The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-02
FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
KING COLLEGE.
To tAs Friend. of Education the Presbyterian Church

To the Friends of Education in the Presbyterian Church
This young and vigorous institution, located at
Bristol, Tenn, was the offspring of necessity. At
the close of the late war, all our colleges west Of
this point were in PROSTATE condition, and there
were none of our denomination to the east, nearer
than Hampden Sidney and Washington. The
distance and expense of education at any existing
institution in our connection, forced upon US the
conviction that we must establish a college within
convenient distance OF the young men Of South
Western Virginia and East Tennessee. Other
wise, they would either be without the means Of
acquiring liberal education, or else be left to be
educated By other denominations and practically
lost to our Church. 1t was under these crcum.
stances that the work of founding King College
was undertaken by HOlstOn Presbytery So far
we have succeeded beyond our most sanguine ex-
pectatious. During the six years of its existence
as a college, thirty young men have been gradu.
ated. About t,co-thndS of these have entered the
ministry, or are pursuing their theological studies
preparatory for so doing AT times four 6fths of
the students have been professors of religion. ow-
ing largely to the religious influence under which
they have there been brought; and if the institu
ton were now to be abandoned, the labor and
money spent on it would not have been in vain.
The faculty, though not so large as we would de-
sire. will compare favorably With those of the ma.
i,ritv of our colleges. Rev. j. D. Tadock, Presi-
dent and Professor of Mathematics, is regarded by
those who have attended his classes as an uuusu-
ally foe instructor in his department. Rev. G.
r Vaughan, Professor of Metaphysics, is we'll
known as one of the abest ministers in the Synod
Of Virginia He gives universal satisfaction. j.
n Winston, Professor of Languages, is an A. NJ.
of the University of Virginia and teacher of long
experience. Dr. j. A TempletOn lectures on
Physiology and Hygiene. He gives good lectures
gratis. The other branches of science are divided
among the professors.
The grounds are we'll located in the suburbs of
Bristol and with the improvements on them are
valued at $4,000. There is a moneyed endow.
meut of some SIS, 900, of which about $2S 600 are
now available. while Abingdon and Knoxville
Presbyteres are now engaged in raising additional
e. .owmeut funds. The remoteness of Bristol
ir,u the great eastern and southern markets ena-
bes us to furnish education cheaper than it can be
furnished, of the same quality, by any of our other
colleges.
The number of students in the collegiate depart
meut is COW larger than ever before, and the pros
poets of the school in every respect are more en-
couragng, with the exception that within the past
two years debt of some 81 500 has been created.
This debt is due the Professors, aud resulted from
falling of in the tuition fees owing, first, to the
breaking out Of the smallpox in Bristol and
groundless alarm about cholera; and then, to the