Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-08-09
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF
ERSKINE COLLEGE.

ERSKINE COLLEGE.
Tho Annual meeting Of tho Alumni
of Erskine College was held in the
Hall of the Euphemian society, on
Wednesday the 18th ult. The meet.
ing was called to order by Col. II. A.
Fair, the President of tho Association.
Tho minutes of the last meeting
were read by w. A. Lee, Esq, the Sec
retary, and we're approved.
w. A. Leo, from the committee ap-
pointed in August 1860 to prepare
resolutions expressive of tho respect
and esteem of the Association to the
memory of tho Rev. E. E. Pressly, DID,,
deceased, reported, that tho duty had
beon discharged and the resolutions
had been duly published in tho Dis
trict papers.
A DR.. J. L. Miller, from the Commits
tee appointed to prepare an address
to the surviving members OF the
Alumni Association, reported tho
performance of that duty.
DR.. J. l.. Miller, Chairman of the
Committee, appointed to prepare
record Of the deceased members Of
tho Association, made tho following
report:
DUE WEST, ABBEv1LLE DISTRICT. s. G.
July, 10th 1867.
Tho Committee appointed by the
Alumni Association, at the last On
nual meeting, to procure and report
list of all the members Of this Associ-
alton who have died from disease or
the casualties of war, since its organ
ization, beg leave to report:
That they have used reasonable
and diligent effort of enquiry through
the columns of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian, yet regret to say, that
from circumstances over which they
havo had no control, they cannot pre-
sent complete and perfect list of the
deceased Alumni. 1t is we'll known
that those represent almost every
Southern State; that tho intercourse
of the citizens of tho differcnt states
has been necessarily quito limited, the
means of communication through the
mails having been either entirely sus
pended OF boing very imperfect ant
unreliable; hence the difficulty which
the Committee havo had to encoun-
ter in gathering up tho facts Of thi'
report.
In ordor to make the report NOR
full and satisfactory, the Committe
have furnished together with tn
names of all the Alumni who hav
died fl ON disease or fallen in battle
list of the aggregate number of al
the graduates during each year sine
the organization of the College, unit
tho suspension of exercises by th
late war. These papers are herewit
subjoined and are respectively desig
mated by the numbers l, 2 and 8.
From these papers, it appears, thu
nearly one half of the deceased men
bers of the Association have falle
during the late war, bravely; mob
and heroically pouring out their bloc
10 the struggle for our "lost cause
Here in tho lap of their alma Mat
they have been raised, nurtured al
educated in the great principles
right, truth and justice, and in t
hour Of danger, when their count
called, they promptly responded; T
bly, they fought in her defence a
their memories will be treasured
and ombalmed by every son of Ell
kline. In appreciation Of their wol
and excellence, and as ap humble t.
timonial Of their valor, we would l
spectfully suggest for the .copside1
tion of the Association, the propri
of erecting in the College Campus
suitable monument to their memo
In our annual visitations to our A,
,Mater, we may refresh our Nom
with their deeds and recount to
children after us, the names Of tt
wbos sfiKil ever live immortal. Al
wsinh ID folly subnaitted.
IS. l.. MILLER,
II r 1,NH