my house!" she cried. All
turned around at the sound of her voice,
and soon ensued a confusion of eager an-
swers: "Pardon us, Francesca; but look
at the mocinha (young girl) !" and they
pointed toward the interior of the hut.
"She says she is your sister's child. She
crossed the Serra all by herself; nay, she
even came by herself from Rio de Janeiro."
Francesca pushed the crowd aside with he-
strong arms. "It is well," she crPI; "but
now go away from here all of you !" And
everybody thought it better to leave her to
herself.

Inside the hut there sat on the only low
stool, near Francesca's bed, a young girl,
some fifteen or sixteen years of age, tall and
slender, clad in some poor tattered rags.
Her skin was white, her loose hair was of a
golden brown, and her eyes were of change-
able colors, now blue, now deep brown.

"Aunt Francesca," said the girl, rising
and looking fearlessly into the eyes of the
tall angry woman, "my mother, your sister

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Angeline, sends you her last farewell. She
died of yellow fever two weeks ago." The
voice of the speaker was expressionless and
not a muscle moved in her slim face. Fran-
•cesca looked piercingly at her for a mo-
ment; then she turned around to the fire-
place. A pan with boiling rice stood there.
She put something of its contents on a
plate, put a spoon on it and gave it to her
guest. "Eat!" she said, curtly. The girl
obeyed. It seemed that she had not tasted
food for a long time. Slowly first, on ac-
count of the heat; then quicker she swal-
lowed everything, till there was not one
grain of rice left on the plate.

"Where is your father?" Francesca asked
her next. "I don't know him." Francesca
gave a short cough. "Well, thus the poor
fool has reaped the reward of her folly!"
she exclaimed. "Why do you call my
mother a fool?" asked the girl. "Because
she became the wife of a man ; because she
preferred slavery to liberty !" "Are all men
bad?" asked the girl, in a reflective tone;
"no," she continued, eagerly, "the strange
physician down in Rio was good, verv
good!" "Maybe he appeared so to you,
child," said Francesca ; "the best of them
even practice only hypocrisy. But how did
you get here — nobody knew where I was?"

"In the hospital where my mother lav
dying was a sick Spanish woman. She
often spoke to my mother, consoling her
that now she was going to a better world.
This woman had in her days of health been
about selling pictures of the dear saints,
and had come on a small vessel to this very
port. She told me how she met, near the
beach, a strange woman who got very
angry when she offered her for sale her
pretty colored pictures. She described the
woman. 'It must have been Sister Fran-
cesca!' exclaimed my mother. Then she
asked the Spanish woman how one might
reach this place, traveling over land, and
the woman told her all about it. When my
mother died, three days after this, the good
physician gave me money. I first went on
the train, and then I traveled on foot with
some people whose language I did not un-

derstand, but who frequently said the word
'Ubatuba' to me. They were men and
women with long yellow hair. They were
kind, and shared their food with me, till
about two days ago. They remained be-
hind in a place on the other side of the
Serra."

"You passed the Serra by yourself. Had
you no fear of the jaguars?"

"I saw none — only a small monkey and
an oncelot, but those were afraid of me."

"What is your name?"

"Beatriz."

"You have my sister's face, Beatriz," said
Francesca, "and therefore you may stay
with me. If you had the features of that
fellow, I do not know if I could endure you.
I will give you a roof to shelter you, and
food and clothing as much as you want,
only promise me never to go farther from
here than to the beach, and never to speak
to anybody about you or me."

"I promise, and I thank you," said the
girl.

The first days of their companionship
passed without either of them speaking to
the other. After a while, however, in spite
of hei apparent bitter feeling toward every
human being, Francesca seemingly took a
liking for her young companion. She be-
gan to put questions about the great city of
Rio. The girl had seen the splendor there-
of, it is true, but had tasted of its misery and
poverty7, too. There was one thing which
satisfied Francesca: Though her sister An-
geline had been abandoned by her husband
in misery, yet in her need she had not, like
so many others of her sex, allowed herself
to be dragged down into the filth and cor-
ruption of the great city. She had taken
refuge in a distant suburb together with
her child, and had lived there as a lace-
worker as lonely and quietly as Francesca
here on the seashore. Then the last sum
mer had come ; there had been little rain,
and the provision of water was in many
places of the city very poor at its best. Then
fever had broken out — the dreadful vellow
fever. The terrible disease respected neith-
er person nor position. It took hold of the

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'45

merchant on his way to the bank, of the
sailor who crossed the blue bay, of the beg-
ging negro at the church gates, and the
priests who served at the altar.

One day, early in the morning, Angeline,
the lace-maker, left her house to carry her
work that was to adorn the Scripture of a
priest, to a distant suburb. Beatriz waited
in vain all day long for her return. Long
after the sun had disappeared behind the
high peaks of the Serra, an elegant low
carriage drove up before the miserable cot-
tage. The foreign physician who spoke her
language so kindly, though in broken ac-
cent, told Beatriz that she must come with
him to her mother, who had fallen sick
and now lay in St. Sebastian's Hospital
Only poor people were carried there, while
the rich found comfort and good treatment
in the Santa Casa da Misericordia. But
even the best reatment would not have
saved poor Angeline from the claws of the
dreadful disease. Her body had grown
weak and weary by a whole lifetime grief
by privations and long night watches, yet
had she a comfort. Beatriz, her child,
would not be alone in the world. Her sis-
ter, long thought dead, who once had
turned away from her in anger, was found
again. The description of the sick Spanish
woman did not leave any doubt.

Was it possible for Francesca to hate her
dead sister still ? Had not she been pun-
ished for her folly ? Francesca sat there in a
deep study. The murmuring of the waves
and the whispering of the palm leaves
stirred by the evening breeze were the onlv
sounds that might nave disturbed her re-
flections, but those sounds were dear and
familiar to her as an old cradle song. How
the girl beside her reminded her of her sis-
ter ! Beatriz had been blooming into life
like a rose in these past weeks of rest and
contentment. She wore the same coarse
white dress as Francesca, buc her golden
brown hair, the delicate color of her face,
the beautifully formed arms, made one for
get her simple garb.

"How pretty she is ; prettier than An-
geline, and she is one of my own sex. By

all the saints in heaven, ; intn

still, J will guard her from an equal fate
murmured Francesca to herself.

Francesca's pride and joy was her little
garden, with its flowers and
which she cherished like beloved child
and among which she spent many an hour
Seeing her thus occupied, Beatriz frequent-
ly went down to the shore, which seemed
to have for her the same attraction it has
for Francesca. One day she returned with
shining eyes to her aunt, who was busy on
the ground tending her carnation bed.

"Aunt," she said, "I met a man near the
beach. I do not know where he came from.
but he can talk, Aunt ; quite wonderfully so.
He talks about strange countries which he
has \dsited, but he is as poor as I am ; but
the captain took him everywhere on then-
voyage, because he is so accomplished."

Francesca had risen at Beatriz's first
words, and now she stood in sinister aston •
ishment before the young girl.

"Did I not tell you not to gossip with
strangers?"

"But I did not speak one single word.
Aunt ; it was he who addressed me. I did
not even bid him good-day."

"That is all the same, however. I can't
forbid you the free air of heaven, yet I want
you to promise me one thing. Say, did you
really not speak one single word?"

"By all the saints in heaven, not one
word !"

"Well, then, you will not in the future
speak one word to him, either. May he
believe that you are dumb, and you may
listen to his gossip ; as for the rest, I am
here to watch over you."

Thus Beatriz went every day down to
the beach to listen to the talk of the young
mariner, who grew to like the beautiful,
dark girl more and more, yet they had told
him in the village that she could talk if she
wanted, but he did not believe it: for if. in-
deed, she had the gift of speech, why would
she never reply to one of his questions as
to whether she liked him, when she at the
same time showed by the light in her eyes
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when Francesca went down with her niece

to the shore, the young fellow never ap-
peared. On those occasions Beatriz looked
dejected and listlessly replied to her aunt's
questions.

Thus they were seated one night near the
shore when Beatriz suddenly roused her-
self from her dreams. "Aunt, I must
speak: it kills me to be silent. I do love
Joaquim, and if be again asks me to go with
him as bis wife, I shall say yes !"

Francesca listened to this almost without
emotion. Her eyes were fixed on a distant
white sail. At last she asked very quietly,
"Do you know what love really is?"

"Yes. Auntie : it is the one thing beautiful
in this world !"

"Poor child! look at the sea and its
beauty ; how regularly it breathes, how ebb
and tide keep their appointed time ; look
at the sun that is setting yonder, and that
did so much good as long as day lasted ;
look at the Serra, at the white clouds, at the
pure azure of the sky, at the stately palm
tree, the snow-white blossoms of the cac-
tus— they are creatures of God, all of
them ; we know them a long time ; they
have given us the true enjoyment : as long
as we can think in them is the only thing
true, beautiful, unchangeable and pure
There is no strife, no passion, no slavery,
no poison that kills the soul ! Look at me !
Before Angeline was befooled I became the
wife of a man. The paltry sum of money
which my father left me allured the miser-
able wretch. I was young, then; I did not
know that I had become a slave by my own
free will, a slave without rights of her own.
And thus it is with all women. That which
they call love' is in the best of cases only
like a thin gilding over a wooden image,
ugly, like the one of St. Francis at the
church gate, which, since it lost its gilding,
has not one single devotee. I do not know
if the sin of the first woman was reallv
great enough to bring down upon her and
upon all her sex such a terrible punishment.
They say that the communion of man and
wife is the will of the Creator. May that be
so. but one thine: I know, that we are free

like all other creatures only so long as we
do not serve man ! Beatriz, I do not know
reallv if it is love. I feel for you, but look-
ing at vour eyes and your features, you
seem to be Angeline again, pure and inno-
cent. I could not guard her, but you I will
guard against the worst that can befall a
woman. I have money, more than you
think. Speak the word, and I will go
away with you, far away into another coun-
try ; wherever you want to go. You shall
have finery to wear more than you want —
only promise me that you will forget that
man."

"If I coidd promise!" sighed Beatriz.

"Child, noor child! vou do not know
what you are saying. Beatriz, I prefer to
see you dead rather than to see you dragged
down into the corruption of this earth !"

"Yes, oh, yes; if I were dead I would be
with the dear saints and with my mother,"
said the girl, musingly.

"Your mother? Yes, did you forget her?"
continued Francesca, eagerly. "She is
looking down from heaven upon you. She
would like to shelter you. Would you af-
flict her thus?"

In Francesca's soul the belief in a heaven
and in holy things had died long ago, but
she did not disdain now to appeal in this
hour to the girl's piety to gain the end she
wanted.

"Mav be you are lonely?" she continued
"You would like to see more of life. To-
morrow is St. Paul's day. I shall take you
to hear mass. There will be many people
and beautiful music, and even to-day I shall
go and buy a dress in the loja prettier than
vou ever saw one before in your life. Come.
child, let us go and buy it. Come!"

The next morning when the bells rang
for morning mass, and the worshipers
crowded into the little church, everybody
was astonished to see Francesca, the her-
mit, and her niece, kneeling before the
shrine of the saint. The young girl wore a
dress of lemon-colored silk, and carried a
costly fan of many-colored plumes, which
every woman envied her. Francesca ap-
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homely aspect in a black trailing dress, her
blue-black hair gathered up by a large gold
comb. When mass was over both women
went out with the crowd into the open
square before the church, where, in spite
of the dazzling sunshine, a bonfire was
made in honor of the saint. The bells tin-
kled merrily, but Beatriz stood sadly in the
gay crowd. Of a sudden she felt a light
touch on her shoulder, and turning round
she saw the one she was thinking of — Joa-
quim, with sunburnt face and eyes that
looked darker and more brilliant under the
broad hat, and with a merry smile on his
lips.

Beatriz had turned round only for a mo-
ment, but Francesca noticed the movement
and guessed all.

She had a feeling as if a sharp knife was
piercing her. "Too late; ah, too late!"

Was it really too late? She had passed
her youth in a little Portuguese seaport.
She, the ugly one of the family, was never
noticed beside her beautiful sister. How-
ever, at last there came one that seemed
to prefer her, who told her that he loved
her because she showed more courage than
any other girl of the place. He possessed
a. little sailing craft, and promised to take
her with him on his trips to the west of
the Mediterranean. She always had a will
of her own, and followed that man without
listening to the advice of her people. When
she had been gone six months, she came
back on board of a French vessel, whose
captain had found her in the streets of Al-
giers, and who carried her home out of
pity. She never told what she suffered to
any one. Soon after this she sold the lit-
tle farm that had been her father's and took
her younger sister over to Brazil. Ange-
line lav in her grave ; the rest of the world
was nothing to Francesca. The only
things she manifested a liking for were the
dumb creatures, flowers and plants, and the
sea that, since her childhood, had exercised
a strange, mysterious influence over her.
Of late her heart had turned toward the
child of her dead sister, but this liking was
doomed to come to an untimely end ! A

strange robber stretched forth 1

seize upon her newly-founi

no! things must not come to this.

whole nature, in enmity against the whe

human race, but especially again -t the male

sex, revolted against this ending.

not show Beatriz what she had noticed, nor

what she felt.

"Come!" she soon said, "we will go
home. It is getting too hot."

Beatriz followed reluctantly, yet she-
dared not contradict, for fear she would be-
tray her secret and her lover.

Once at home. Francesca took off her
holiday dress and wrapped herself in her
usual coarse, white costume.

Beatriz stood adorned yet with her finery
near the doorway and looked out into the
garden with its shining white sand path, its
bright red carnations and cabbage plants.
Francesca all at once laid her hand on the
voung girl's shoulder. "Look at me;" she
continued, "is it yet your will and purpose
to sacrifice your life to that stranger and
to lose your liberty and woman's dignity?'
Beatriz looked down a moment half re-
pentingly, then she raised her pretty head
with a defiant gesture. "Yes," she replied
Francesca did not speak any more. She
turned round with her lips firmly closed to
her occupation near the fireplace.

When it grew evening she told the girl to
come with her to the beach. The full
moon was coming up, and the sand on the
shore glimmered like silver, the wind mur-
mured in the palm trees, and from a distant
shrubbery came the plaintive notes of the
Sabia-bird. Beatriz was surprised to find
a little boat moored near the stone wall
"Step in !" commanded Francesca. Beatriz
obeyed, and Francesca seized the oar with
firm hand, and soon they were leaving the
shore behind them. Year the opening of
the harbor, towards the open sea lies a tiny
island, with three or four palm trees on it
which serves as a landmark to the sailors
without. Beatriz thought that this island
would be the place Francesca wanted to
visit. Often and often she had seen these
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They seemed then to beckon to her from a
distant, unknown land. But Francesca
turned away from the island. Her eyes
were turned with a strange expression to-
wards the boundless sea. She rowed slow-
er and slower ; her bosom heaved and sank
as if she found it difficult to breathe. All
of a sudden she dropped the oars and let
them float away.

"For God's sake! what are you doing?"
cried the girl.

"I am saving you !" said Francesca, rising
to her full height and stepping firmly on
the gunwale of the light boat. In an in-
stant it had capsized. There was a shrill,
short cry, then both figures were sinking
under the heaving waves. But long after-
wards the boat was floating keel uppermost
far, far away, towards the moonlit, silent
ocean.

EAST TENNESSEE ;FROMl BALD
MOUNTAIN.

In Southern climes, so bright, so fair,
Where nature wrought with wondrous care,
A vale of endless beauty lies,
And gives each day a glad surprise.

The rugged mountains, great and high,
In grandeur pierce the Southern sky ;
Like mighty ramparts, strong and steep,
The valley safe within they keep.

To guard the east, "The Smokies" rise,
Like fearless monarchs, to the skies ;
To watch the west, the Cumberland
In somber blue holds proud command.

Northward, Virginia's peaks we see,
Like surging billows of the sea ;
And Georgia's hills, through purple haze,
On the south, a hundred summits raise.

We hail the "Vale of Tennessee,"
Land of the noble, brave and free ;
We hail the land of matchless worth ;
We love the vale that gave us birth.

Her winding streams, like threads, are seen,
As on they flow with silv'ry sheen;
Through woods and meadows, far below,
We hear their murmurs soft and low.

Her forests, dense with oak and pine,

Present a scene of rich design ;

Ller flow'rs and shrubs with fragrance

bloom,
And scatter far their rich perfume.

How oft her spicy breezes blow
To rouse the hearts that beat too slow ;
Her balmy air, so pure and clear,
Fills every breast with joy and cheer.

How sweet her crystal waters flow
To cool the ruddy cheeks that glow ;
To quench the thirst of ev'ry tongue,
And give new life to old and young.

With peaceful homes the land is filled,
With honest toil the soil is tilled ;
Ne'er fail the sunshine and the rain
To ripen fields of golden grain.

To battles hard her sons have gone,
And many noble vict'ries won ;
To- them we give all honor due,
Who fight for country, brave and true.

For God her churches proudly stand
To tell his love o'er all the land ;
Her schools, the source of wisdom's light,
Stand firmly for the truth and right.

We hail the Vale of Tennessee ;
Wre love to think and sing of thee !
We hail the vale of joy and mirth ;
We love thee, best of all the earth !

Charles N. Magill, '99.

THE STUDY OF LITERATURE.

BY W. T. RAMSEY, OO.

The minds of people are constantly
in a state of restlessness. They are agitat-
ed either by the question of the day, or by
some other subject. The common topic of
discussion a few months ago was the Span-
ish-American war. To-day it is the Phil-
ippine problem. The minds of some are
not contented with just the current thought
of the day, but must go out into other chan-
nels. Thus let us turn our thoughts for a
few moments to the study of the develop-
ment of literature.

This age is known as the age of reason.
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that many of the animals have, so his ex-
istence and supremacy are due to the power
of reason. Thus the power of communi-
cating one with another is given to man.
At first it was merely verbal, but as the race
of man increased and scattered, signs were
chosen by which they were able to com-
municate one with another. From the
hieroglyphics, which were the representa-
tions of thought by pictures and drawing of
familiar objects, gradually the form of the
present signs or letters developed. As a
glance is taken back through the ages, the
development of our alphabet can be seen.
The Hebrew letters are more complex
signs, and more like the hieroglyphics than
the letters used to-day. Through the He-
brew to the Assyrian, then to the first forms,
or rather the drawings, letters can be traced.

As the signs become simpler, the more
efficient they become. The development
of literature depends on the simplicity of
the signs used. Very little literature is
found in the hieroglyphic period, but little
more in the Assyrian and Hebrew periods.
The Phoenicians simplified the signs, and
the Grecians, who received their letters
from the Phoenicians, left many valuable
writings. Since then literature in all de-
partments of studv has become abundant.

Since the race of man has developed
along with the literature, it behooves us to
study it more carefully than we are accus-
tomed to do. For, from the writings of
the past generation, the things that pertain
to the advancement or the degradation of
mankind can be learned. Literature, both
secular and religious, ancient and modern,
should be studied more ; studied both for
the thought and good that can be obtained
from it, and for the improvement of our
style.

In studying the sentiment contained in
the writings of an author, we should put
ourselves in the place and the age of the
writer. In so doing, his object will be the
more clearly understood. We shall be
able not only to recognize the purpose ot
the piece, but also to become acquainted

with the writer. The true character of 1
man is brought out in his writings. The
evil as well as the good in his character will
come out. Tims we are enabled to see his
inner life, as it were, and to sympathize
with him or condemn him. as it behoo
us.

A well-read man makes a good compan-
ion, and is constantly sought after. He is
able not only to discuss the current topics.
but also to take up more classical ones.
Since literature is so plentiful and easy to
be had, there is no excuse why we should
not become well versed in the literature,
at least, of the day. It becomes really our
duty to ourselves and our fellowmen to
take advantage of the opportunity given us
for literary culture.

Literature should be read not only for
the thought, but also for the advantages de-
rived from the styles. Each author has a
different style. As very seldom a facsimile
of any one is found on this earth, so in
literature very few men can successfully
imitate another. Thus, by reading different
authors, different arrangement of sentences
can be studied. In so doing, we shall
learn how we ourselves can arrange sen-
tences to bring out the exact thought, to
express them in eloquent language, or to
make them emphatic ; how to arouse the
sense of humor, to stir the depth of thought,
or to bring the tear of sympathy.

The choice of words is worthy of our at-
tention. One author will use very simple
words and express his ideas successfully,
while another will use classical expressions.
To be able to use the simple or classical ex-
pression in its right place is a study of no
little importance. To do it with anv de-
gree of success requires a deep study of the
diction of the best authors. This of a ne-
cessity compels us to read much. Also, a
large vocabulary is necessary, and there is
no better method of obtaining a good sup-
ply of words than by reading. Another
good result is the effect on our own use of
language. By constantly reading good au-
thors, almost unaware to ourselves, we be-

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gin to use better language. Expression-
that were once used by us thoughtlessly will
now seem ridiculous, and arouse the sense
of humor. We will not then delight in the
society of the ignorant, but seek more an 1
more the society of the learned. Thus it
causes us to seek learned men as our com-
panions, and makes us better companions
for our friends.

Lastly, through the influence exerted
over us by good authors, we are encour-
aged to set our aim high, and strive harder
to attain it. We constantly have before us
what men bave accomplished, and what we
if we will but try, can do. We forget to
seek the sinful pleasures of this world in the
delights of useful employment.

Since there are so many advantages to be
derived from the study of literature, we
should make it our purpose to grasp the
opportunity offered us. The study of lit-
erature is not like the study of mathematics
which can only be successfully done under
an instructor. Literature can be studied
at any time. The spare moments can thus
be utilized. It does not require that a per-
son have plenty of time to devote to it, but
by devoting much time to it greater good
can be derived. The person or student
who uses every spare moment in the study
of literature will in due time reap a rich
harvest of information, mental growth, and
true culture.

KIN TAKAHASHI.

BY PROF. HERMAN A. GoFF.

Maryville College has received more than
one contribution from Japan. The unfail-
ing regard of the devoted men and women
who have gone from the college into the
mission work of the Sunrise Kingdom has
been manifested in many ways. In the
College Museum there are tokens of in •
terest and remembrance, books and curios,
presented by the Maryville College Club in
Japan. But the purpose of this article is to
give some facts concerning a contribution
anthropological — Japan has furnished us a
man.

When Kin Takahashi came to Maryville
College he came, in the providence of God,
to do an important work, to exert a rare in-
fluence among the students, and eventuahV
to accomplish an undertaking that wiU
keep his name in perpetual remembrance ;
and when, in September, 1897, he returned
to his native land, he carried with him the
love and gratitude of the whole College.

SEEKING KNOWLEDGE, HE FOUND WISDOM

In t<886, impelled by a desire for learning,
he left bis native country and sailed for the
distant shores of America. Arriving at
San Francisco he entered an academy and
studied there for a time. There also he
was converted and received into the mem-
bership of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Yielding to providential direction, through
the influence of Christian friends, he set out
across the continent for Tennessee, and the
railroad brought him far to the East, where
he found himself under the morning shadow
of the majestic Alleghenies, at the doors of
Maryville College. In 1888, at the age of
eighteen, he entered the preparatory de-
partment of this institution.

His versatility was made manifest, fo~
Kin was compelled to work his way. His
parents — a Shintoist father and a Buddhist
mother — refused to help him after his con-
version to Christianity. Thus cast upon
his own resources, he supported himself by
selling Japanese curiosities and by render-
ing himself useful in various ways.

Having completed his studies with honor,
in 1895, he received the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, and took a creditable part in the
closing oratorical exercises of his class.

Kin found time to study and also to look
around him. He originated and promoted
various helpful movements among the stu-
dents. He went to work like a born organ-
izer and devised a plan by which students
were aided in securing profitable employ-
ment. Some, through these agencies,
were encouraged to remain in College, who
would otherwise have been ready to give up
in despair. This was accomplished by his
Self-Help Association.

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These results were not brought about in
one year, but when one point was gained he
passed to another. His facility in this was
one of Kin's most valued characteristics
In a few years he became

AX ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER,

especially in the work of the Young Men's
Christian Association. He arranged for
lectures, entertainments, receptions to new
students, and looked after many things per-
haps overlooked by others. His directly
religious work was not neglected. In pub-
lic and in private he has been a faithful wit-
ness for Christ.

On the athletic grounds, as elsewhere,
Kin was in demand. He became a self-
trained athlete, and a very efficient trainer
of others. As captain and active player, he
helped his team gain many a victory for the
College. In inter-collegiate games her rep-
utation had no more sturdy defender than
was the "little Jap" of five feet two and on?
hundred and twenty-three pounds avoirdu-
pois. In raising money to meet the cur-
rent expenses of these organizations, Kin
was clever and successful.

His instinct for news-gathering put him
in charge of the College column of the
Maryville newspaper, and in his junior
year he undertook the publication of the
College Days, among the most successful
of all our college periodicals. This enter
prise he continued as long as he was con-
nected with the College. His characteris-
tics appear in these achievements. In his
work for the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation and for his Literary Society, for the
success of his college publications, and not
least for the Athletic Association, he had
many discouragements : but apparent de-
feat meant nothing to Kin. He couldn't
be kept down, and after every "wreck"
bobbed up smiling, with a cheerful "Wei1,
boys, we'll try again." The writer can not
recall in him at any time a spirit and temper
inconsistent with a prayerful Christian life.

BUILDING BARTLETT HALL.

Kin's greatest work was the inauguration
and successful prosecution of the Bartlett

Hall building movement. This new build-
ing will furnish a magnificent home for the
Y. M. C. A., and, when properly equipped,
such gymnasium facilities as few colleges
can equal. He secured permission of the
faculty, and on March 23, 1894, in the Col-
lege Chapel, there was a meeting of the
students and friends of this movement. Kin
was made chairman. He stated the object
of the meeting, and his speech, followed by
others, aroused great enthusiasm. The
building began to seem a possibility. An
association was organized, with Kin as
president, and he began at once to raise
funds. The faculty and students respond-
ed cheerfully. Many students who were
not able to give money agreed to pay sub-
scriptions in work. After a year of plan-
ning and pushing. Kin was able to make x
start. In June, 1895, just after his gradua-
tion, the mills began to grind out brick.
The student labor, made available by the
payment of some cash subscriptions, at tne
end of the summer had taken form in three
kilns of excellent brick — 300,000 in all —
ready for the trowel. The neighboring
farmers generously furnished the wood for
burning the brick kilns.

This summer's work in the brickyard on
the college grounds by the students of
Maryville College resulted in substantial aid
to the budding cause, and became a matter
of public interest. Newspapers published
the details of the story. Kin Takahashi, the
hero of this enterprise, reached a place in
the estimation of the public that he could
not have attained if he had sought notorie-
ty. His life was illuminated by modesty
and unselfishness, and in their light good
deeds shine out more brightly in this self-
seeking world.

SOLICITING FUNDS.

Having made this good beginning
through the self-denying efforts of the stu-
dents and of friends near by, Kin set out to
seek help from other friends. In the fall
and winter he solicited funds in the North,
and in the summer of 1896 the foundation
was laid. Then the work had to stop for

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lack of funds : but Kin again sought help
from the friends of the College at a distance
He carried the story of the earnestness of
the students ; he showed the picture of a
foundation ready for the walls that should
shelter the religious organizations of the
students and foster health and physical
strength. Such liberal subscriptions were
made, that when he returned, in the spring
of 1897. he had funds enough pledged to
warrant the erection of the walls; and by
the close of the year the building externally
was done. This edifice, which, though un-
finished is an ornament to the campus, is of
pressed brick, three stories in height, cov-
ering eighty feet by eighty-nine, with a
large auditorium, rooms for the secretary
and committees, parlor and reading room,
and ample space for a gymnasium below
and a circular running track above. There
are commodious and convenient galleries
The roof is of slate. The large basement
will be fitted up with baths, lockers, and
game rooms. As it stands in a convenient
and conspicuous position on the Campus,
its unfinished condition appeals to all the
students, who are now deprived of its use.
Systematic efforts will soon be made to fin-
ish the interior to correspond with the ex-
terior and equip it for' the best possible
service.

The name of the building commemorates
the eminent services rendered the College
by the ex-president,, P. M. Bartlett, D.D.,
LL.D., and by his brother, Prof. Alexander
Bartlett, who died some years ago. Their
friends have taken pleasure in this perpetu-
ation of the name, and many have aided in
making the effort a success. To these and
to all who have helped them in generous
gifts and earnest prayers the students join
with Mr. Takahashi in grateful acknowledg-
ment.

After Kin had seen the walls erected, he
prepared to return to his native land. His
task here was done. He believed that the
completion of the building was assured.
He bade his friends good-by and turned his
face toward the home of his childhood, the

home of his parents, whom he prays to see

become followers of Christ ; hut the won:
he accomplished here will stand a. a mem
orial to him for generations to come.

WHAT IS Till' SECRET 01? Krx's SUCCESS?

His natural endowments and hard work-
both contributed. 7'here are three ele-
ments of his character that combined to ac-
complish this work, earnestness, prudence,
and prayerfulness. His zeal, activity, and
enthusiasm were contagious. He devoted
himself to the work. He persevered in it.
He did not regard discouragements.

The second reason for his success is tha:
he was wise in his methods. He saw the
need of the building. The benefits it would
confer were manifest. He had a good ob-
ject. He was wise in presenting his ob-
ject, for he appealed to Christians as to
those who hold their silver and their gold in
trust. He sought to show that those who
have the missionary spirit and who share
the Master's love for souls might feel it a
duty and a privilege to give to this cause.
He used means to disseminate an intelli-
gent knowledge of the students' movement.
He was wise in not trying to compel agree-
ment, if others disagreed with him. \\ nen
convinced, he was ready to yield.

The third reason for his success is that
he did not depend upon mere human in-
strumentalities. He made his first appeal
to God ; he prayed for guidance ; he prayed
that those who had the means might see in
Bartlett Hall a worthy object for their in-
terest and benevolence. Supported by
faith, confident that his work was for the
glory of God and the advancement of his
kingdom, he pressed on until lie overcame
the difficulties that thronged his way. His
cheerful Christian courage and faith, un-
daunted amid defeat and discouragement,
have stimulated and aided many students
in the past; the noble building, as it stands
on the College Campus, will prove of help
to many others in the future. In him Ja-
pan has conferred a blessing on Maryville
College, and through Maryville College on
Christian America.

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GROUP OF WINONA SIMMER HOUSES.

THE AUDITORIUM, WINONA LAKE.

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

BY PROF. I. A. GAINES.

Princeton University should be of espe-
cial interest to the readers of the College
Monthly, for two reasons: First, because
it is the most truly American of all our
great institutions of learning, and second,
because it is our greatest distinctively
Presbyterian university. The founders
were native Presbyterian ministers who
were graduates of Harvard, Yale, and the
Log College, founded in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania by Rev. William Tennent, and con-
ducted by him for twenty years. At his
death the Log College ceased to exist.

BRIEF HISTORIC SKETCH.

When the Log College ceased to exist
there was no institution of higher learning
nearer the middle colonies of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and New York than Yale 01
Harvard, in New England, or William and
Mary, in the province of Yirginia. To
meet this sore need for an institution of
higher learning in the middle colonies, the
College of New Jersey was founded. On
the 22d of October, 1746, the charter with
which the College began its life was grant-
ed by the provincial governor of New Jer-
sev. This was the first charter conferred
in America by a provincial governor. Ow-
ing to an oversight, this charter was not
recorded, and in 1748 a second charter was
granted by Governor Belcher. The char-
ter of 1748, with a few unimportant amend-
ments, is to-day the charter of Princeton
University.

The early history of the College is a
story of struggle and hardship. Not until
recent years have friends and equipments
been bestowed upon the institution which
place it among the richly endowed institu-
tions of our land. But its early histon is
full of heroic achievements in the cause of
education. It became the radiating center
of educational influence in the surround-
ing colonies, and the parent of many of the
educational institutions of the South.

Princeton College was also a conspicu-
ous center in revolutionary times. Nassau

Hall, the first building erected on thi
pus, was for a long time the largest struc-
ture in America. This building was u
for barracks at one time by the British, and
at another time by the American
It was the scene of a fierce battle, when it-
walls were mutilated by cannon hall-. Here
the Continental Congress met when it
compelled to leave Philadelphia; here the
first recognition of American independence
by a European power was officially an-
nounced— the recognition of France : here
Washington attended commencement, and
here, in the presence of the foreign Am-
bassadors and the Continental Congress, he
finally received the official thanks for his
services in establishing American indepen-
dence.

PRINCETON VILLAGE.

Princeton is a town of three thousand in-
habitants, and is situated three miles off
the Pennsylvania Railroad, about half way
between Philadelphia and New York. It
is reached by a branch railroad, which
makes connection with all regular passen-
ger trains. Its seclusion furnishes one of
its chief charms — the absence of the rum-
ble of traffic. Princeton is surrounded by
green fields and clusters of neat farm-
houses, and the University is nestled in 1
grove of great elms, like a gem in a beau-
tiful setting. Besides the handsome and
some even magnificent buildings of the
University, there are many beautiful resi-
dences in Princeton. Also, a number of
persons of wealth and note reside here,
among whom are J. Pierpont Morgan, Ex-
President Grover Cleveland, and J. M.
Taylor Pyne, who gave a new librarv
building to the University in 1897. wdiich
cost over six hundred thousand dollars.
There are two Presbyterian churches, a
Methodist, an Episcopalian, and a Cath-
olic church in town.

Historic associations render Princeton
an interesting town. Around it cling "like
gathering mists the mighty memories of the
revolution." Here is the battlefield where
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followers, poured out his blood in the
cause of independence. Stony Brook-
bridge, which Washington destroyed to
check the pursuit of the Redcoats, has been
rebuilt, and is a favorite point in the ram-
bles of the students. The little stone
Quaker church, in which Washington had
his headquarters, is another point of inter-
est. The battlefield, the bridge, and the
Quaker church are all within a mile and a
half of the Campus. The cemetery, on
Witherspoon Street, about three minutes'
walk from the Campus, is called the "West-
minster of America." It contains the re-
mains of more noted men than any other
cemetery in the country. All the College
presidents from Aaron Burr, 1746-1747, to
"fames McCosh. 1868-1889, with many ot
the professors of the College and Theologi-
cal Seminary, are buried there.

THE CAlirUS AXD BUILDINGS.

The University grounds include about
250 acres of land, a considerable part of
which is in virgin forest. There are about
ten acres in the Campus, beautifully shaded
bv great elms, and there are in all over
thirty University buildings. The buildings
are not crowded, as they must of necessity
be where a university is situated in the
heart of a large city like Chicago, New
York, or New Haven. Plenty of room for
sunshine and shade, for fresh air and com-
radeship, is a great boon to the student.

"Old North," or Nassau Hall, is the cen-
tral building. It is built of stone, as most
of the other buildings are, and is three
stories high. Just back of it, in the quad-
rangle, is the cannon which played an
important part in the battle of Princeton,
and is now the center of all triumphal cele-
brations. There are nine large dormitor-
ies, either four or five stories high, whicn
accommodate seven or eight hundred stu-
dents. The scientific lecture-rooms are
chiefly in the John C. Green School o(.
Science buildings, and most of the academic
lectures are held in Dickinson Hall. Mar-
quand Chapel is a commodious and elegam
structure, in which all devotional exercises

are held. Alexander Hall is a magnificent
building for all academic exercises. Mur-
ray Hall, situated only a few steps- from the
chapel, contains the Y. M. C. A., auditorium
and reading-room. The new Library
building is a very handsome structure of
grey stone, in the form of a hollow quad-
rangle, and is connected with the old
Chancellor Green Library. The new
building will have a shelf capacity for
1,350,000 volumes when all the shelves
are placed, and contains besides this a num-
ber of administration rooms, eighteen sem-
inary rooms, and a large room for exhibit-
ing rare books and papers. The old library,
which is octagon-shaped, is used for a
reading room and reference library. Space
forbids more than a mention of such inter-
esting buildings as the Art Museum, the
Society Halls, the Observatories, etc.

STUDENTS AXD COLLEGE LIEE.

There are about eleven hundred students
in the academic and scientific departments
of the University. The two hundred and
fifty or seventy-five students of the The-
ological Seminary are not enrolled with the
University students. About two-thirds ot
the undergraduates are in the academic de-
partment, and the remaining one-third in
the scientific. This year there are one hun-
dred and twenty-eight in the graduate
school.

The great majority of students room in
the dormitories. Dormitory life has many
attractions for the student, and he who has
the moral stamina to resist the evil and do
the right finds much to help him develop
into true, independent manhood, and gains
much culture and pleasure from his intimate
association with his fellow schoolmates ; but
for the moral weakling and unwary student
the temptations often prove too strong, and
he falls into dissipation and begins a down-
ward course which, too sad to state, is often
never changed. I wish to make a state-
ment right here, however, for fear what I
have said may be misleading. Princeton
University students are not given over to

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dissipation, as they are in some of our
large schools.

While a great many students doubtless
drink moderately, no student can make a
beast of himself and remain a member of
the University. No moral or intellectual
reprobate can long remain a student at
Princeton. In evidence of the high code
of honor observed among Princeton stu-
dents I mention the fact that they have
adopted the honor system in examinations.
Any student found cheating is immediately
dealt with by his fellow-students, and if the
case is grave enough, he is drummed out of
school as a cheat. No student who fails to
pass in his studies can enter any athletic
team. During the past year the students
have voted to abolish hazing, which shows
another step taken in the right direction.

COLLEGE CUSTOMS AND LAWS.

Princeton has many customs peculiar to
its own life. The rougher ones grow out
of a strife between the two lower classes
for prowess and supremacy in athletics. The
first engagement between the Freshmen
and Sophomores is in a grand rush for the
cannon in the quadrangle behind "Old
North." The Sophomores endeavor to
rush the Freshmen off the Campus, or, at
,-ny rate, to prevent them from gaining pos-
session of the cannon. A little later the
class ball games are played to determine
which class possesses the champion team.
These games are hotly contested, and espe-
cially so between the two lower classes. The
Sophomores regard it a great calamity to
be beaten by the Freshmen. Next comes
the cane spree, which is an athletic contest
between champions from the two lower
classes for the possession of the cane. A
very commendable custom is that no Fresh-
man is ever molested on his way to or from
Y. M. C. A. meetings, or class prayer-
meetings, or Bible classes. There are num-
erous other customs regarding the use of
college colors, songs, and insignia, the
wearing of hats, carrying of canes, etc.,
which we can only stop to mention. The
student's liberties are restricted as little as

possible. He is required to be moral in his
habits, to have his lessons, to be habitually
attentive to his work and recitations and
to attend chapel exercises every week-da>
morning at 8 o'clock, and divine services
Sabbath morning and evening, in Mar-
quand Chapel. Required attendance on
chapel services is not now customary in
our universities, but I am sure it has a
salutary influence on the student. It is an
inspiring sight to see one thousand college
students file into their places to honor God
in a short service at the beginning of each
day's work. To have one's thoughts turned
heavenward for a few moments, and to list-
en to the read Word and offered prayer, to
join in song and feel the thrill of the asso-
ciation of a thousand voices, can not fail
to have a great influence for good. May
Princeton University never lose this dis-
tinctively Christian feature of its life, for
when God is left out of the daily program
he is soon left out of thought and life.
COLLEGE SPIRIT.
No institution has more loyal sons than
has Princeton. Orange and black is to a
Princeton man's eye the richest and most
suggestive, if not the most beautiful, com-
bination of colors. In all college contests
the students support their fellows with a
good will, and that counts much toward
victory, and when a victory is won, it is
celebrated with a bonfire around the can-
non in the quadrangle. To be a Princeton
man is like belonging to a secret society:
if one is worthy, he can count on the loyal
help and support of Princeton men in his
struggles to rise in after life. Every pater-
familias teaches his sons to sing "Old Nas-
sau," and to long for its classic halls.
THE UNIVERSITY.
After a century and a half of remarkable
growth and usefulness under such men as
Burr, Edwards, Witherspoon. Carnahan,
and McCosh, Princeton College, in 1896,
widened its sphere of influence by assuming
the rank and dignity of a university. Since
1889 Dr. Francis L. Patton has been presi-
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nomenal growth in attendance and in ma-
terial resources, which began under Dr.
McCosh, has continued. To-day Prince-
ton offers the student desiring to pursue
academic or scientific studies advantages
equaled by few institutions in the country
try.

Its instructors are scholars of high
standing, quite a number of them enjoying
national and even international reputation.
Prof. Charles A. Young is one of the most
distinguished scholars of his generation in
the science of astronomy. Few men have
more brilliant or acute intellectual powers
than has Dr. Patton. Prof. Hunt in Eng-
lish and Philology, Prof. Wilson in Polit-
ical Science, Prof. Baldwin in Psychology,
Prof. Ormond in Philosophy, Prof. Bracket
in Physics, Profs. Fine and Thompson in
Mathematics, and Prof. Perry in English
Literature, are authorities in their several
departments, and enjoy a national reputa-
tion.

Possessing such great resources, and un-
der the guidance of such men, and standing
for such principles, Princeton University
may enter the new century with the assur-
ance of God's benediction, and of a future
surpassing even the glorious record of the
closinsr centurv.

THE LIBRARY;

BY PROP. HERMAN A. GOFF.

The Lamar Memorial Library has this
year been the recipient of some greatly
needed books. Although few institutions
in the South surpass us in the number of
volumes, yet many of the most valuable
books of reference and of general literature
have been wanting.

Our 12,000 volumes indeed make but a
handful compared, for example, with the
great national library which forms a part
of the British Museum. But in the period
of service of the retiring librarian, Dr
Richard Garnett, who has directed it with
distinguished ability for the past forty-eight
years, the number of volumes in England's
national library has increased from 800,00c

to 2,000,000. Probably more significant
still would be the gain in system and acces-
sibility. Two millions or ten millions of
inaccessible or mediocre books would be
worth less than the "fifty score, for daily
use" of immortals, in Holmes' modest wish.
Our Congressional Library contains now
800,000, and having many additions yearly,
it will soon pass the million mark. But
these large libraries, in the words of Mr.
Putnam, who has lately been elected librar-
ian, are liable to be rendered less useful
through their very magnitude. They can
not be as readily available and open to di-
rect access as are smaller libraries.

We fear no evils of this kind at Mary-
ville, and gladly welcome any useful addi-
tions to our shelves. It is our privilege to
acknowledge many valuable public books
and pamphlets through the courtesy of our
Congressman, the Hon. Henry R. Gibson,
and other government officials.

Gifts have recently been received from
friends in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Tennessee. The small ap-
propriation by the directors of Maryville
College for the purchase of books has been
greatly appreciated, and these volumes are
available now for use.

Among the departments enriched bv re-
cent additions from all these sources are
those of history, biography, fiction, poetry,
political economy, education, languages,
sociology, hygiene, mental science and the-
ology. New books of general reference, in-
cluding the latest volume of Poole's Index,
and also treatises in technical science have
been placed in the alcoves provided.

A collection of books in the Bulgarian
language, with other volumes, presented by
friends of the late Miss Linna A. Schenck,
constitutes a rare addition.

Mrs. J. L. Godfrey has kindly given a
valuable shelf of books, which will be dis-
tributed among many departments.

Among the latest received are the records
of the proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Con-
gresses, from the first held at Columbia,
Tenn., in 1889, to the last year's reunion.

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Bv these and other books Mrs. Thaw ha<-
shown her continued interest in the La-
mar Memorial Library. The reading-
100m in the building- it is hoped will keep
pace with the promised growth of the li-
brary. Among the periodicals are dailies
weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies, com-
prising the best of current literature. Ex-
changes received by the editor of the Col-
lege Monthly, including magazines from
some of the leading institutions, are on file

Perhaps there can be no better opportun
itv than this to put before the friends of the
Lamar Library its need of funds for per-
manent endowment. The library has not
a dollar at its disposal to draw upon for
current expenses.

The librarian would be glad to inform
any one who ma}- desire to supply some of
our special needs what the most pressing
wants are.

THE GLEE CLUB OF MARYVILLE
COLLEGE.

BY ARTHUR G. HULL, '02.

The old Greek philosophy, that a man
should enjoy many things temperately and
nothing to excess, was never more needed
than in these days of the specialist. True,
one should always endeavor to excel in his
chosen field and yet not to such an extent as
to make him either narrow or superficial in
other directions. A large part of the glory
and strength of our country lies in the fact
that so great a proportion of its citizens
possess the advantages of a liberal educa-
tion, and therefore it should be the aim of
our schools of learning to give to their un-
dergraduates a broad foundation on which
to raise the superstructure of their after life,
rather than to develop them along a few
special lines at the expense of their educa-
tion in general.

A student, therefore, without being un-
mindful of the fact that his studies have the
first claim upon his time, should not neglect
to enter, as far as possible, into the whole-
some pursuits and pleasures of college life,
for in so doing he is most likely to prepar-:

himself for a strong, vigorous and well de-
veloped manhood in the future. We be-
lieve that one of the best of these influences
of college life is the glee club. The famil-
iar intercourse of twenty or more- young
men can not but be beneficial on the char-
acter, when, as in the present instance, all
are gentlemen in the best sense of the word'.
The ties of friendship formed, the incidents
of the trip, the places visited, and the dis-
tinguished people met — in these things
themselves consists an education, to the ad-
vantages of which the members of the club
will most readily testify, and in their mem-
ory will ever remain one of the choicest
pleasures of mature life.

But, perhaps the best reason for its ex-
istence is in the relation of the glee club to
the college as a whole. For one thing, it
inspires the student body with college spirit,
something which is almost undefinable, but
nevertheless one of the most necessary
agencies in molding college life, without
which indeed college life is itself almost de-
void of interest. Finally, the favorable ef-
fect produced on the public by a representa-
tive body of students from Maryville, is
certainly worth a great deal of considera-
tion. It is matter for pride that, wherever
the Glee Club of '98-99 went, they invari-
ably upheld their own and the honor of
their Alma Mater, and their gentlemanly
conduct was undoubtedly one of the chief
reasons for their popularity. The results
have been immediate ; in many places where
Maryville has been little more than a name
she has become and will remain an inter-
esting reality, a potential influence for good.
Within a week after our return, letters of
eager inquiry were received by the presi-
dent and our manager from places all along
the route, showing the spontaneous interest
and enthusiasm aroused by the short trip,
and this we believe is but a mere beginning

The foregoing remarks have been writ-
ten, not in any spirit of defense of the Glee
Club, but to avoid any possible miscon-
struction of the purposes for which the or-
ganization was formed, and thus to ren-

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der easier the work of future clubs which
may be sent out from our halls. Sufficient
has been said, we trust, to place this, the
pioneer club of Maryville College, in its
true light before the public.

HISTORY OP THE TRIP.

Early on the morning of the 20th, in the
merry month of March of this year, a party
of twenty shivering youths arose an hour
or so earlier than their accustomed time,
and after a breakfast eaten with even more
than the usual haste of a boarding club
meal, each hied him down to the depot and
boarded the 6:45 Cannon Ball amid the en-
vious glances of less fortunate but enthu-
siastic spirits who dared to venture out at
that unholy hour for the purpose of wit-
nessing the departure of the first Maryville
College Glee Club. After due time con-
sumed in deliberation, as befitted its dig-
nity, the venerable engine of the K. & A.
puffed and rang itself down the tracks
while the little town of Maryville and the
cheers and adieus, not always complimen-
tary, of the crowd, receded slowly from
sight and hearing. In process of time the
train drew up beneath the Knoxville car
shed, and the boys scattered to various
points of interest about the city. At noon,
however, all were glad to stretch their legs
beneath a table well laden with viands to
each one's taste. Under the mellowing in-
fluence of a good dinner and sunny morn-
ing, tongues were loosed, and soon all
things went "merry as a marriage bell."
Jokes and good stories flew around, and
the "drag" fiend succeeded in capturing sev-
eral for his scrap-book. Promptly after,
the dinner, again the cars engulfed us, and
bore us rapidly away, with college colors
flving in the wind, feeling now for the first
time that we really were started on the
long-looked-for trip.

The company had by this time swelled
to the number of twenty-four, including be-
sides the chorus of twenty the two soloists,
Messrs. Bartlett and Dilopulo, Manager
and Leader Professor Newman, and the
pianist, Miss Hockings, of Knoxville, tak-

ing the place of our Miss Perine, much to
our regret unable to accompany the club.
Later in the afternoon we alighted at the
old historic town of Jonesboro, promptly
gave the college yell, and were right royally
welcomed in turn. Words are almost in-
adequate to express the universal kindness
and courteous attention accorded the club
here. In the evening the club sang to a
splendid audience, warmly appreciative of
its efforts, and under such circumstances
could do no less than to sing well. After
the concert, through the kindness of Mrs.
Dosser, a reception was tendered at her
home to the members of the club by the
Schubert Club of young ladies, who pre-
sided as hostess with all the beauty and
grace for which Jonesboro is famous, mak-
ing their guests feel perfectly at ease and
charming them with the small favors, such
as the club colors, boutonnieres, and later
on the dainty refreshments bestowed upon
them. Thus time sped by with winged feet
till long after the midnight hour.

As the 11 o'clock train was delayed the
next day, the morning and much of the aft-
ernoon were spent in wandering about the
quaint old place — the oldest town in Ten-
nessee, in fact — with the interesting mem-
ories of days ante-bellum ; and those who
were so fortunate as to drink a draught
from the old mill spring, proffered by the
slender ha'nd of some fair Rebecca, were
doubtless quite willing to say with Tenny-
son's "Lotus eaters." '

"Oh, rest, ye brother mariners, we will not
wander more !"

But all things have an end. Sufficient to
say that Jonesboro left many memories,
•and none were anything but pleasant.

The next place on the schedule was
Greenville, where, on the evening of the
2 1st, the club had the opportunity to sing at
the opera house to well-filled seats, and
though the audience was slightly chilly at
first, it rapidly warmed up to quite a high
pitch of enthusiasm, and well it might, for
according to several the club never sang so
well as on that night. After the concert, in

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

ABKAM'S FALL.1-, XKAK MARYVILLE.

spite of late hours the night before, the
young men very much enjoyed a second
reception tendered in the parlors of the his-
toric Morgan Hotel, and in the gentle art
of conversation while away a considerable
portion of the night. Little opportunity
was given for sight-seeing — unfortunately
so, for the place is of much historical inter-
est. Several, however, by arising early saw
the old tailor shop of Andrew Johnson and
his monument, crowning one of the sur-
rounding hills, while the general impression
of the town was favorable upon all.

The next morning the party started for
Morristown, giving the yell at their de-
parture, as on their arrival. Indeed, this

was the club's custom wherever it stopped.
At Morristown, although because of the
threatening weather, the audience was
smaller than usual, none could have been
more appreciative. Miss Hocking's piano
solos and Mr. Bartlett's singing being es-
pecially well received ; in fact, almost every
member on the program was heavily en-
cored. That night for the first time the
club retired early and after n o'clock, save
for the snores of the Athenian Quartet,
softlv blended in a harmonious serenade, all
was quiet in the corridors of Hotel \ ir-
ginia.

At Xew Market we. of course, expected
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than we looked for. The Presbyterian
church where the concert was held was
closely packed with an intelligent and sym-
pathetic audience. Naturally, the boys did
their best. The quartet, with its ridiculous
encores, especially aroused enthusiasm.
Mrs. Tatum, with rare courtesy, entertained
the young men, later in the evening, at her
home, a reception which was thoroughly
enjoyed by all those present. Old acquain-
tances were renewed, and many new and
lasting friendships formed, so that all were
ready to vote at the hour of departure that
no more pleasant evening could have been
spent anywhere. The morning light re-
vealed the surprising fact that many col-
lege colors which had gradually been de-
creasing in length, now appeared entirely
shorn of their gallant streamers or dis-
appeared entirely. But we all know that
boys are careless about leaving things ly-
ing around.

The good people of Xew Market very
kindly entertained the club as at Jones-
boro in private homes, thus reducing ex-
penses to the minimum, and at the same
time greatly increasing the pleasure of the
stay.

The 10 o'clock train bore us off, next
morning, to Knoxville, where, after a good
dinner together, the members were again
courteously entertained at private homes,
2nd after a day spent very pleasantly about
the city, the concert opened promptly at
8:15 to a good audience in Market Hall
and in spite of the fact that many of the
members were in wretched voice on ac-
count of continued singing, and Mr. Bart-
lett was practically unable to sing at all,
the audience seemed to appreciate the pro-
gram thoroughly, particularly the quartet,
ouintet, and Mr. Dilopulo's songs in var-
ious foreign and barbaric tongues: in fact
wherever the club went, his entertaining
singing, with its suggestion of the weird
always brought down the house, and
formed one of the most unique features of
the program.

The next morning saw the jolly crowd

pick up its bag and baggage and board the
Maryville train with college songs upon its
lips, well satisfied with itself and the rest of
the world, and glad enough despite the
pleasure of the trip, to see at length the cu-
pola of the dear old college building loom
up against the drizzly sky.

Thus, amid uproarious shouts of wel-
come and general good feeling, the trip
ended.

Before leaving this subject, some men-
tion is suitable of our highly esteemed man-
ager and leader, Prof. J. G. Newman. It is
no more than fair to say that he has been
the master spirit of the enterprise, and to
him more than any other has been due the
honor of its successful completion. It is
quite safe to say that but for him Maryville
would not have seen a glee club for ten
vears to come, and therefore he is deserved-
ly one of the most popular professors in
the College. We take this opportunity
likewise to thank all friends of the College
who have in any way aided us, either by
financial support or personal effort in help-
ing to bring the club to public notice.

The press notices were very favorable,
and a sample is given taken from the Mor-
ristown Gazette:

"The concert given by the Maryville
Glee Glub, of Maryville College, at the
Opera House, Wednesday evening last, was
a delightful and highly creditable affair.
The program consisted of glees, vocal
solos, quartets, piano solos, quintets, and
double ouartets. The club constitutes a
fine musical combination, and, as ama-
teurs, they are in the forefront. A feature
of >pecial note was the singing in six lan-
guages by Mr. George Dilopulo, of Athens
Greece."

On March 24, Prof. E. B. Waller deliv-
ered a lecture upon the subject of "Health
Hints" before the students in the College
Chapel. The six points emphasized were:
Pure air, suitable food, suitable clothing,
exercise, cleanliness, and eood habits.

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HUBERT S. LYLK, CLASS OF '99.
- President of the Bai-tlett Hall Building Association.

PROPOSED PLAN OF MANAGE-
MENT FOR BARTLETT HALL.

The Bartlett Hall Building Association
and the Y. M. C. A. of Maryville College
ask from the Board of Directors of Mary-
ville College the following things:

I. That the light, the heat, and the water
for Bartlett Hall be furnished by the Col-
lege without any expense to the Y. M. C. A.

II. That the salaries of the general sec-
retary, the physical director, and the janitor
be paid by the College.

III. That the Y. M. C. A. be allowed to
control and manage Bartlett Hall forever,
or as long as the Y. M. C. A. exists in the
College as a Y. M. C. A. organization.

IV. (i.) That the Y. M. C. A. shall elect
a "Board of Managers," who shall have the
entire control and management of Bartlett
Hall, with the understanding that the Board
of Directors of the College shall have the
power to approve or veto any action taken
by said "Board of Managers."

(2.) That the "Board of Managers" shall
elect the general secretary, the physical
director, and the janitor ; and shall fix their
salaries after the Board of Directors shall
have made the necessary appropriation
therefor.

Y. ( 1 .; That the "Board of Man;

shall be elected at the annual i

Y. M. C. A., which meeting shall be held

during the first week of April o

(2.) The members of the said Board shall
hold office for one year, or until their suc-
cessors shall be elected.

(3.) That the said Board shall be com-
posed of five (5) members, two (2) from the
faculty, and three (3) from the Y. M. C. A

4. That the "Hoard of Managers"
have power to organize itself, and shall
meet regularly once each month.

VI'. That all revenues of Bartlett Hall,
derived from rents and from other sources,
shall be controlled and expended by the
"Board of Managers."

VII. That the "Board of Managers"
shall make an annual written report to the
Board of Directors of the College at their
meeting in May.

VIII. That the Board of Directors <=V-all
guarantee to the Y. M. C. A. the aforesaid
rights and privileges.

The plan of management of Bartlett Hali,
which is here presented, is now in the
hands of a committee appointed by the
Board of Directors. This committee will
make a report at the next meeting of the

Board in May.

The fundamental principle of any plan
adopted should be to give the Y. M. C. A.
the utmost responsibility and trust in man-
aging their building. This principle is im-
portant for two reasons: First, as an ac-
knowledgment of the diligent work done
by the Y. M. C. A. in securing the building ;
and, second, that duties imposed may gen-
erate a greater feeling of responsibility in
future members of our organization. Our
long desired home for Christian work in
the College is now nearing completion, and
the prerent interest in the work will be best
conserved for coming members by giving
us and them the largest possible share in
the control of the building. To us the
plan presented does not seem to ask too
much, and we trust that the trustee- will
act favorably upon it. or. at least, make no
radical change in the principle involved.

Hubert S. Lyle.
President of Bartlett Hall Building Asso-
ciation.

164

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

MAJOR MILL A. McTEEH,
Treasurer of the Bartlett Hal] Building Association.

LAW AND LAWYERS.

BY HON. WILL A. MCTEER.

The practice of law is one of the noblest
of callings. In this, however, a distinction
should be drawn between the true lawyer
and the pettifogger. A good lawyer will
not act dishonorably. The ethics of the
profession forbids it. The pettifogger, who
resorts to falsehood and dishonesty, as well
as all kinds of mean tricks in order to carry
a point, brings undeserved reproach on the
profession at large.

Many persons look on him as a profes-
sional standard. In the same way many
look to the hypocrite as the standard of
Christianity. The hypocrite is not a Chris
tian at all. Neither is the pettifogger a
lawyer. He may have a knowledge of the
law and make much use of it, just as the
hypocrite may have a knowledge of the Bi-
ble and make much use of it. Both are
pretenders in their practice and conduct.

There is a strong temptation presented to
the practitioner to do dishonorable things.
The profession deals largely with wrong,
and when conducted on the true plane, the
work is that of correcting wrongs.

It is frequent that when a pious-faced
church-member gets into trouble with his
neighbor, he employs the meanest petti-
fogger he can find, for the purpose and with
the intent of resorting to any and all means,
right or wrong, honorable or dishonorable
reputable or disreputable, for gaining the
suit and punishing his adversary. If suc-
cessful, he gloats over it, and lays the sin to
the lawyer. A true lawyer loathes such
clients. This class of clients do much tc
lower the standard of Christianity, espe-
cially among the legal profession.

A minister once asked a pious lawyer
why it was that there appeared to be a ten-
dency toward skepticism in the legal pro-
fession. The replv was, that if the minister
could sit in the consultation room and hear
the efforts made on the part of persons of
high standing in the church demanding
that the attorney should do dishonest and
mean things in the name of his profession,
the client to reap the fruits, he would easily
understand that the man who looks to
church members as the standard of Chris-
tianity, would quickly drift into skepticism
and infidelity.

The. legal profession has been severely
criticised by some, because the guilty are
defended. Such criticism comes only from
narrow-minded persons, who are unable to
draw the distinction between the person ac-
cused of a crime and the crime itself. Even
a guilty person has rights, and his rights
should be protected. The lawyer does not
defend the crime, but the person accused of
a crime. The law presumes the accused to
be innocent until guilt is proven in a legiti-
mate way. The rules governing the admis-
sion of evidence are the accumulated wis-
dom growing out of centuries of practice.

There is nothing grander or nobler than
the rule under our English and American
jurisprudence that no one can be put on
trial on a criminal charge without an at-
torney, learned in the law, to make defense
for him. The accused may be without
money or influence and as guilty and vile,
as friendless and helpless as the woman

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

taken in adultery, and yet he must have
counsel to plead his cause. If unable to
employ one, the Court will assign an attor-
ney to make the defense for him. The
criminal class often do not know anything
of their rights. They do not know the
weight of crime. They have often been
taught from childhood that crime is a vir-
tue. This is so especially in regard to the
crime of murder. The children in many
homes have been taught that it is manly to
fight, to defend themselves, and to take life
It is right that crime should be punished
The preservation of society and of the com-
monwealth demands that restraining pun-
ishment shall be administered. The guilt
of the accused must be determined in a fair
and honorable way, and the punishment ad-
ministered in the manner required by law.

It is unprofessional for the lawyer to
stir up suits. Some practitioners do this
but it is the work of the pettifogger and not
the lawyer. In fact, this is an offense called
barratry, for which the guilty should be
stricken from the roll of attorneys.

Here again the conscientious lawyer can
do much good. Two citizens have a mis-
understanding, and it grows into a quarrel
They each go to their lawyers, and gener-
ally carry their hot blood with them, for the
purpose of entering into a lawsuit and pun
ishing the adversary. The good lawyer can
see at once that there is no reason for a
suit. He can advise a settlement better for
both and the legal rights of each can be
maintained. This is often done.

Young people see the lawyer at the bar
and hear him make his argument. The
conclusion is that such is his work. Th:s
is a very great mistake. It is part of his
work, but only the foam. It is the hod-
carrier emptying the mortar. The work is
done in the .office, in collecting and arrang-
ing the facts in an orderly way, and in
searching and examining authorities and"
properly noting them. He must keep
posted on subjects generally, and the law
with current decisions in particular.

Some of the best lawyers are by no means

attractive speakers. In

speakers arc frequently

They rely on the flow of language, and lose

sight of the principles of law.

Among lawyers there is a high standard
of professional courtesy. 'I hey meet and
clash in their cases, but when the clash is
over there is a courtesy that is admirable.

The purpose of the law ;- to uphold the
right, condemn the wrong, protect the
weak against the strong, defend the inno-
cent, and punish the guilty. If the law-
yer is on the side that is in the wrong, it is
his duty to represent his client, not to defend
the wrong. There is a lawyer to represent
the other side and bring out the facts. Thus
the right and the wrong are determined
Both sides are developed in a systematic,
orderly way, before an impartial court, and
justice is then administered accordingly.

In God's plan there are different callings.
The profession of law is one of these. Con-
secrated lawyers can do much in advancing
the cause of righteousness — sometimes
more effectually than the ministry itself. It
is God's purpose to have lawyers, doctors.
ministers, teachers, farmers, blacksmiths,
carpenters, and other professions and
trades. We mistake when we think that
God does not call us into the field where he
can accomplish most for him.

The writer had no thought of practicing
law as a vocation until it appeared that ev-
erything else was cut off from him, and the
law alone was open. He then started tim-
idlv, then fell in love with the profession.
He now feels that it was God that led him
into it, and that it was the divine will tha:
he should lead that life, as much so as if he
had been called to the gospel ministry.

This number of The Monthly is double the
usual size, and students should give those
merchants who advertise in it the benefit
of their patronage. The total number of
subscribers is 863, of whom more than 500
have already paid. How many of the re-
mainder will do likewise during the present
month ?

1 66

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

SOME IMPRESSIONS OF MARYVILLE
COLLEGE.

BY DR. S. C. DICKEY.

Having spent ten days in Maryville hold-
ing evangelistic meetings with the students.
I am asked to give "some impressions of
the College." It is not for me, therefore,
to refer to the history of the College, nor to
tell of the wonderful opportunities open to
her by reason of her location — near the
health-giving mountains of Eastern Tenn-
essee— but rather to give my impressions of
the present faculty and students as I have,
observed them during my sojourn.

It is a well-known fact that no commun-
ity is so liable to change as that of the Col-
lege. This is true not only of its personnel
but also of its spirit. Many an alumnus has
visited his Alma Mater and gone away
with a sad heart saying to himself, if not to
others, "Ichabod." I have visited more
than one so-called Christian College whose
debating balls were closed, whose Greek
fraternities were little more than dance
clubs, and whose faculty had seemingly bid-
den farewell to discipline and to Christian
oversight of those committed to their care,
and upon whose teachers and students there
seemed to have settled down to a Pharisai-
cal deadness and lukewarmness towards
cvangelical faith and evangelistic effort.

It affords me, therefore, great pleasure
to assure every friend of Maryville College
that its present faculty and students are true
to her founding and her history. I had
not been in my room five minutes before I
beard the stirring strains of "Throw Gut
the Life Line," as it was being sung by a
band of students in another part of the
building. And as our train rolled out of
Maryville on that last morning, the stu-
dents and teachers joined in a farewell of,
Christian song. With deep feeling i can
testifv that Maryville College of to-day is
loyal to the spirit and teachings of Jesus
Christ.

Nor does the type of Christian living
found there correspond to what some call

"piositv." The new and modern buildings
with their equipment, all speak of progress
and a visit to the class-rooms convinced
me that modern methods of teaching were
in vogue. Indeed, as I caught the spirit of
both faculty and students, the Institution is
characterized by loyalty to the Scriptures,
practical and genuine sympathy with the
present age, its needs and its opportunities.

The deepest impression which Maryville
College made upon me was that of its great
service to the Northern Church in the
South. Having lately received more than
$200,000 from the Fayerweather estate,
Maryville easily leads in the matter of en-
dowment all of our other colleges in the
South.

No one can study the problem of the
union of the Northern and Southern
Churches without concluding that Mary-
ville College must needs prove a mighty
factor. It behooves the Northern Church,
therefore, to render to Maryville every as-
sistance in its power.

Long life to Maryville College as long
as she is conducted on the same lines as to-
day !

The officers elected by the A. S. Society
for the last quarter of the year were as
fellows:

President. — H. C. Rimmer.

Vice President. — S. T. Miser.

Corresponding Secretary. — M. W. Ervin.

Secretary. — S. D. McMurry.

Censors'— Fred. Caldwell. W. A. Walker
and W. Sabin.

We are indebted to Prof. W. G. Garner,
of the Normal Institute of Maryville, for
the loan of photographs from which plates
have been made for The Monthly. Gne of
these pictures, Abram's Falls, appears in
this number. Professor Garner is an en-
thusiastic lover of our mountain scenery
and has a large collection of beautiful view ,
vvhi h be b;.s taken dining bis summer va-
cations.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

BARTLETT HALL.

1S95 — Brick-making by the students.
1S96 — Foundations laid.
1S97 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898 — Gymnasium part opened for use.

Cash received to Apr. 1 , 1899 . . $11,17
Yet needed to complete .aud furnish, 3

The history of the Y. M. C. A. and Gym-
nasium Building of Maryville College has
been often told. Kin Takahashi, a Japan-
ese graduate of '95, was the originator of
l lie movement. In May, '95, the students
under his leadership formed the "Bartlett
Hall Building Association."

During two years Kin Takahashi solicit-
ed funds, and after his departure for his na-
tive land, in '97, 'the work of soliciting was
mainly done by Prof. John G. Newman,
Rev. William R. Dawson, Rev. Frank E
Moore, Hubert S. Lyle, and Prof. Herman
A. Gofr.

Some of the subscriptions made have
been anticipated in putting up the building,
so that if all those whose subscriptions are
due will send them to the treasurer, Wil-
liam A. McTeer, it will make it easier to
solicit ihe remaining $3,000 necessary to
complete and furnish the building, includ-
ing bath-rooms, parlor, reading room, dor-
mitory rooms and large auditorium.

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

Cash receipts from March to July, 1896,
were :

47 F. S. Campbell $ 5 00

48 Prof. R. C. Jones 25 00

49 Dr. S. W. Boardman 25 00

50 S. S. Presb. Ch., Dover 10 oo

51 First Presb. Ch., Scranton, Pa. 40 03

52 Prof. PL A. Gofr 20 oo

53 E. E. S., 2nd Presb. Ch.,

Scranton t 1 oc

54 Robert P. Walker 10 oo

55 Second Presb. Ch., Chatta-

nooga 25 O'J

56 Fannie F. Randolph 10 oo

57 Rev. Albert Erclman 15 51

58 S. S., 14th St. Presb Ch.,

Xew York 38 97

=9 F. A. Penland 10 00

60 Central Presb. Ch., Auburn,

X. Y 50 00

6t Beatrice Grav 1 00

62 Charles X. Magill 2 oc

63 Lewis F. Esselstvn, Teheran,

Persia 10 o:

64 Lniversitv Place Presb. Ch.,

X. Y. '. 3° 7s

6k Cash 1 00

66 Kin Takahashi 16:)

6/
68
6q

70
7i

4i7
4 18

4'9

420
421
422
423
424
42^
426
427
42S
420
430

43 1

John Clarke r oc

Rev. B. B. Bigler 10:

Mrs. A. A. Wi.'son 5 00

Ed. S. Johnson 9 7?

J. A. Magill 100.)

Ever Ready Circle of King's

Daughters, Rochester 3 o;i

Maryville Westminster League 10 oo

Rev. John S. Eakin 5 00

S. S. Second Presb. Ch.. Chat-
tanooga 20 00

ash receipts for March, 1899:

Edith Goddard 1 o:

Thomas Hunter 1000

S. S. Brick Ch., Rochester.

X. Y 32 60

Mabel Gregory 1 oc

Carrie F. Brause 4 5°

E. Bruce Smith 5 00

Rev. C. A. Duncan 25 00

H. T. Hamilton 1 00

Rev. J. H. McConnell 20 oo

Cash' 10

Will. Thornton 1 00

Prof. T. H. M. Sherrell 50 oc

Prof. H. A. Gort 40 oc

Dr. S. W. Boardman 30 oc

Prof. T. A. Gaines. 10 oo-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Maryville College Monthly.

Vol. I.

APRIL, 1899.

No. 8.

ELMER B. WALLER, Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L. ELLIS, SAMUEL D. McMURRY

Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE,
Bainoniak.

MARY G. CARNAHAN,
Theta Epsilon.

IOSAE^HEMNBRO^DY,L' I Business Managers,

The Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July and August. Contributions and
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

.-■'.Subscription price, 25 cents a year; Single Copies, 5
■cents.

Address all communications to

Mautvilh College Monthly,

Maryville, Tenn.

Eutered at Maryville, Tern., as Second -CI a86 Mail Mattel'.

LOCALS.

W. S. Rose is in the Fourth U. S. Cav-
alry, Troop J, at Manila.

The Glee Club took with them on their
trip 8oo copies of the March Monthly and
distributed them widely.

Mrs. Edward Montgomery, of Manning-
ton, W. Ya., is visiting her mother, Mrs
Crawford, on College Hill.

An entertainment was given on Thurs-
day evening, April 6, under the auspices of
Mrs. West and Miss Ferine.

Robert Rose, one of our former students,
is now a member of the Junior class at
Oberlin College, at Oberlin. O.

Two families have lately moved to Mary-
ville on account of the College and climate
from two widely-separated States— Florida,
and Pennsylvania.

On Tuesday, April 4, Mr. W. K. Mat-
thews, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A
of the South, addressed the students in the
College Chapel. He stated that the young

men of to-day had many problems before
them — commercial, political, social and re-
ligious problems. The Y. M. C. A. is help-
ing the young men who are to solve these
problems by providing for their physical,
social and religious development. The Y.
M. C. A. is a religious organization, with
secular asrencies.

Messrs. Martin and Orville Post, broth-
ers of R. W. Post and Helen Post, have
recently come to Maryville from St. An-
drew's Bay, Fla. They will soon be joined
by their mother and sisters, and make
Marvville their home.

F; eld .day will probably be May 12, and
a large number of students ought to par-
ticipate in the different events. Some of
the records given below should be broken

Putting 16-pound shot, 36 feet 4 inches:
Joe L. Jones.

Throwing 16-pound hammer, 78 feet 2
inches, J. X. Davis.

Pole vault, 8 feet io inches, T. W. Belk.

Throwing base ball, 117 yards, Donald
McDonald.

Forty yards' dash, 5 seconds, W. S
Green, Donald McDonald.

One hundred yards' dash, 10^ seconds.
E. M. King.

Four hundred and forty yards' dash, 56
seconds, J. L. Jones.

Mile run, 4 minutes 40 seconds, R. G.
Levering.

Standing high jump, 4 feet 6 inches, T
W. Belk.

Standing broad jump, 10 feet 5% inches.
T. W. Belk.

Standing hop, step and jump, 30 feet 4
inches, T. W. Belk.

Standing three jumps. 31 feet 3 inches, 1
W. Belk.

Running high jump, 5 feet 1 inch, J. B
Jones.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

Running- broad jump, 19 feet 6y2 inches. Traveling Libraries. .Miss Kate I

George A. Malcom. Reciprocity and [Jnivefsity

Running hop, step and jump, 42 feet T/2 -Mrs. J. M. Greer, Mrs. Sam. McK

inch, T. W. Belk. Household Economies . .Miss Mar ,

High kick, 8 feet 6.54 inches, R. K. Beat- Badges and Pins. . . .Miss Prances Chui

ty, J. L. Jones. Constitution and By-Laws

. . c Mrs. J. G'. Richardson

The Tennessee State Federation 01 ,

... . n. , ■„ 1 1 j ■;,'. in,.rti. annual State Chairman of Correspondence, G. r

Women s Clubs will hold its fourth annual . -

• -, r -n \ -I,-,,-, onri t , W. C, Airs. Mary L. Beecher.
meeting m Marvville April 12, 13 and 14.

by invitation of" the Chilhowee and Tues- Afternoon Session— 2 O'clock.

day Clubs. The following is a program of Music.

its sessions: 1. Obligations of the Woman Citizen..

Wednesday, april 12. Mrs. Tift (decease! I

Morning Session— 9:30 O'clock. (Read by Mrs. C. X. Simmons.)

Invocation Mrs. C. J. McClung 2. Civics. An address delivered before

Report 'of Credentials Committee. the Evanston Woman's Club by Wil-

,r. ,, ~ „ liam A. Giles, Vice President ot .\a-

Address of welcome .... Miss M. E. Henry ^^ ^.^ ^^^

Response MrS' W" D- Beard Evening Session-8 O'clock.

Report of Recording Secretary.

Report of Corresponding Secretary. ^^ ^ ^ &£ publk ScWs.
Report of Treasurer. Recommended by Secretary of Agri-
Report of Auditor. culture, Hon. James Wilson, in his
Three-Minute Reports of Club. Annual Report.

Report of the George Washington Xa- 1'. Nature Study in the Schools

tional University. .Mrs'. E. O. Thorndik, Miss Bloomstine

.^ o • • r^> '1 1 2 Art in the Schools: Its Value in Edu-

Afternoon Session — 2 O clock. -• ^rt-m uic ^uiuui: ^

,n , , , , „ , ■ ri , T- •„ , cation Jessie Kirkpatnck Bowman

(Conducted by Herbert Club, Knoxville.j

Mrs. McKinney, Chairman.

r tm c ■ c -c 1 <-■ ? i Music in the Schools: Its Influence as

1. Is There a Science of Education? 3- w"^ 1U

Mrs I C Tyler an Educational Factor ... Mrs. A. Miliei

t-.. . FRIDAY, APRIL 14-

Discussion.

2. Present Laws on Our Statute Books Morning Session-^ :3o O'clock.

Concerning Education Business Meeting.

Prof. Charles Turner Open Discussion by the Presidents of Ail

Evening Session— 8 O'clock. Federated Clubs.

Musicale. Topics: Methods of Club Work. The

In charge of Mrs. John Lamar Meek. Relation of Club Work to Public Edu-

C 3_t 1 0 II

THURSDAY. APRIL 1 3. -^11

_ , ,-, , , Afternoon Session — 2 U clock.

Morning Session— 9:30 O clock. _.

Reports of Chairmen of Standing Com-
mittees. 1. Compulsory Education.

Educational Mi:s Blocmstine 2. Industrial Conditions of the Age.

(University of Nashville.) - • ■ -Mrs- R" D" ^ ds°n

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY

3. Farm-house and Domestic Industries.
Mrs. Candace Wheele/

Evening Session — 8 O'clock.

Music.

1. Traveling Libraries. . .Mrs. I. A. Gaines

2. Lessons Learned from Humble

Sources Will Allen Dromgoole

"America."

The series of lectures to be delivered in
adjoining towns by members of the faculty
has been successfully inaugurated, and is
now in progress. The subjects of the lec-
tures are as follows:

"Some Historic Characters Whom I
Have Met," Dr. Boardman.

"The Valley of Mexico," Professor Wil-
son.

"Two Great Cities, London and Paris,"
Professor Waller.

"The Average Boy," Professor Goff.
"Cultivation of the Memory," Professor
Barnes.

"Demosthenes," Professor Sherrill.
"The Poet and Prophet," Professor

Newman.

The schedule of places and dates is :
Bearden, March 31, and April 14 and 28
Belle Avenue Church, Knoxville, April

7, April 28, and May 12.

Dandridge, April 14 and 28, and May 12
Hebron, April 7 and 21, and May 5.
Madisonville, April 7 and 21, and May 5
New Market, April 21, and May 1.
Rockford, April 14, 21 and 28.
White Pine, March 31, April 14 and 28.

BASE-BALL.

The Maryville Base Ball Team this sea-
son is one of the strongest that the College
ever had. The men all have the '99 rules
down pat, and play with all the vim and un-
derstanding of the national pennant win-

ners. Saturday afternoon, April 1, the
team went over' to Knoxville to meet at
Baldwin Park the team from the American
Temperance University at Harriman.

From the specimens of playing that were
shown by the boys from the temperance
town, the spectators were able to infer that
they knew about as much of base ball as an
Esquimo does of an Easter bonnet. The
Knoxville Journal says:

"Tn the first inning the McCormicks
made nine runs : in the third inning the
score was eighteen to nothing, and in the
fourth it was, worse than ever before, ad in-
finitum. The Harriman aggregation saw
they were up against it, and played the
game wearily to a finish, while the small
boys and fans on the bleachers poked fun
at the temperance town boys until thev
were ashamed of themselves.

"The scorer's chalk gave out in the
fourth inning, and he has not yet made the
computation which will show how many
times the Maryville boys chased themselves
around the bags, while Harriman was
dered a tender in the shape of a tender egg,
a goose egg, an Easter egg which they took
back home with them last night."

The final score was 29 to 4. Special men-
tion deserves to be made of the fine work
of the battery. "Hooky" Everett, our lit-
tle pitcher, who last year struck out whole
teams at will, found many easy victims ;
and Ira McTeer, who can take in a cannon
ball as easy as he picks the little horsehide
off the bat. The batting record of the team
was high, and infield work exceptionally
fine.

Manager Turnbull and Captain Bartlett
are good men for their positions, and have
developed a team of which the College
may be justly proud, and which should be
stanchly supported by every loyal M. C.
student.

It makes uo difference — whether we
live or die, we are in the presence of God.
— Geo. Eliot.

Important to Students

939
9*9

9*9

We have an elegant line of samples for Tailor-Made Suits, an

guarantee a fit. The prices are all right.
Straw and Crush Hats — plenty of them. Call and see them.
We have now the best $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00 Suits of Clothes

in Tennessee.

Our Shoes at $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 art excelled by

none.
Our Stationery Department is as complete as you will find.
Come and see us, and we will treat you fair.

Your friends,

BITTLE, WEBB & CO.

Will A. ncTeer.

Andrew Gamble.

McTEER & GAMBLE,

Attorneys & Counsellors,

THE QL-D RELIABLE:

The Bank of Maryville,

State

Depository.

MARYVILLE, TENN.

Office: Up Stairs
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Maryivlle College Monthly.

Volume I.

MAY, 1899.

Xl'.MI:

FROM A STUDENT AT THE FRONT.

Iloilo, P. I., March 15, 1899.

I have thought of the dear old College
many time since I left it last spring. While
I am lying in my tent or walking my post at
the dead hour of midnight, not knowing at
what moment I might be picked off by a
sly; treacherous insurgent, my mind often
wanders back across the wide Pacific Ocean
and the lofty Rocky Mountains to Maryville
College, which is so dear to the hearts of
all good students who have attended it.
I have spent some of my happiest days in
Maryville College, and I hope to spend
many more happy days there in the future.

I will try to give a brief description of my
trip to the Philippine Islands, and some of
the most important things that I have seen
since my arrival. I left Maryville at the
close of school last year, and went to Nash-
ville and joined the First Tennessee Regi-
ment of Volunteers. We stayed at Nash-
ville until June 10, when we were ordered
to San Francisco to prepare to go to Man-
ila. The trip across the plains, the Rocky
Mountains, the desert and the high Sierra
Xevadas was very interesting to those of us
who had not taken the trip before. When
we arrived at Denver, Col., we could see
snow-covered mountains in the distance,
and feel the cold breeze that came from
them. It was the first snow that I had
ever seen in mid-summer. We soon began
to climb the mountains, with two engines
ptdling us. Winding and twisting through
the Royal Gorge and across the swinging
bridge between two almost perpendicular
walls of rock, many hundred feet high, we
reached the "Divide," and started across
the Great Basin. The air was so cold that
many of the boys wrapped themselves in
their blankets to keep warm. When we
reached the top of the Sierra Nevadas, and
began the descent, the scenery was very
picturesque and grand. The road that we
were traveling passed through one of the
richest gold mining districts in California.
Much work had been done there, for the
tops of some very large hills had been com-
pletely moved away. Passing on through
rich fruit and wheat districts, we reached

San Francisco. We received a warm re-
ception when we arrived, and as we
marched up Market Street (the principal
street of San Francisco), half equipped,
some even without shoes on their feet, and
many in their shirt sleeves, the people
crowded the sidewalks and cheered us until
they were hoarse. Cannons boomed and
whistles blew in all parts of the city. When
we reached our place of encampment we
found that it was a vacant lot of coarse
sand, which was damp and cold. The cli-
mate of San Francisco is very cold and
foggy during the early part of the summer.
We were compelled to sleep on this cold,
wet sand for many weeks, and a great num-
ber of the boys died of colds, pneumonia
and other diseases caused by exposure to
the inclement weather.

The First Tennessee Regiment was not
ordered to Manila until October, and we
went aboard the transport Zealandia on
the 30th of that month. About 3 P.M. we
steamed out through the Golden Gate with
the band playing appropriate pieces. All
were gay and cheerful, but before daylight
the next morning the sea became rough,
and the boys began to think of '"Home.
Sweet Plome." I woke up during the
night, and some of the boys were cursing
Uncle Sam, some saying things about the
Maine that would not look well in print :
some, between their convulsions, were wish-
ing the boat would sink, and some were on
deck delivering up their suppers and din-
ners of the previous day to the fishes.
Many were sick all the way to Honolulu.
where we stopped three days to take on
coal. Honolulu is one of the most beauti-
ful cities I have ever seen. It is more like
a beautiful picture than a real city. It is
situated at the base of an extinct volcano.
The houses are built according to modern
plans, and every lawn is nothing less than
a small tropical park. Beautiful flowers
grow everywhere. I spent one day in the
mountains back of the city. The scenerv
was wild and beautiful. The third dav we
weighed anchor and steamed out again into
the "'ocean, wild and wide.'" and after
eighteen days of monotony and idleness we
reached that wonderful, much-talked-of seat

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

of war called Manila. We passed an active
volcano, which is the first one that many
of us had seen. As we passed through the
China Sea we were caught in some very
rough weather, and the boat rocked like a
piece of cork. The China Sea is nearly al-
ways very rough, and is much dreaded by
sailors.

We entered Manila Bay at sunset, and
the still body of water lay before us like a
large lake or inland sea. We began to look
for Manila, but we were informed by the
sailors that it would be several hours before
we could even see it. About 9 P.M. we
saw the electric lights along the coast and
near the mouth of the Pasag River. As we
were steaming up the Bay, suddenly a large,
black-looking monster appeared near us,
and threw a powerful searchlight on us. It
was so powerful that it dazzled us, and we
could not see until our eyes were accus-
tomed to the intense light. This was one
of Dewey's battleships on patrol duty, ex-
amining everything that came into the Bay.
After a few signals, we dropped anchor
about a mile from shore, and remained there
a week before going ashore. On the 5th
of December we were loaded on lighters or
junks and towed ashore, after being
cooped up on the water thirty-six days.
We pitched tents outside the city, near the
beach.

The city is divided into two parts by the
Pasag River. One part is called Old Man-
ila and is surrounded by a high stone wall.
This part of the city is composed of Spanish
residences, cathedrals, government build-
ings, arsenals and barracks. The streets
are so narrow that it is almost impossible
for two wagons to pass each other. Every-
thing looks very old, and has the appear-
ance of having seen better days. The stone
wall is so old that it is covered with moss
and weeds. The big cathedrals look very
old and gray or black on the outside. In
many places 1 have seen bushes growing
out of the crevices in the wall. The city
wall has a moat around it, partly filled by
decaying vegetation and stagnant water.
As one stands and looks at the old, gray
city he is carried back many centuries, and
can call it nothing more appropriate than a
relict of the dark ages.

The natives live in bamboo houses,
thatched with palm leaves, which make
them resemble a large cornshock or a hay-
stack. The population is composed of
Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos.
The Filipinos belong to the Malay race, and
are very small, but quick and strong. They

have faces "ugly enough to stop an eight-
dav clock or a freight train." When we ar-
rived at Manila the insurgent army had the
city completely surrounded on all sides ex-
cept the side next to the Bay. Their out-
posts were only a few yards from the out-
posts of the American forces. They were
quiet and peaceable, but would not allow
an American to cross their lines without a
pass from Aguinaldo. Major General Otis
posted his proclamation concerning the
government of the Philippines, and the in-
surgents were not satisfied with it, and
formed a government of their own at Ma-
lolos, with Aguinaldo as chief or president.
They became more hostile every day, until
February 4, when they attacked the Amer-
ican forces all along the line. Taps had
just sounded, and many of the soldiers
were sleeping on their cots when the battle
began. An "orderly rode by, going to the
regimental headquarters, and said, "Pre-
pare for a call to arms, for we expect trou-
ble to-night." In a few minutes I heard
the hring of rifles, and a little later the
boom of light artillery. The boys jumped
up, dressed as quickly as possible, threw on
their canteens, haversacks and side-arms,
and were soon in line ready for the com-
mand to march. Soon another orderly
galloped by to tell the Colonel to bring out
the regiment. The command was given to
go forward, and the regiment marched out
to the outskirts of the city, and waited for
further orders. We were held in reserve
until noon the following day (February 5),
when we were sent to reinforce the Four-
teenth Regulars. When we reached the
firing line the Mauser bullets were making
a cold blue noise as they passed our heads.
We formed on the left of the Regulars and
charged across a bamboo bridge and on
across a rice swamp. The bullets fell in
showers, but the insurgents were several
hundred yards away, and fortunately none
of the Tennessee Regiment were hit. Elev-
en of the Fourteenth Regulars were killed
in the charge. The insurgents were com-
pelled to retreat, and soon the firing ceased.
After the charge I was detailed, with many
others, to go over the field and search for
soldiers who might be wounded and need
help. In one little opening among the
bamboos, not larger than a tennis court, I
found eight dead soldiers, all shot in the
face or head. One poor fellow had strug-
gled a great deal before death relieved him,
and in his agony had smeared his face,
hands and clothes with his own blood.
Hope I shall never witness such a scene

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

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again. We remained on the field until
daylight next morning, when we were or-
dered back to camp for rest and sleep. Soon
the order came to prepare to go to Uoilo.
It is about three hundred miles from Man-
ila, on an island called Panay, and is the
second city in the Philippines in size. The
Spanish soldiers abandoned it, and the in-
surgents took possession of it and refused
to allow the Americans to land. General
Miller had been there many weeks with a
regiment of infantry and part of the Sixth
Artillery, but had not been able to land.
Dewey had sent the cruisers Boston and
Petrel to bombard the city, but they were
waiting for hostilities to begin, and when
they heard that the battle had commenced
at Manila they gave them twenty-four
hours to surrender or move the women and
children out of the city. We arrived dur-
ing this time, and the Philippine flag was
still flying and only a few hours remained
for them to decide whether they were going
to surrender or have the city bombarded.
The European residents hoisted the flags of
their respective nations to show where their
property was located.

Suddenly black columns of smoke began
to rise from different parts of the city, and
two shots were fired from the old stone fort
near the shore. The cruisers cleared for
action and began the bombardment, which
lasted about forty-five minutes. By this
time the business part of the town was a
mass of flames, and fires were breaking out
around the outskirts. It could plainly be
seen that the insurgents were setting the
city on fire to prevent it from falling into
the hands of the Americans. We were
landed as quickly as possible and marched
up the streets between burning buildings.
The heat was so intense that it almost blis-
tered out faces, and many times we had to
double time to avoid falling walls. In some
places our progress was interrupted by tele-
graph wires, the poles having burned down.
When we reached the river which runs by
the town the insurgents fired on us from
the other side, where they had prepared
trenches, and hit a marine, the ball passing
through his leg. The afternoon was spent
in driving them away from the city. We
slept on the ground, without any dinner or
supper, and had very little breakfast. We
have driven the insurgents about three
miles out into the country, and are waiting
for reinforcements to drive them further
away or compel them to surrender. ■

D. F. Coldiron, First Tenn., U. S. V.

CHARTER FOR Y. M. C. A.

State of Tennessee.
CHARTER OF ENCORPORA1

Be it known, That Hubert S.
Thomas Maguire, Howard M. Welsh.
Thomas H. McConnell, and Richard M.
Caldwell, are hereby constituted a body
corporate and politic by the name and style
of Young Men's Christian Association of
Maryville College, the object being to en-
courage and maintain a Christian Associa-
tion, as well as physical culture and ath-
letics among the students and young peo-
ple, members of and connected with Mary-
ville College, at Maryville, Tenn., the sup-
port of public worship, the building of
churches and chapels, and the maintenance
of all missionary undertakings.
GENERAL POWERS.

The general powers of said corporation
shall be to sue and be sued by the corpor-
ate name ; to have and use a common seal,
which it may alter at pleasure ; if no com-
mon seal, then the signature of the name
of corporation, by any duly authorized of-
ficer, shall be legal and binding; to purchase
and hold, or receive by gift, bequest, or de-
vise, in addition to the personal property
owned by the corporation, real estate neces-
sary for the transaction of the corporate
business, and also to purchase or accept any
real estate in payment, or in part payment,
of any debt due to the corporation, and sell
the same ; to establish by-laws and make all
rules and regulations not inconsistent with
the laws and constitution deemed expedi-
ent for the management of corporate af-
fairs ; and to appoint such subordinate of-
ficers and agents, in addition to a president
and secretary or treasurer, as the business
of the corporation may require ; designate
the name of the office, and fix the compen-
sation of the officer.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

The said five or more corporators shall,
within a convenient time after the regis-
tration of this charter in the office of the
Secretary of the State, elect from their
number a president, secretary, and treasur-
er, or the last two officers may be com-
bined into one. said officers and the other
corporators to constitute the first Board of
Directors.

ELECTIONS.

In all elections each member to be en-
titled to one vote, either in person or by
proxy, and the result to be determined by

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a majority of the votes cast. Due notice of
any election must be given by advertise-
ment in a newspaper, personal notice to the
members, or a day stated on the minutes
of the Board six months preceding the
election.

RECORD OP PROCEEDINGS.

The Board of Directors shall keep a rec-
ord of their proceedings, which shall be at
all times subject to the inspection of any
member. The corporation may establish
branches in any other county in the State.

NUMBER OE DIRECTORS.

The Board of Directors may have the
power to increase the number of Directors
to seven or ten, if they deem the interest
of the corporation requires such increase,
and the first or any subsequent Board of
Directors may have the power to elect
other members, who, on acceptance of
membership, shall become corporators
equally with the original corporators.
PREREQUISITE TO MEMBERSHIP.

The Board of Directors shall have the
right to determine what amount of money
paid into the treasury shall be a prerequi-
site for membership, or, if necessary, what
amount shall be thus annually paid ; and
a failure thus to pay shall, in the discretion
of the directors, justify the expulsion of said
defaulting member.

TERM OE OFFICE.
The term of all officers may be fixed by
the by-laws, the said term not, however, to
exceed three years. All officers hold over
until their successors are duly elected and
qualified.

NO DIVIDEND OE PROFITS.

The general welfare of society, not indi-
vidual profit, is the object for which this
charter is granted, and hence the members
are not stockholders in the legal sense of
the term, and no dividends or profits shall
be divided among the members.

HOW DISSOLVED.

The members may at any time volun-
tarily dissolve the corporation by a convey-
ance of its assets and property to any other
corporation holding a charter from the
State for purposes not of individual profit,
first providing for corporate debts.

A violation of any of the provisions of the
charter shall subject the corporation to dis-
solution, at the instance of the State.

MODIFIED OR AMENDED.

This charter is subject to modification
or amendment ; and in case said modifica-

tion or amendment is not accepted, corpor-
ate business is to cease, and the assets and
property, after payment of debts, are to be
conveyed, as aforesaid, to some other cor-
poration holding a charter for purposes
.not of individual profit. Acquiescence in
any modification thus declared, shall be de-
termined in a meeting of the members es-
pecially called for that purpose, and only
those voting in favor of the modification
shall thereafter compose the corporation.

MEANS NOT TO BE EMPLOYED EOR OTHER
OBJECTS.

The means, assets, income, or other
property of the corporation shall not be
employed, directly or indirectly, for any
other purpose whatever than to accomplish
the legitimate object of its creation, and by
no implication or construction shall it pos-
sess the power to issue notes or currency,
deal in currency, notes, or coin, buy and
sell products, or engage in any kind of
trading operation, nor hold any more real
estate than is necessary for its legitimate
purposes.

EXPULSION AND LIABILITY.

Expulsion shall be the only remedy for
the non-payment of dues by the members,
and there shall be no individual liability
against the member for corporate debts,
but the entire corporate property shall be
liable for the claims of creditors.

We, the undersigned, apply to the State
of Tennessee, by virtue of the laws of the
land, for a charter of incorporation, for the
purposes and with the powers declared in
the foregoing instrument.

Witness our hands, the nth day of
March. 1899.

Hubert S. Lyle,
Thomas Maguire.
Howard M. Welsh,
Thomas H. McConnell,
Richard M. Caldwell.

State of Tennessee, Blount County.

Personally appeared before me, Benj.
Cunningham, Clerk of the County Court
for the county and State aforesaid, Hubert
S. Lyle, Thomas Maguire, Howard M.
Welsh, Thomas H. McConnell, Richard M.
Caldwell, with each of whom I am per-
sonally acquainted, and who acknowledged
that they executed the foregoing instru-
ment for the purposes therein expressed.

Witness my hand and official seal, at
office, in Maryville, this nth day of March.
1899. Benj. Cunningham.

Clerk Countv Court.

MARVVILLK COLLEGE MONTHLY.

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Register's Office.
State of Tennessee, Blount County.
Received the foregoing- instrument for
record the nth day of March, 1899, at 8
o'clock A.M.

Noted in Note Book C, page 66, and
recorded in Book of Corporations, Vol. 1,
page 144.

Witness my hand, at office, this 16th day
of March, 1899. Charles E. Kidd,

State of Tennessee.

I, William S. Morgan, Secretary of State
for the State of Tennessee, do certify that
the foregoing instrument, with the cercifi-
cate of acknowledgment of probate and reg-
istration, was filed in my office for registra-
tion on the 20th day of March, 1899, and
recorded on the 20th day of March,. 1899,
in Corporation Record Book "O O," in
said office, on page 316.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my official sig mature, and, by
Order of the Governor affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Tennessee, at the De-
partment of State, in the city of Nashville,
on this 20th day of March, 1899.

William S. Morgan,
Secretarv of State.

I. Charles E. Kidd, Register for Blount
County, do certify that the above certificate
was filed in my office for registration
March 21, 1899, and was registered in Cor-
poration Book, Vol. 1, page 147, March
21.1899. Charles E. Kidd,

WINONA.

The Winona Assembly and Summer
School has won for itself the recognition of
being the largest enterprise of its kind man-
aged by Presbyterians. It will soon enter
upon the fifth season, and a brief review of
its history, as well as a glance into plans
for the future, will show how wonderfully
God has blessed the efforts to establish an
institution of its character, dedicated to
him and the enlargement of his work.

It is located two miles east of Warsaw,
Ind., one hundred and twenty miles north
of Indianapolis, and one hundred and ten
miles east of Chicago. Warsaw forms the
junction of the Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
the Michigan Division of the Big Four
System. A special train on the Pennsyl-
vania Road runs from Winona Lake to

Warsaw at frequenl interval ig all

north and south-bound trait all

trains, except the Limited on
vania Line, stop at the Winona Lake sta-
tion, near the entrance to the I 'ark
canal one-half mile in length connects the
lake with Warsaw ; the boat landing is but
a short distance from the Big Four station.

Organized in the beginning as a Synod-
ical work, Winona has grown until it has
assumed national proportions, and its value
has been indorsed by the Church at large.
The General Assembly has met there twice,
while many State and inter-State meetings
have found it admirably equipped for large
gatherings. Some select it annually. The
desire and aim which prompted its organi-
zation have ever been paramount in its de-
velopment and enlargement, namely, that of
making it a religious, educational and so-
cial center for the Church.

It is not a speculation scheme in any
sense. All profits above interest on bonds
and stock will be invested in improvements.
When necessary outlay for that purpose has
been made. Home Missions will become
Winona's beneficiary. The natural advan-
tages are unsurpassed for beauty and adap-
tability. The lake is about three miles in
length, irregular in shape, varying in width
from three-fourths of a mile to two miles.
It affords ample facilities for fishing, bath-
ing and rowing. Small steamboats make
daily trips round the lake for the pleasure
of those who prefer that means of enjoying
the water to rowing. Stretching back from
the lake some distance is the park, whose
natural attractiveness has been enhanced by
the landscape gardener. Forest trees
abound, flowers grow in profusion, lily
ponds are dotted here and there, while rus-
tic seats and trailing vines form many rest-
ful nooks. The splendid walks and drive-
wavs make bicycling a favorite exercise.
Other recreation is provided for by the
tennis courts and croquet and ball grounds.
Athletic sports are encouraged, and directed
by competent instructors. Conspicuous
among Winona's attractions, if indeed not
the most prominent, is the large number of
mineral springs found in all parts of the
grounds. Some of these have been ana-
lyzed and found to contain superior medi-
cinal properties. The springs are used al-
together for drinking purposes, while the
water-works supply the cottages with water
for household purposes. During the last
vear a sewerage system was completed,
which enlarges the conveniences of the
homes and insures perfect sanitation. Many

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neat and comfortable cottages line the ter-
races, which rise above the park and over-
look the lake. The number of cottages
will be increased this year by the erection of
new ones. A grocery store, drug store,
laundry and dairy are centered about the
business block; the Warsaw markets are
near by; so, altogether, housekeeping at
Winona is rendered easy by all conveni-
ences people find at home. For those who
come for a short stay, or prefer boarding,
two large and well furnished hotels, board-
ing houses and restaurants provide ample
accommodations at reasonable prices.

Winona's Auditorium is one of the finest
to be found anywhere, not alone at summer
assemblies. It has a seating capacity of
two thousand, with a gallery extending half
way round the building. An incline floor,
with opera chairs, and a large stage add to
its completeness. The sides are so ar-
ranged that they can be lifted, thus giving
perfect circulation of air during warm
weather. No one is ever forced to remain
away because of discomfort or heat.

One of the most important additions
during the past year is the Lyman Mar-
shall Home for Home Missionaries. It is a
commodious, cheerful home of twenty or
more rooms, and was largely the gift of
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Marshall, of Collins-
ville, 111., other friends adding to their gen-
erous donation. It is named for Mr. Mar-
shall's father, Rev. Lyman Marshall, who
for many years served faithfully as a Home
Missionary. Missionaries whose salaries
do not exceed $1,000 are entitled to its ben-
efits. Everything except meals is provid-
ed for their comfort, free of charge. An
outline of the program for the season of
'99, which opens July 4, will give a compre-
hensive idea of the many advantages offered
to those seeking rest, pleasure, intellectual
and spiritual uplift.

The Summer School represents in its
faculty eighteen leading colleges and uni-
versities of the Central West and South.
Dr. S. T. Wilson is to be the representative
of Maryville College. Special courses are
offered in Latin, Greek. French, German,
Spanish, mathematics, natural sciences, his-
tory, music, literature, manual training,
pedagogy, psychology, sociology, drawing,
kindergarten study, physical culture, ora-
tory and expression, cooking, biology and
the fine arts. The most important addition
to the Summer School is the removal of the
biological station of the Indiana University
from Turkey Lake to Winona. It is ex-
pected one hundred and twenty-five stu-

dents will be enrolled for this course, which
will be given by Professor Eigenman, of the
Indiana University, who has permanent
charge of the station. Dr. W. P. Kane,
President of the Summer School, is a man
of large leadership and executive ability,
and is eminently fitted to successfully man-
age an organization so unique and far-
reaching as it is proving to be.

The Assembly program will open with a
patriotic celebration in keeping with the
Fourth of July. Governor Mount and
United States Senator Beveridge, of Indi-
ana, have promised to be present and speak.
Some of the most brilliant lecturers and
speakers before the public are engaged for
the dates which are to follow. Among
them are Bishop McCabe, who will speak
Grand Army day ; Rev. Sam Jones, Mr.
Leon Vincent, President Jenkins, of the
Indianapolis University ; Dr. George W.
Briggs, Mrs. May Wright Sewall and Mrs.
Ida Wells Barnett. Miss Katharine Oliver,
the Scotch dialect reader ; Alton Packard,
the cartoonist; Charles Montanille Flower,
the impersonator, and Signor Bosco, the
prestidigitateur, will also appear. There
will be illustrated lectures on Japan, Manila
and the Philippines, and other interesting
subjects. The Edison Projectoscope will
provide two evenings.

The musical attractions will present a
pleasing variety. The Rock Band, of Eng-
land, will give two entertainments. An
orchestra will be present for the season
and will not only be heard in the Audito-
rium, but throughout the park in the after-
noons.

The Cincinnati College of Music will fur-
nish instructors for the Musical Depart-
ment of the Summer School and provide
musical evenings each week for the pro-
gram. Celebrated artists will be secured
for concerts and oratorios. The Bible
School, which follows immediately at the
close of the Summer School and Assem-
bly, will open August 16 and continue ten
days. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman has charge
of the Bible School and has invited a num-
ber of the leading preachers and Bible
teachers of the country to assist him. It
is believed Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London,
will be present. If he is in this country,
there is no doubt but he will come West
for the Bible School. Dr. George Purves,
of Princeton ; Dr. Moorehead, of Xenia ;
Professor Moore, of the Southern Theo-
logical Seminary ; Dr. Torrey. of Chicago ;
Dr. Carron, of Brooklyn ; Mr. John Willis
Baer, of Boston, and others of equal note

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have promised to assist. The Indiana
Y. W. C. A. Encampment will be held at
the time the Bible School meets. Minis-
ters, lay workers and all who are engaged
and interested in the promotion of Chris-
tian activity and the deepening of their
spiritual lives, can not afford to miss this
conference. Over two thousand attended
last year and gave evidence of the benefit
they derived.

Evident as has been Winona's prosperity
in the past, there is every reason to believe
a greater future is before her. Established
lines of work will be enlarged and strength-
ened, while new departures will be made.
One which seems not far off is the estab-
lishing of a preparatory winter school of
the highest grade with military and normal
attachments. This will in no way interfere
with the Summer School, but will be a
separate concern. It is the purpose to have
a Federation of Colleges, some of which
are represented in the Summer School.
This school will be conducted like any pre-
paratory school, except that instead of pre-
paring one for college only, it will be affil-
iated with and have its work accepted by
manv colleges. Winona with all its inter-
ests should have and is receiving the sup-
port of loyal Presbyterians, who covet its
advancement in every way.

FROM PORTO RICO,

San Juan, P. R., April 17, 1899.

Mr. Editor: — Having once been a stu-
dent of Maryville College, and still feeling
an interest in it, I send you a short descrip-
tion of our new territory, Porto Rico.

San Juan is situated on the southwestern
part of the island, the larger part being on
a peninsula. The city has very small, nar-
row streets, and the houses are seldom over
two stories high. The rich merchants, as
a rule, live over their stores, and have very
fine country houses in the suburbs, which
they occupy in summer. These houses are
now occupied by American families. In
the center of the city is a "plaza," or large
stone court, which has seats around the
side for the accommodation of the public.
Every Wednesday night the Porto Rican
bands play their queer music here, and ev-
en- Sunday night the American band gives
a concert. Everybody attends these con-
certs, and it is here that you see the very
best society on the island. Most all the
larger and important stores face the
"plaza." The Governor's palace is also sit-
uated here.

The climate is delightful in 1
a stiff breeze is alwa >g. and there

is only ten degrees difference between sum-
mer and winter.

The soil is very rich, and will yield three
crops a year of wheat, corn and potatc
In fact, everything that we have in the
States in the way of vegetables, seems
grow here.

Palms, cocoanuts, bananas and oranges
are here in abundance ; also coffee, which
ranks among the finest in the world.

Liquors and cigars are sold in all the
grocery stores on the island, and at re-
markably low prices.

The people do not buy dry goods here
at stores, but depend entirely on a man
that goes around with a basket with laces,
linen, needles and buttons, etc.

Al! the saloons, or casinos as they are
called, have gambling houses, which are
always crowded. Then, there is cock-
fighting (which is the national sport) every
Sunday. Everybody gambles, from the
priest down to the six or seven-year-old
child. The priests are said to win more
money at gambling than any one else.

Fruit is very cheap here — pineapples as
big as one's head for three cents apiece;
bananas, four for one cent, and oranges
three for one cent.

The houses are very queer. In place of
windows they have shutters, which you
close at night, because it gets very cold here
after 5 o'clock. The natives go in their
house and close everything up : they have
a peculiar dread of the night air.

If you enter a rich man's house on the
island, you will be surprised to see how
poorlv it is furnished. The principal room
is generally furnished with a table in the
center of the room, with a pot of flowers on
it, and on each side of the room is a row of
chairs with high, straight backs. The
only other furnishing is a large mirror hung
on the wall, and another table, which is
bare. The bedrooms are small, and are
furnished with a bed devoid of mattresses,
simply with a blanket laid over the springs,
and over that are the sheets and another
blanket, but a canopy or mosquito bar,
made of muslin and tied back with ribbons,
is supplied. The only other article is a
washstand and a chair. But one thing can
be said in their favor, and that is that every-
thing is clean, except that there is a super-
abundance of fleas, which make one's life
miserable.

The inhabitants of Porto Rico are of a
red color, and look a great deal like the

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MARYYILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

American Indian. The Spaniards are
purer blooded, and seem to be more intelli-
gent. The lower classes are poor, ignorant
and very dirtv. They do not seem to ever
bathe. The ' children do not wear any
clothes till they are three or four years old.
and the men and women seldom wear shoes,
and have a very thick skin on the soles of
their feet. The chief food of the native is
codfish, bananas, bread fruit, oranges and
plantains, which are a species of bananas.
Meat is so expensive that many natives
have never tasted it.

Native labor is very cheap, ranging from
twenty-five to fifty cents per day. The
native' does not work like the American,
but carries everything on his head. He
will get four men' to lift a trunk on his head,
and will trot off with it, laughing and sing-
ing, while he would not be able to carry it
ten yards with his hands.

A Porto Rican has no respect for the
dead. As soon as one of their friends or
relatives die, they put the body in a box
shaped like a coffin, and put a sheet over
the top. Then four men get hold and take
it off to the cemetery. Sometimes the box
is rented. If that is the case, the body is
thrown in the grave and covered over.

The horses resemble the American
"broncho" in size, as they never grow as
large as the horses we have in the North.
They are never known to walk, always
either going at a gallop or pace.

Porto Rico is a rich country, but has very
poor people : it has had a government
which has enriched a few, but made slaves
of manv. F. C. Schirmer.

spare time. I might mention a number of
other committees, but forbear.

"May will be a busy month at. Shanghai.
The Anti-Opium League and the Christian
Endeavor Societies are also planning for
meetings here.

"Mrs. Cameron, whose name I send you
for the Monthly, was once a Maryville
student. Her maiden name was Miss Wil-
liams, and her father had a store at Rock-
ford, and afterwards lived at Maryville to
get the benefit of educational facilities.
Manv will no doubt remember her. She
and her husband are independent mission-
aries, supported by several churches in Col-
orado, and hope to enter the hostile pro-
vince of Hunan. We had a pleasant visit
from them while waiting in Shanghai, pre-
paratory to moving further inland. I wish
I could' write an intelligent article on the
present political status of the Chinese em-
pire, but just now it seems to have no sta-
tus. We hear of local rebellions here and
there, famines in several districts, a little
rioting by those who fear that the railroad
and other innovations will bring dire calam-
ity to China. We hear also of encroach-
ments of European nations, "foreign con-
cessions," "spheres of influence," "leased
territory, ' ' etc. , etc. The situation is almost
as incoherent as this letter, but God is
marching on. and his missionaries are full
of hope for the future."

A WORD FROM CHINA.

Our representative in China. Rev. J. A.
Silsby, writes us a few lines from Shanghai,
as follows :

"Next month we have our National Edu-
cational Convention at Shanghai, and I
hope to get some inspiration from that
which will enable me to write something
of interest for the Monthly. You may
expect something soon after that meeting
closes, and when the report is printed I
expect to remember the College library. I
am Secretary of the National Executive
Committee.

"At nearly the same time, just following,
we have a National Convention of the Col-
lege Y. M. C. A.s of China. I am also on
the Executive Committee of that organi-
zation, being Vice-President, and the duties
connected with committee work here at
Shanghai take up a good deal of one's

PROGRAM FOR COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
SUNDAY, MAY 21.

10:30 A.M. — Baccalaureate, Dr. S. W.
Boardman.

7:30 P.M. — Annual address before the
Christian Associations, Prof. Henry G.
Smith.

MONDAY, MAY 22.

10:30 A.M. — Undergraduate exercises.

7:30 P.M. — Address before the Adelphic
Union Literary Society, Prof. Henry G.
Smith.

TUESDAY, MAY 23.

10:30 A.M. — Undergraduate exercises.
2:00 P.M. — Senior Class Day exercises.
7:30 P.M. — Adelphic Union.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24.

9:00 A.M. — Meeting Board of Directors.
2:00 P.M. — Recital, Mrs. West and Miss
Perine.
8:00 P.M. — Senior concert, Legion Band.

THURSDAY. MAY 25.

9:30 A.M. — Commencement exercises.
8:00 P.M. — Alumni banquet and social
reunion.

MARYVILLE COLLLEGE MONTHLY

LEGION BAND.

eqior

Concert

—BY-

•a- Legion Band -&

MARYVILLE.

DVH^Y 24, 1899, 8 O'CLOCK IP. 1ML.

PROGRAM.

March, "American Victor}-,"

Overture ...

Bass Solo

Serenade, La Bella Mexicana

Swedish Wedding March

Violin Solo, "Hungarian Dance," (Mr. C. A. Garratt )

Selection, "The Serenade"

Trombone Solo, "Concerto," (Mr. Joseph Hicks)

The Musical Critic's Dream, ( a modern melody among old composers

Soprano Solo, "Spring Song," ( Mrs. John Lamar Meek )

Gavotte, "First Heart Throbs"

March, "Hands Across the Sea"

Line

Suppe

Selected

Langey

Sodermann

Kela Bela

Herbert

Harris

Dix

Becker

Eileuberg

. Sousa

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BARTLETT HALL.

1895— Brick-making by the students.
1896 — Foundations laid.
jg97 — Building erected and inclosed.
1898— Gymnasium part opened for use.

Cash received to May 1 , 1 899 . . $ 1 1 , 267 . 45
Yet needed to complete aud furnish, 3,000

The Monthly will publish in each issue
the names of those who make, or have
made, contributions to this fund, number-
ing them in the order in which they appear
upon the treasurer's book.

Cash receipts from December, 1895, to
March, 1896, were:

22 Mamie Gamble $ 5 °°

23 John C. Crawford 5 00

24 Hugh Crawford 25

25 Lydia J. Franklin 1 00

26 Etta McClung 1 00

27 A friend, Chattanooga 20 00

28 Prof. S. T. Wilson 25 00

29 Augusta Muecke 1 00

30 Prof. J. H. M. Sherrill 25 00

31 Prof. E. B. Waller 25 00

32 Cash 10 00

33 Cordelia Young 1 00

34 Prof. J. G. Newman 20 00

35 W. A. E. Campbell 3 50

36 Prof. J. C. Barnes 15 00

37 H. M. Franklin 1 00

38 Minnie Swan I 00

39 Mrs. H. G. Veasey 1 00

40 Prof. George S. Fisher 10 00

41 Paralie Tillery 1 00

42 Charles B. Moore 5 °°

43 J. H. Hallenback, Wilkesbarre. 10 00

44 Miss Nettie Sexton 1 00

45 Miss M. E. Henry 2 00

46 Cash 85

Cash receipts for April, 1899:

432 Clem. Wilson 1 00

433 W. A. Campbell 3 I2

434 Prof. J. G. Newman 20 00

435 Rev. W. E. Graham 25 00

436 S. S. Second Presb. Church,

Chattanooga 20 00

437 A. A. Griffes ' • • • 2 00

438 W. T. Ramsey 2 08

439 R. W. Post 2 00

440 J. C. Blauvelt, Greenbush Ch. . 13 00

441 Lena Atkins l °°

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Maryville College Monthly,

Vol. I.

APRIL, 1899.

No. 8.

ELMER B. WALLER. Editor-in-Chief,

EDITORS FROM LITERARY SOCIETIES:

EDWIN L.ELLIS, SAMUEL D. MoMURRY,

Athenian. Alpha Sigma.

PHI SMYTHE, ' MARY G. CARNAHAN,

Bainonian. Theta Epsilon.

CHARLES N. MAGILL. j RlT1.rVTrsB M.,,,rm
JOSEPH M. BROADY, j Bus,I,,M8 Managers,

The Monthly is published the middle of each
month, except July and August. Contributions and
items from graduates, students aud others gladly
received.

Subscription price, 25 cents a year; Single Copies, 5
cents.

Address all communications to

Maryville College Monthly,

Maryville, Term.

Entered at Maryville, Tei.n., as Second-Class Mail Matter.

LOCALS.

On Friday, May 5, Miss M. E. Henry
delivered a lecture before the students on
the subject of "Etiquette."

Mr. William Thomas, our janitor, has the
sympathy of the entire College in the loss of
. his wife, who died the latter part of April.

The Sunday-school of Glendale, O., Rev.
D. A. Heron, '82, pastor, has won a fine
banner, given by the Cincinnati Presbytery
for the best record of the 66 schools in
the Presbytery for highest average attend-
ance and increased proportional attendance.

Mrs. Emeline T. Wilson, mother of Prof.
S. T. Wilson, died on May 6. The funeral
was held at the church, and the very large
attendance testified of the great esteem and
love in which she was held. Dr. Board-
man, assisted by Profs. Waller, Newman
and Goff, conducted the services, and spoke
feelingly of the many years of service which
she had rendered, both in foreign fields
and at home, for the Master's kingdom.
The interment was at Grand View, where
her husband is buried.

For the past month the preparatory de-
partment has had one of Uncle Sam's new
charges in the person of a young Porto
Rican, Manoel Mislan. He is a native of
the town of Arecivo, and attached himself
to the Third Tennessee Regiment in Porto
Rico. Captain Bowers brought him to
Kingston, Tenn., when the regiment was
mustered out. At Kingston he was point-
ed out to Mr. J. Lee Colbert, of Maryville.
and formerlv a missionary worker at Sao

Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Colbert con irh

him in Portuguese, and afterwards thought
it his Christian duty to make some efifi
educate him. Knowing that Maryville
College, in company with many other
leges, had offered to give free tuition to at
least two Cubans, Mr. Colbert brought him
to this place, and placed him in the pre-
paratory department. Manoel is a bright
and interesting boy, and if means are con-
tributed for his support, he will be kept in
school next year. Contributions for this
worthy purpose of educating one of our na-
tion's new subjects may be sent to Mr. Col-
bert or to Dr. Boardman.

The addresses at commencement before
the Y. M. C. A. and before the Adelphic
Union will be delivered by Prof. Henry
Goodwin Smith, D.D., of Lane Theological
Seminary. Professor Smith was for sev-
eral years pastor of the large, historic Pres-
byterian Church of Freehold. N. J.
He is a son of the eminent Professor
Henry B. Smith, D.D., of Union The-
ological Seminary, who was in his day dis-
tinguished as an author and teacher, and
was moderator of the General Assembly (N.
S.) at Philadelphia, in 1863.

The meeting of the Tennessee Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs at Maryville was-
well attended, and many of the students
received benefit by its sessions. The most
important social feature of the convention
was the reception given by the Chilhowee
Club, of College Hill, the beautiful resi-
dence of President Boardman. The Knox-
ville Journal has the following concerning
it:

"Thursday evening a magnificent recep-
tion was given to the ladies of the Federa-
tion by President and Mrs. Boardman. of
Maryville College.

"The house was filled with the thronging
crowd ; fine music was furnished by the Col-
lege, and a delicious luncheon, consisting
of salads, ice cream, cake and coffee, was
bountifully provided for all who came to
take part in the happy occasion.

"The Chilhowee Club assisted in receiv-
ing tie visitors, and 'tis almost needless to
state that all who came to Maryville and to
that reception went away rejoiced.

"One of the notable facts about Maryville
College, and one which industrial institu-
tions mav well bear in mind, is that the
students of the College themselves made the
brick with which the College Y. M. C. A.
building: is constructed."

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

A volume on "The History of New Eng-
land Theology," by Dr. S. W. Boardman,
Prof. Emeritus of Systematic Theology in
Chicago Theological Seminary, has just
been issued from the press of the A. D. F.
Randolph Company. The New Divinity
is traced in its development through the
century from 1730 to 1830. President Ed-
wards is perhaps the central figure, but the
whole movement, from the beginning of the
eighteenth century to the unfolding of the
New Haven theology, is succinctly de-
scribed. There is scarcely any portion of
ecclesiastical literature more worthy of
study than this. The condition of Puri-
tanism in New England from 1630 to 1730,
which gave rise to this theology, is briefly
sketched. The Great Awakening, under
Whitfield and others, is noticed. The final
rupture between the Unitarians and the Or-
thodox is brought to light. Amazing
acuteness of thought pervaded these subtle
New England speculations. Their influ-
ence has been far reaching. Dr. Boardman
has made a life-long study of this field, and
has produced a clear, condensed account of
an important movement in the history of
human thought. It is a book which could
not have been written without close and
protracted attention to the contents of large
libraries, affording the widest range for the
study of the literature, often rare, of this
subject.

An article in the May "Green Bag" pays
this tribute to college literary societies:

"The training received in a literary so-
ciety is an invaluable part of a collegiate
education. It develops what there is in a
boy, gives him self-confidence, improves his
style as a debater and a writer, and adds to
his grace as a speaker. It also strengthens
the attachment which a man feels in after
years for the institution in which he was
educated. It is indeed surprising how
strong is the attachment which some men
feel for the literary society to which they
once belonged. Not long ago I heard of a
distinguished judge in a Western State
writing back for a badge of the society of
which he was a member some twenty-five
years ago. I know a distinguished mem-
ber of the bar of Washington City who is
as loyal and true now to the college society
of which he was a member years ago as he
was the day he graduated. And these are
by no means exceptional cases. The col-
lege literary society should be fostered in
every possible way. The student body of
every educational institution should be en-
couraged in their effort to build up their

college society. Where it is possible, they
should have a hall and library of their own.
These will not only contribute to their com-
fort, pleasure, and improvement, but in ad-
dition they will awaken in them a spirit of
pride and self-respect, which will benefit
them not only while they are in college, but
ever afterwards."

BASE-BALL.

The base ball season of 1899 for Mary-
ville College has been from most stand-
points a decided success, and the team has
made a record worthy of the College it rep-
resents. Although we do not attempt to
say that the team is the strongest in the
annals of the College, we do say that it
ranks high in the list of the honored. We
are pleased to announce that although the
team has met some of the strongest teams
in Tennessee, it has not suffered a single
defeat.

Particular mention should be made of the
team work and the excellent way in which
the team has been captained by its efficient
captain, W. T. Bartlett, who has not only
outdone himself in that office, but also at
his position on second base. We would
also make mention of the battery work,
which has been the feature of more than
one of the games. Although the team is
weak in this particular from one standpoint,
having but one efficient pitcher, we would
say that in the games in which Everett
pitched there was but little doubt as to the
result from the beginning.

If time and room permitted, others of the
team might be mentioned, but being un-
able to do this, we give below the records
of some of the games, also the fielding and
batting averages of the men. In this way
vou may gain a good knowledge of the
work done by the various men on the
team.

Maryville vs. Knoxville, at Maryville,
April 11, 1899:

A B. R lUS H P.O. A. E

Bartlett 5 2 2 2 o 2 o

McTeer 4 3 2 2 6 o o

Everett \ 2 2 2 1 2 1

McCullock 5 1 o 010 1 1

Prater 5 2 1 o 1 o o

Brient 5 o o o o o o

Goddard 5 1 o o 6 o o

Taylor 4 o 1 1 1 3 1

Henry 5 o o o 2 2 o

Totals 42 11 8 7 27 10 3

Two-base hit, Everett ; base on balls, off

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

r9i

Hale 4, off Everett I ; struck out, Hale 4,
Everett 5. Score, 11 to 2.

Maryville vs. Knoxville, at Maryville,
May 1, 1899:

A B. K. 1 I!. S.I-I. P O. A. 10

Bartlett 5 1 4 4 3 2 o

McTeer 4 1 2 210 o 1

Everett 4 1 I 1 on o

Ruble 4 1 1 o 1 4 o

Prater 4 o o o 1 o o

Brient 4 o o o 1 o o

Henry 3 1 o o 8 o o

Goddarci 4 o o o 2 1 o

Taylor 4 1 o o 1 2 2

Totals 36 6 8 7 27 20 3

Two-base hits, Maloney, Ruble, Everett ;
three-base hits, Bartlett, McTeer ; passed
balls, McCall, McTeer ; base on balls, off
Hale 1, off Everett 2: struck out, Hale 6,
Everett 1 1 . Score, 6 to 6 at end of ninth
inning. Game called on account of dark-
ness.

Maryville vs. Knoxville, at Marvville,
April 22, 1899:

A Ii. K ] B. S II. I' 0. A V,

Bartlett 5 1 i 1 2 1 0

McTeer 6-1 2 2 10 o o

Everett 5 3 2 2 013 o

Prater 5 o 2 2 1 o 1

Goddarci 6 o 1 r 2 o 1

Taylor 6 o 1 t i 2 3

Ruble 6.2 1 1 o 3 o

Henry 5 2 2 2 8 o o

Brient 5 2 1 1 3 o o

Totals 52 t 1 13 13 27 19 5

Three-base hits, Ruble, Henry, Presley ;
two-base hits, Moffett ; base on balls, off
Hale 5, off Everett 3 ; struck out, Hale 3,
Everett it. Score, n to 8.

Maryville vs. Mt. Grays, at Maryville,
April 28, 1899:

A Ii R. 1 I! S.II. P 0 A. )•:.

Bartlett 5 1 4 1 o o o

McTeer 5 2 3 215 1 o

Everett 5 1 4 2 2 1 o

A. B. Goddard. . . . 5 1 4 1 o 1 o

Ruble 5 o 4 1 1 3 o

Goddard 5 o o o 1 o o

Kitchen 4 1 2 2 t o o

Henry 4 0 2 2 7 0 o

Prater 5 1 2 1 o o 2

Totals 43 7 25 12 27 6 2

Earned runs, Bartlett; horn' run
Teer; wild pitch, Davis; basi off

Dunn 1, off Everett 2 ; struck om. by I )u
2, by Everett 14. Score, 7 to [.

Marvville vs. Mt. Grays, at Maryville,
April 29, 1899:

a.b: 11. ] b. -.11 ,p.o. \. 1..

Bartlett 5 2 1 1 4 4 o

McTeer 5 o 2 2 8 1 1

Everett 5 o o o 010 o

Prater 4 1 o o 1 1 o

A. B. Goddard. ... 4000 1 o 1

Ruble 4 1 o o 2 2 o

G. Goddard 41 10 o o o

Brient 4 1 o o 1 o o

Henry 4 1 x o 10 4 2

Totals 39 6 5 4 27 22 2

Earned runs, 1 ; three-base hits, Henry,
Davis ; wild pitch, Davis ; bases on balls, off
Davis 1, off Everett 3 ; struck out. Davi- 9,
Everett 9. Score, 6 to 4.

Batting
averages.

Kitchen 500

McTeer 413

Everett 400

Bartlett 370

Ruble 374

Henry 259

A. B. Goddard 214

Prater 200

Taylor 167

G. 'Goddard tit

Brient 041

Total averages 232

Fielding

averages.

1000

962

976

1000

941

IOOO

862
667

IOOO

833
958

THE QUARTETTE.

The Athenian Quartet has been before
the public for some time, and has been ev-
erywhere favorably received. Especially
was this manifested at Jonesboro. Green-
ville, Morristown, New Market and Knox-
ville during the recent Glee Club trip. The
enthusiasm displayed at the rendering of
their selections was spontaneous.

There has been a constant demand for
their services at Maryville. and they have
twice this year been to Knoxville and Xew
Market. During the meeting of the Ten-
nessee vState Federation of Women's
Clubs, at Maryville, the quartet sang so ac-
ceptably that the Knoxville Sentinel com-
mented thus: "The Athenian Quartet sang
a 'Serenade' than which there is no better
in the South. Thev were enforced to sive

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an encore which was responded with a
sweet plantation melody."

The members, thus encouraged by these
successes, contemplate making an exten-
sive tour in June, and they expect to ap-
pear before audiences at Marvville, South
Knoxville, Bearden, London, Sweetwater,
Athens, Cleveland, Chattanooga, Soddy,
Sale Creek, Dayton, Rockwood, Harriman,
and other towns along this route. They
will also make a trip to New Market, Dan-
dridge, Morristown, Greenville, Jonesboro
ancf Johnson City.

The program will consist of choruses,
medleys, serenades, plantation melodies and
other interesting features.

The quartet is organized on sound busi-
ness principles. The energetic advance
agent, Mr. Joseph Broady, will start a few
days ahead to make the final arrangements
at the different places.

A half-tone engraving of the quartet ap-
pears on the front page. Beginning on the
left hand, the names and parts of the mem-
bers are as follows :

W. R. Jones, first tenor.

J- Q. Wallace, second tenor.

W. H. Harmon, first bass.

C. H. Elmore, second bass.

COLLEGE FIELD DAY.

Fridav, May 12, was field day, and a
large crowd gathered to witness the athletic
contests in the college grove. The princi-
pal events, winners and records are as fol-
lows :

Base Ball Throw. — Everett, 110 yards;
Henry, 104 yards.

Forty Yards' Dash. — Wallace, Beaty.

Standing Broad Jump. — Belk, 10 feet 2.V\
inches : Wallace.

Standing Hop, Step and Jump. — Beaty,
30 feet 5 inches ; Wallace.

Putting Shot. — Belk, 30 feet 8J4 inches ;
Gamble.

Throwing Hammer. — Gamble, 62 feet 4
inches.

One Hundred Yards' Dash. — Wallace,
Beaty.

Standing High Jump. — Belk, 4 feet 1
inch ; Beaty, 4 feet 1 inch.

Running High Jump. — Wallace, 4 feet 8
inches.

Running Broad Jump. — Wallace, 18 feet
9 inches.

Mile Run. — Seaton, Colbert.

The prizes given this year were more
numerous than usual, and the Athletic As-
sociation wishes to express their thanks to
the merchants of Knoxville and Maryville
who have given them. Many individuals
also contributed.

The names of the Knoxville merchants
giving prizes are as follows: Knaffle Bros.,
McCrary & Branson, Woodruff Hardware
Co., G. W. Weiser, McTeer & Co., Andes
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Ogden Bros., A. J. Cook, W. A. McBath,
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Caldwell & Rodgers, Brandon, Kennedy &
Casteel, M. M- Newcomer, D. Friedman,
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Will A. ricTeer.

Andrew Gamble.

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and of Didactic Theology.

REV. SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D.,

Professor of the English Language and Literature,

and of the Spanish Language.

REV. ELMER B. WALLER, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
Professor, Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S. FISHER, Ph. D.,
Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN, A. M. ,
Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M.,
Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
fessor of the Science and Art of Teaching.

FRANK M. GILL,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. H. ,
Instructor in the Ancient Lang u

1 JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B.,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M. ,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B

Instructor in Modern Languages.

MRS. SANFORD,
Mat r j n .

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COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study — the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacher's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

The Jocation is very healthful. The com-
munity is noted for its high morality. Seven,
churches. No saloons in Blount county. Six
large college buildings, besides the President s
house and two other residences. The halls
heated by steam. A system of ' waterworks.
Campus of 250 acres. The College under the
•care of the Synod of Tennessee. Full corps
of instructors. Careful supervision. Study of
the sacred Scriptures. Four literary societies.
Rhetorical drill. The Lamar library of more
than 10,000 volumes. Text-book loan libraries.

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

Prof. HERMAN A. GOFF, Registrar, Maryyille, Tenn

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MISS H. M. KINGSBURY,

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EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only 86.00 per
term, or $12.00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only §8.00 per term, or 86. 00 per
year. Heat bill, $3.00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumental music at low
rates. Board at Co-operative Boarding
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dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from 82.00 to
$2-50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, 875.00 to 8125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1S99.

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FACULTY.

REV. S. W. BOARDMAN, D. D., LL. D.,

President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science

and of DWactic Theology.

REV. SAMUEL T. WILSON, D. D.,

Professor of the English Language and Literature,

and of the Spanish Language.

REV. ELMER B. WALLER, A. M„

Professor of Mathematics.

REV. HERMAN A. GOFF, A. M.,
Professor, Registrar and Librarian.

JAMES H. M. SHERRILL, A. M.,
1'rofessor of the Greek Language and Literature.

GEORGE S. FISHER, Ph. D.,
Professor of the Natural Sciences.

REV. JOHN G. NEWMAN, A. M.,
Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

JASPER C. BARNES, A. M.,
Principal of the Preparatory Department, and Pro-
fessor of the Science and An of Teaching.

FRANK M. GILL,
Instructor in th& Preparatory Department.

COURSES OF STUDY.

The College offers four Courses of Study— the
Classical, the Philosophical, the Scientific
and the Teacher's. The curriculum embraces
the various branches of Science, Language, Lit-
erature, History and Philosophy usually embraced
in such Courses in the leading colleges of the
country. It has been greatly broadened for the
current year. Additional instructors have been
provided.

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.

* ROBERT P. WALKER, A. B. ,
Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

t JOHN W. RITCHIE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Natural Sciences.

HORACE L. ELLIS, A. B.,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

CARL H. ELMORE, A. B. ,

Instructor in the Ancient Languages.

MISS MARGARET E. HENRY,

Instructor in the Preparatory Department.

MISS LEILA M. PERINE, B. M.,

Instructor on the Piano and Organ.

MISS AMANDA M. ANDREWS, B. Ph.,

Instructor in Modern Languages.

MRS. SANFORD,

Matr jn.

WM. THOMAS,
Janitor.

MRS. A. A. WILSON,

Manager of the Co-operative Boarding Club.
MISS H. M. KINGSBURY,
Assistant Matron and Assistant Manager of the Co-
operative Boarding Club.

EXPENSES.

The endowment reduces the expenses to ab-
surdly low figures. The tuition is only $6.00 per
term, or $12. 00 per year. Room rent in Baldwin
Hall (for young ladies) and Memorial Hall (for
young men) is only $3.00 per term, or $6.00 per
year. Heat bill, $3. 00 per term. Electric lights,
20 cents per month. Instrumenital music at low
rates. Boakd at Co-opekative Boarding
Club only about $1.20 per Week. Young la-
dies may reduce even this cost by work in the
club. In private families board is from $2.00 to
$2.50. Other expenses are correspondingly low.
Total expenses, $75.00 to $125.00 per year.

The next term opens January 3, 1899*

For Catalogues, Circulars, or other information, address

Prof. HERMAN A. GOFF, Registrar, Maryville, Tenn.

*Ab9ent on leaveat Yale University.

+Absent on leave at Chicago University.

Maryville College Monthly.

Volume I.

JUNE, 1899.

Number 10.

FAYERWEATHER SCIENCE HALL.

BACCALAUREATE SERMON.— MAY 21. J899.

BY PRESIDENT BOARDMAN.

The Highest Grounds of Belief.

Text. — John xx. 29: "Jesus saith unto
him, Thomas; because thou hast seen me
thou hast believed, blessed are they that
have not seen and yet have believed."

The text implies that belief on some
grounds is higher, more meritorious, and
brings larger blessedness than belief on
other grounds. No belief on insufficient
grounds is right, but where evidence is full
and overwhelming, it is nobler to believe
readily than to resist conviction till every
possible argument has been adduced. The
proofs of Christ's Messiahship and divinity
had been accumulating from the promise to

Eve in the Garden of Eden, to the Resur-
rection of Christ in the Garden wherein
was his sepulcher. His disciples ought to
have believed without recourse to the more
material forms of demonstration. He up-
braided them, and especially Thomas, for
their unbelief and hardness of heart. Their
unbelief was culpable, because it was willful.
Thomas had said that he would not believe
except upon certain specific and obtrusive
tests proposed by himself.

The skepticism of the Nineteenth Cen-
tury is atheistic. Positivism, Pantheism.
Agnosticism, based upon the philosophic
schemes of materialism, rationalism, and ev-
olution, are essentially atheistic. They re-
ject clear evidence and assert claims pre-

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posterous, irrational, absurd. The skepti-
cism of the eighteenth century, which was
answered by Bishop Butler, was Theistic.
It admitted the reality of truth and the ex-
istence of God; that of the century now
closing questions the validity of human
knowledge, and, of course, denies knowl-
edge of God. Great effort has been made
by certain theologians to reconcile Chris-
tianity with the philosophic systems which
eliminate the supernatural. The attempt
has been assiduously made, Sisyphus-like,
to account for the Bible without recourse
to the supernatural, and to base a theistic
and Christian belief on atheistic principles.
In the first third of the century Positivism,
in the second third Rationalism, and in the
third Evolution, have threatened to swallow
up, as in one yawning gulf, not only Chris-
tianity, but all religions, except as mere im-
aginations and names. Evolution, in the
happy phrase of Mr. Gladstone, "relieves
God of the work of creation." It allows the
existing universe no origin above force, and
the Bible none above man. It infers in the
felicitous words of Ex-President Harrison
from the study of the works of God, that
there is no God ; and from the higher criti-
cism of the word of God, that God has
given us no word. This skepticism sug-
gests the Higher Grounds of Belief and the
Duty and Blessedness of their acceptance.

I. The reality of knowledge forms one of
the higher grounds of belief. To deny the
validity of human knowledge on the ground
of its relativity or on other hypotheses in-
volves self-contradiction and intellectual
suicide.

Thinking pre-supposes reality: that of
one's self as thinker, and that of the objects
of thought. To deny the veracity of
thought is to deny the veracity and benevo-
len^e of God, who created the human mind
to affirm spontaneously the truth of its own
operations. The intuitive operations of the
human mind speak for God. They may be
denied, as God's affirmation in Eden, "Ye
shall surely die," was denied ; but denial
changes not the truth, and averts not the
guilt and penalty of denial. The Positivist,

the Pantheist, the Agnostic alike deny the
higher affirmations of the soul. The be-
liefs of mankind concerning spiritual things
are as natural and as real as their beliefs
concerning material things. This Kant
recognizes in the categorical imperatives of
his Practical Reason, affirming the soul, the
universe, duty, and God. These affirma-
tions are universal and necessary. Athe-
ism, whether materialistic, patheistic or ag-
nostic, is, as Professor Fisher has truly said,
"an insult to humanity." It is also blas-
phemy against God. Philosophic, atheism
in a pre-eminent sense takes God's name in
vain, and God will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name in vain.

II. Intuition, on which religion largely
rests, is a higher ground of belief than dem-
onstration. Demonstration passes from
step to step, but intuition is immediate
knowledge ; it is a categorical imperative.
The demonstrations of Euclid are constant-
ly introducing fresh intuitions. "Draw a
line," "bisect a line or angle," to reinforce
the chain of mathematical reasoning. Reli-
gion rests largely upon immediate intui-
tions.

III. The moral intuitions may be regard-
ed as higher than those which are purely
intellectual. Ethical truth, as all feel, rises
above mathematical truth. Ethical belief
is a duty. Civil government makes no al-
lowance for pretended disbelief in free
agency and in moral distinctions. It ac-
quits or condemns men without reference
to their speculative opinions. It assumes
that all men are moral and accountable for
their conduct. Much more will God hold
men responsible.

IV. The evidence derived from obedience
is higher than that of mere speculation. The
will furnishes grounds for higher evidence.
Experience affords the strongest proof.
The Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato
and Aristotle, made much of this kind of
demonstration. If any man will do, he
shall know. Then shall we know if we fol-
low on to know the Lord. A high Chris-
tian experience can not doubt. It dwells
like Uriel in the sun.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

V. Evidence which involves the existence
of God furnishes higher grounds of be-
lief than any based only upon things finite.
Kant placed the knowledge of God in his
Practical Reason at the foundation of hu-
man knowledge. He made it a categorical
imperative, a self-evident fact, an intuitive
truth. The denial of God is as irrational
as the denial of mathematical axioms.

VI. The whole furnishes higher grounds
of belief than that a part of legitimate evi-
dence. Spiritual facts should not be left
out of account. Cause, design, intelligence
must be included in any just reasoning.
Without the First Cause and Designer
nothing can exist. Heredity, environment,
association, evolution, can of themselves do
nothing.

VII. Revelation affords higher grounds
of belief than sources of merely human au-
thority. Reason and conscience speak for
God. Nature is a world-book, but the Bi-
ble is a word-book. Intuition and infer-
ence, logic and demonstration enlighten,
but direct revelation comes more immedi-
ately from the mind of God, and is a higher
source of knowledge.

VIII. The Holy Spirit creates in the hu-
man mind clearer and stronger belief than
can exist without it. The Spirit beareth
witness with our spirits. Flesh and blood
hath not revealed it, but my Father which
is in heaven. I know whom I have be-
lieved. There is a "demonstration ot the
Spirit."

The accumulation of Christian evidences
is like the ground-swell of the ocean : it will
rise till it irresistibly breaks down all oppo-
sition. A stone can not rest till it finds its
center of gravity ; nor the soul, or the race,
except in God. Materialism, rationalism,
evolution, agnosticism, make too heavy a
tax upon human credulity. They can not
long be endured. The burden is intolera-
ble to human reason. There is reaction al-
ready against atheistic theories. They can
not be permanently accepted. The higher
principles of knowledge will assert them-
selves. Man is naturally theistic. Only
sin clouds the vision. Other and clearer

evidences are unnecessary. Skep
would not believe, though one rose from
the dead. Blessed are they that ha
seen and yet have believed.

The discourse concluded with an address,
as usual, to the graduating class. It was
Dr. Boardman's tenth baccalaureate.

COLLEGE SONG.

T. H. M'CONNELL, 'OO.

All hail ! All hail ! all hail to the Queen of
the Southern clime ;

Say we all, say we all, beautiful, noble, sub-
lime.

She stands ! she stands ! — grand emblem —
the rainbow of God's good will ;

Strong in faith, strong in works, gaily we
sing unto Maryville.

Chorus —
We'll make the welkin ring with our song ;

Three cheers ! three cheers ! for College
Hill;
O'er land and sea, the mountains among.

Hurrah ! hurrah ! for Maryville.
— We sing ! we sing ! the valleys and moun-
tains with music fill:

Howee how Chil-howee,

Maryville, Maryville, Tennessee.

We hail ! We hail ! we hail thy great charm

thine advance endear'd ;
Pleasures pure, treasures bright, tenderly

honored, rever'd.
Awake ! Arise ! ring out the glad song with

a free good will ;
Rich and full, full and free, joyously sing

unto Maryville.

O come ! O come ! O come to our hill and

on Wisdom tend ;
True in heart, strong of hand, staunch

Alma Mater defend.
O come ! O come ! O come where the

mountains our springs refill ;
Haste, then come, come awav, drink to the

health of Old. Maryville.

Awake ! awake ! awake for this gem in the

Southern blue :
Soul to soul, let us stand, valiantly, fearless,

and true ;
And cheer ! yes, cheer, for Orange and

Garnet, so full and free ;
Howee how Chil-howee.

Marvville, Marvville, Tennessee.

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

A NEW MOVEMENT.

In the April number of the Monthly,
Prof. Herman A. Goff had an article en-
titled "The Library," in which he made an
appeal for an endowment for Lamar Li-
brary.

For a number of years it has been felt
that an effort ought to be made to increase
the efficiency and value of our Library by
having a permanent fund, the interest of
which could be used to add necessary and
indispensable volumes to our shelves.

Until this year other demands have been
considered more pressing and urgent than
this claim.

Now, however, the Library is to receive
its merited attention, for the Board of Di-
rectors unanimously passed the following
resolution at the recent meeting:

"Resolved, That the' Board of Directors
of Maryville College grant a furlough to
Prof. Herman A. Goff for the purpose of
endeavoring to raise the sum of $20,000 to
endow the College Library. The Board
commends him to all friends of Maryville
College."

Professor Goff appreciates the fact that
he is undertaking a great mission, but he,
from his official position of librarian, is
better qualified to set forth the needs and
claims of the College in this particular re-
spect than any other person. He also has
had successful experience in soliciting funds
for the College Y. M. C. A. Building, hav-
ing raised $2,000 last year within three
months.

This movement to enlarge the effective-
ness of the Library is in keeping with the
steady progress of the College. Within
the past few years numerous improvements
and additions have been made to the Col-
lege plant: the addition to Anderson Hall
for the preparatory department, the annex
to Baldwin Hall for the co-operative
boarding club, the central power house for
heating all the buildings, the bringing in
of an ample supply of water, the erection of
the Y. M. C. A. Building, and last year the
building of Fayerweather Science Hall.

These necessary improvements have ne-
cessitated increased expenditure for their

maintenance, so that there is no money left
for expansion in other directions, as any
one may see by looking at the treasurer's
report on another page of this issue.

The rapid changes which are taking place
in the world at large, and especially in our
own country, make it even more necessary
now than it was a year ago to put before
our students and teachers a larger number
of recent publications.

It is one of the glories of Maryville Col-
lege that its tuition is only $12.00 a year,
thus permitting many students to come
here who otherwise, perhaps, could not ob-
tain a liberal education with their limited
means.

Of the $20,000 received last year for the
general expenses of the college, less than
one-fifth of this amount was received from
students.

The permanent endowment supplied the
rest, but it could not give much for books,
as the report will show. The alterna-
tives are: do without an adequate increase,
or present our claim to those who, like Car-
negie, believe that one of the greatest
powers for stimulating and developing
mankind is books. The good wishes and
prayers of the College will go with Prof.
Goff when he starts on his mission in the
fall, and all hope that he will meet with a
favorable reception from the old friends of
the College, and from many new ones, when
he tells them of our work and of our needs.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S AN-
NUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.

The number of students enrolled during
the past year has been 380. Of these, one
is a Syrian, a native of Damascus ; another
is from Turkey; a third is a Greek from
Athens, and a fourth is from Porto Rico.
Two are from Great Britain, and the re-
mainder from many States of the American
Union. Large advantage has been de-
rived from the use of the new Fayerweather
Science Hall. It has relieved Anderson
Hall of the crowds passing from one reci-
tation room to another, which used some-

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

times to throng and choke the way, and
create more delay and noise than were de-
sirable.

The new rooms are large, well-furnished,
lighted and ventilated, and afford very
pleasant facilities for our work.

The improvements upon the grounds are
cheering to all. The prospect of embellish-
ment is gladly welcomed, and the moral ef-
fect upon the students is already good.

The gymnasium has rendered good serv-
ice. The young ladies, accompanied by the
matron, Mrs. Sanford, have much enjoyed
the hours allotted to them in the gymna-
sium, and many of them have entered into
its systematic exercises with enthusiasm.
It is hoped that still more extended, varied
and systematic use may be made of our
noble gymnasium, both by young men and
young ladies.

The work now in progress On the Y. M.
C. A. Rooms, in Bartlett Hall, is exciting
lively interest in the minds of the religious
students. They anti ipate r. material ad-
vance in their work when these improve-
ments are completed, and it is earnestly
hoped that the' whole building may be soon
finished. That event will mark an era in
the history of the religious life of the col-
lege.

Mr. Hubert S. Lyle has continued active
as president of the Bartlett Hall Building
Association. That Association has been
recently dissolved by its own act, and its
assets and work have been transferred to
the Bartlett Hall Committee of the Y. M. C.
A., which has cheerfully accepted the
charge.

Several measures have been adopted dur-
ing the past year in extension of the influ-
ence and work of the College.

i. The project of securing twenty schol-
arships, so warmly commended to the pub-
lic by our honorable body at the last annual
meeting, has been prosecuted with success.
It was cordially indorsed by the Synod, with
which we are connected, and appropriate
committees were appointed for its further
prosecution. One scholarship has been se-
cured, and has been productive from Sep-

tember last. Other scholarships arc- in
view. It is earnestly hoped that e .
member of the Board of Directors will aid
in securing these greatly needed scholar-
ships, for which we have such constant and
urgent demands.

2. The Maryville College Monthly has
been ably edited and published by Professor
Waller, aided by the students, and has been
received with much favor. It has already
brought students to the College, and has
awakened interest where our students have
gone, even in the distant parts of the earth.

3. A series of faculty conferences on col-
lege themes has been introduced, the faculty
to meet at least once each term, with all the
teachers, for a thorough discussion of some
important subject concerning college in-
struction.

4. The College Glee Club of twenty-two
members, organized, trained and led by
Professor Newman, has given, during the
past term, a series of concerts in Jonesboro.
Greeneville, Morristown, Knoxville, New
Market and Maryville. These entertain-
ments were received with great cordiality,
and obviously produced an excellent im-
pression in the communities where they
were given. Demands for catalogues and
further inquiries about the College were the
immediate results.

5. A series of lectures have, during the
latter part of the year, been given by dif-
ferent members of the faculty. These lec-
tures, twenty or twenty-five in number,
have been attended by good audiences, and
with many expressions of high apprecia-
tion.

The rising ambition of our students for
higher culture may be seen in the fact that
recent members of Maryville College have
pursued studies in Harvard, Yale. Colum-
bia, Princeton, Cornell and the University
of Chicago.

It has been a peculiar pleasure during the
present week to hear Prof. Thomas Robin-
son, of Allegheny Theological Seminary,
speak of one of our recent graduates as
standing in the very first rank of that Semi-
nary in every department ; and Prof. Henry

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

G. Smith, of Lane Theological Seminary
bears similar testimony concerning one of
our graduates of 1893.

The usual evangelistic services were held
in February, conducted by Dr. S. C. Dickie,
the general secretary of the Winona move-
ment. There were some remarkable dem-
onstrations of spiritual power in connection
with these meetings, and a number were
hopefully converted.

One of our faculty, Dr. S. T. Wilson,
has been engaged to take the department of
instruction in Spanish at the Winona Sum-
mer School.

Elective studies have been taken to some
extent during the past year, in accordance
with provisions recently made for them. It
is believed that the enlarged curriculum re-
cently adopted will be found still more use-
ful in future vears.

PLAN OF MANAGEMENT FOR OUR Y. M.
C. A. BUILDING.

One of the most important acts of the
Board of Directors of the College at the
May meeting was the adoption of a plan
for the control of Bartlett Hall.

The essential features of this plan, as pub-
lished in full below, are: the leasing of the
building for ninety-nine years, with privi-
ilege of renewal, at a rental of $1 per year,
to the incorporated Y. M. C. A. of the
College, and the establishment of an Advi-
sory Committee of Ten, six of whom shall
be chosen from the faculty or Board of
Directors of the College.

This plan has been evolved after careful
consideration of the interests and welfare of
all parties concerned. The practical recog-
nition of this agreement will take place in
September with the opening of the fall term.
At that time the Y. M. C. A. will take pos-
session of the building and will have a
home of its own. The reading room, par-
lor, secretary's office and hall are now be-
ing finished, and will be ready for occu-
pancy by September. The legal paper,
which includes the plan, is as follows:

THIS INDENTURE,

Made and entered into on this 25th day of
May, 1899, between the Board of Directors

of Maryville College, a body corporate and
politic under the laws of Tennessee, having
its principal place of business at Maryville,
in Blount County, Tennessee, party of the
first part, and the Young Men's Christian
Association of Maryville College, also a
body corporate and politic under the laws of
Tennessee, having its principal place of
business at Maryville, in Blount County,
Tennessee, party of the second part,

WITNESSETH:

That for and in consideration of the sum
of one dollar per year, to be paid to the
party of the first part at the end of each
year, by the party of the second part, to-
gether with the further considerations of
the funds which have been, or may
hereafter be raised by the party of
the second part for the erection, equipment,
completion and maintenance of the build-
ing on the campus of the party of the first
part, known as "Bartlett Hall," and for the
purpose of incvdcating and encouraging the
spirit of Christianity and active Christian
work among the students of Maryville Col-
lege, those who may now or may hereafter
be in attendance, and the further considera-
tion of the rules, regulations and stipula-
tions hereinafter set out and shown, the
party of the first part has leased, and does
hereby lease to the party of the second part,
for and during the period of ninety-nine
years from this date, with the privilege of
renewing the same at the expiration of that
time, if the party of the second part shall so
desire, the building known as "Bartlett
Hall," together with the giound upon which
it stands, situated on the campus of the
party of the first part, in the Ninth District
of Blount County, Tennessee, together with
the right of way to and from said building,
and the right of ingress, egress and regress
over the roads, streets, drives, ways, walks
and grounds under the general rules of the
party of the first part governing the pass-
ages over the roads, streets, drives, walks
and grounds of the College by the students.
It is further provided and made part of
.this lease that the party of the first part
shall have the right to veto any action taken

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203

by the party of the second part, and in con-
sideration of the funds already given and
the financial provision made by the party of
the first part in furthering the building and
the Association of the party of the second
part, the party of the first part shall have
the right to use the gymnasium for general
gymnastic instruction or exercises on cer-
tain hours on certain days, the same to be
determined by the faculty of the party of the
first part and the party of the second part.

It is further provided and made part of
this instrument, that the party of the second
part shall have an advisory committee, com-
posed and having powers and duties as de-
fined in Article VI., of the Constitution for
Students' Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciations, as recommended by the Interna-
tional Committee, and that six of that
Committee of Ten shall be chosen from the
faculty or Board of Directors of the party
of the first part. (See Art. VI., Constitu-
tion.)

It is further provided that the party of the
first part shall assist the party of the second
part financially only so long and so much
as may be necessary for the best interests of
the party of the second part, and that the
amount of assistance shall be determined
from time to time by the party of the first
part upon the recommendation of the Ad-
visory Committee of the party of the second
part.

It is further provided that if at any time
the party of the second part shall cease to
exist in the College, or shall allow its char-
ter to lapse by non-user or surrender to
either the State or any other association, or
shall fail to faithfully keep and observe all
the above conditions, this lease shall cease
and be void, and the building and ground
herein leased shall at once revert to the
party of the first part, to be used
for religious purposes by the party
of the first part, and all the property
of the party of the second part, real, per-
sonal and mixed, shall vest in the party of
the first part ; and it is agreed that so far as
may be possible, the members of the Board
of Directors of the party of the second part

shall be members of the Advisi
tee hereinabove provided for.

In witness whereof that parties of t
first and second part hereunto affix their re-
spective names, by their respective chair-
man or president of the Board of Direi tors
of each, and the secretary and recorder of
each, under the authority given by their re-
spective Boards of Directors, on the date
first herein above given.

A TRIP UP THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN
JAPAN.

BY EMMA ALEXANDER, 'oi.

There is probably no more picturesque
country than the "Sunrise Kingdom."
Among the most picturesque places is Ha-
kone. and it was here that I spent my last
summer in Japan. Hakone is a little vil-
lage in the mountain, by the side of a beau-
tiful lake, surrounded by grass-covered
hills. Over the top of these hills, on the
opposite side of the lake, rises the peak of
Fuji, twelve thousand three hundred and
sixty-five feet above sea level.

It rises without foothills from a plain, and
is nearly a perfect cone in form. It is four
times as high as Vesuvius, the most cele-
brated volcano in the world.

Fuji, once a very active volcano, has been
asleep for about one hundred years, but
that it is not dead is shown by the fact that
in two or three places steam still rises out
of the ground.

One of the most beautiful features of the
mountain, as seen from a distance, is its
change of color, from blue and purple, to
crimson, yellow and gold. This is owing
to the lack of vegetation, for nothing grows
011 Fuji above its base except a large, red
thistle, which is a pretty contrast to the
black lava out of which it grows.

It had been my greatest desire for a long
time to ascend to this Mecca of all Japanese
pilgrims, the summit of Fuji, and at last I
had an opportunity to do so. A lady and
gentleman, who were also spending their
vacation at Hakone. were as anxious for
the climb as I was. and we decided to go as
soon as possible. On account of the snow

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

and terrible storms which take place on the
mountain, there are only about two weeks
in the middle of summer when the trip can
be made. We had arranged to go on the
20th of August, and when the day came
around we started at 4 o'clock in the morn-
ing. We got into our boat and were rowed
seven miles across the lake.

This lake, although fifteen miles away,
is one of five into which Fuji casts its
unique reflection. As the sun rose, the
lake, which was as smooth as glass, was a
beautiful and peaceful sight, with the image
of Fuji and the surrounding green hills in
it.

Our party consisted of this lady and gen-
tleman, myself, a guide, and six coolies.
The purpose of these coolies was to
carry our provisions and extra cloth-
ing, which we should need at the top,
and also to assist the ladies when
they became weary and faint. One coolie
puts a rope about the lady's waist and pulls
her along, and if that is not sufficient, an-
other assists by pushing her ; but I found all
such assistance quite unnecessary, my staff,
which I received at the foot of the moun-
tain, being enough for me. '

We reached the foot late in the afternoon,
and rested a while before beginning the as-
cent. On the way to the top there are ten
stations or huts at equal distances from
one another, in which travelers may rest
or spend the night. At the first of these
we received long, white staves from a priest,
and we also purchased large straw hats
about one foot and a half in diameter — such
as the pilgrims wear.

Then we began the long climb to the
top, the accomplishment of which was sim-
ply a question of steady perseverance, since
Fuji is much more easily ascended than
some smaller mountains, as there are no
obstacles in the way, such as rocks and un-
dergrowth. ' I I \4
By the time we reached the fourth station
it was dark, and the guide did not wish to
go any further that night. We were al-
ready far above the clouds, and the sunset
was a wonderfully beautiful sight, and I did

not wonder at the pilgrims who stopped
and bowed their heads in profound adora-
tion.

The stations are just little huts of one
room, with no window and but one door.
They are built close up against the side of
the mountain, and are weighted down with
stones to keep them from blowing away.

We arose next morning in time to see the
sunrise, and I realized for the first time
that "even7 cloud has a silver lining," for
the sun shining down on them turned them
all to silver. We reached the top at about
2 o'clock in the afternoon, having walked
steadily all the time, except as we ap-
proached the top, when the atmosphere be-
came so rare, and our pulses were so quick
that we could take only a few steps at a
time.

The first thing we did on reaching the top
was to put on all the warm clothes we had
brought with us, for it was fearfullv cold, •
although there was not much snow — just a
few patches on the top, and on the side of
the crater which was protected from the
direct rays of the sun. The hut on top was
larger than any of the others, and there
were also two temples, at one of which we
had a sacred stamp burned onto cur staves '
by a priest. There are two sacreJ springs,
and a drink from one of these is said to cure
all disease. That afternoon we walked all
around the crater, a distance of about three
miles, and warmed our hands in the steam
which came' out of the side of the moun-
tain.

Few are fortunate enough to get a per-
fectly clear view from the top, since usually
nothing can be seen landward but the vast
ocean of clouds, in which the peak of Fuji
stands as if the only island in the world.
Early next morning, before beginning the
descent, we saw a curious phenomenon:
As the rays of the sun rose over the horizon
the shadow of Fuji was thrown in dark out-
line on the clouds and mist. We found the
descent an easy matter, compared with the
ascent. We reached home Saturday night,
a tired but satisfied party, Having been ab-
sent three days and two nights. We real-

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205

ized the truth of the Japanese proverb that,
"He who does not ascend Fuji is a fool,
but he who ascends it twice is a greater
fool."

COMMENCEMENT DAY.

The great event in Maryville is very nat-
urally Commencement Day. The large and
beautiful church where the exercises were
held was soon filled Thursday morning
May 25, with students, town people, coun-
try people and visitors from abroad. The
weather was favorable, and the program
was admirable, so that the two hours and a
half did not feel wearisome. All were in-
terested in the orations and essays, which
were interspersed with music by an orches-
tra from Knoxville.

After the invocation by President Board-
man, the first of the eleven members of the
graduating class delivered his oration. The
subject was "Character in Architecture,"
and Mr. Charles C. Litterer showed the de-
velopment of architecture in its various
forms, and how the different styles were
really indices of people's character.

Miss Ethel M. Kennedy had a historical
subject, "Heroines of 1776," and brought
to mind the struggles and sacrifices of many
women during the Revolutionary War.

Mr. Samuel H. Lyle delivered an oration
on one of the great sociological questions of
the day, "The Problem of Crime." His
remedial agencies were three — Law, Educa-
tion, and Christianity.

The mysteries of "Folklore" were un-
locked by Miss Mary G. Carnahan, who dis-
cussed some of the popular beliefs and prac-
tices.

Mr. Charles N. Magill had for his theme
"Earth's Adaptation to Man," and handled
it in an admirable manner.

The audience was then taken outside of
the realm of this world by Miss Mary E.
Alexander, who, in her essay, "Ultramun-
dane Mathematics," showed careful study of
some of the great principles and facts of as-
tronomy.

Some of the vital questions of the present
times were examined by Mr. Samuel D. Mc-

Murrv under the topic of "Profit-Sharing."
Miss Rose M. Lyle, in "Woman in Liter-
ature," showed what an influence was ex-
erted by some of the great authors of the
past.

The importance of the evangelization of
the world was discussed by Mr. Richard W.
Post in his oration, "The Question of the
Day."

A scientific treatise, "Conservation of En-
ergy," was presented by Miss Phi Smyth e.
The last oration of the morning, "Evolu-
tion of Charity," was given by Mr. Howard
M. Welsh.

The conferring of the degrees and the
presentation of diplomas then took place,
together with an address by Dr. Boardman.

The Degree of A.M. was conferred upon
Rev. Lorenzo R. Foster, '94, of Scranton,
Pa.

The McTeer gold medal for scholarship
was given to Edward Goddard, of the Pre-
paratory Department, and the College gold
medal was given to Arthur G. Hull, '02.
Honorable mention was made of Thomas G.
Brown and Helen M. Post.

In the afternoon an informal meeting
took place at the Y. M. C. A. Building, and
short addresses were made. The interest
was heightened by the fact that work was
being done in one of the rooms while the
speaking was progressing. All looked for-
ward with delight to the fall, when the
rooms will be readv for occupancy.

The day closed with two social meetings,
carried on at the same time — the alumni
banquet at Baldwin Hall, and the social
reunion at Anderson Hall.

After an enjoyable banquet, the follow-
ing literary program was taken up :

Toastmaster, Prof. E. B. Waller.
Words of Welcome to the Seniors of

'gq Dr. Boardman.

Reply for the Class Hubert Lyle.

The Evolution of Woman

Mrs. Carrie Lord Follett.

High School Work in Tennessee

b Prof. S. W. Shernll.

America's Foreign Policv

T.Hon. Thomas N. Brown.

While these exercises were going on.
more than three hundred students and
friends were exchanging social greetins;
with one another in Anderson Hall. All
enjoyed themselves, and when the closing-
hour arrived, left the building, tired but
happy, and realizing that the College year
of '99 had been brought to a successful con-
clusion.

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT FUNDS OF
MARYVILLE COLLEGE.

Office of the Treasurer,
Board of Directors of Maryville College,
May 20, 1899.

To the Board of Directors of Maryville College:

I would respectfully report the following as the condition of the permanent
funds of Maryville College for the year now closing:

ENDOWMENT PROPER.

In Tennessee $211,445.24 | First mortgage notes: —

Preserved Smith Fund 25,000.00

Fayerweather (over) 1,358.55

$237,803.79

Old form $ 22,575.00

New form 164,208.00

Notes, subscription 673.00

Notes, liens on realty 4,802.08

Knox County Bonds.

Knoxville Bonds

Real Estate: —

Roberts $2,000.00

Hale 1,600.00

Atkins 3,500.00

Pickens 400.00 —

Smith Funds

Cash

400.00
500.00

7,500.00
25,000.00
12,145.71

$237,803.79

CARSON W. ADAMS FUND, PERMANENT.

Amount of Fund $6,300.00

5,300 00

First mortgage notes $3,100.00

Cash 3,200.00

), 300.00

GEORGE HENRY BRADLEY FUND.
Amount of Fund $1,000.00 | First mortgage note $1,000.00

J. G. CRAIGHEAD FUND.
Amount of Fund $1,500.00 | First mortgage note $1,500.00

WILLARD SCHOLARSHIP.
Amount of Fund $1,000.00 | First mortgage note $1,000.00

CRAWFORD FUND.
Amount of Fund $200.00 | First mortgage note $200.00

ACTIVE AND NON-ACTIVE.
Of the Endowment proper there is active and producing interest at 6 per

cent, per annum $198,303.79

At present there is unyielding: —

Preserved Smith Fund $25,000.00

Loans secured, but in litigation 7,000.00

Real Estate bought in 7,500.00 — 39,500.00

$237,803.79

MARYVILLE COLLEGE MONTHLY.

CAMPUS, GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.

The Campus and adjacent grounds consist of 262 acres, costing the sum of. .$ 9.420.00

There are nine buildings, costing 87,5

The water supply improvements 2,500.00

Total $99,420.00

GENERAL EXPENSE FUND.

Receipts and disbursements of moneys arising from the Endowment, Invest-
ments, Tuition and other Expense Funds of the College:

GENERAL EXPENSE.

Received from: —

Interest on notes $12,233.58

Light $ 1 15.10

Heat 378.00

Rooms 354-50

Music 345-62

Tuition 2,402.36— 3,595.58

Diplomas

Science Incidentals..

Rents

Pasture

Fuel, sales

Repaid

Sales

Telephone messages.

Electric lights

Overdraft

70.00

222.33

197.00

36.35

252.22

62.74

H-04

2.30

25.00

295.56

Fayerweather Estate 3,916.55

$20,943-25

Disbursed to: —

Salaries $12

Annuity, Mrs. Lamar

Clerical

Telephone Exchange

Electric Lights

Stationery

Printing

Science Inc. Repaid

Teaching, old year

Campus

Library work

Fuel 1

Postage .

Freights

Science Department

Insurance

Recorder

Mail Delivery

Directors' Expense

Matrons' Expense

Work, general

Repairs

Executive Committee

Library Appropriation

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