The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-02-14
Martin College.
From the Christian Advocate.

On the morning of the 18th of
January we left Nashville for our
new home, and, after few hours
run, the train stopped at Pulaski,
and we disembarked. Brother Dim
widdie. the gentlemanly pastor of
Pulaski Station, met us with g-atu-
itous conveyances from the depot
to Martin Female College, where
we were politely received and hos
pitably entertained. And here we
are in daily association and com
partnership with the friends of aud
lang syns: DIR. Rivers and Prof.
o. F. Casey and their excellent
wives, and DR.. Rivers's widowed
daughter, Mrs. Menefee, superior
woman, and the Hall teacher of
Martin College We feel at home,
and are happy. Twenty years have
elapsed since was associated with
this delightful household, but time,
which changes all things, has not
changed our relations and senti-
ments toward each other. We were
friends then, and we are friends
still, and though the infirmities Of
coming age may finally duh all our
senses, and we may become deaf to
every other sound, we hope to keep
our hearts young and hale, and to
ever be able to hear friendships
voice.
Yesterday, Martin College had an
suspicious opening of the spring
term of the present session, and
the outlook for the future is very
encouraging. There ought 10 be a
prosperous and profitable school
here if no patronage were received
beyond Giles county, because
Giles is a large, wealthy and popu-
lous county. The College build
-ings are large, and the grounds am
pie and beautifully laid out and inn
proved, and there is an endowment
of $50. 900 upon the College, mon
ument to the mnnificence of Thos.
Martin, whose name was for many
years synonym for Pulaski. Will
not some other wealthy Methodist
of old Giles add $4,000 to the
present endowment, and let the
name Of the College be changed to
that of Martin and --- College?
Virginia has set us the example of
this style of literary nomenclature,
as William and Mary, Randolph
Macon, Emory and Henry, AMI the
like.
Under the present management
Martin College cannot do otherwise
than prosper. DIR. Rivers is well
known as the most successful edu-
Gator in the Southwest. He never
took charge of an institution of
learning that did not prosper in his
hands; and his scholarship is of so
high a type, and so accurate and
thorough, and he is so apt to teach,
and having such facility of impart-
ing knowledge, and, withal, pos
sessing such tact for the manage
ment of either boys or girls, that
school could not fail under his man
agement. He has been so great a
sufferer from a fractured limb that
l had supposed the abrasion on his
nervous system had well nigh ex
hausted him; but, upon the contra
ry, he seems to have renewed his
youth, and works now as he did
thirty years ago. He occupies his
chair at 9 A. NJ, and teaches and
lectures continuously till 3 P. NJ,
thus putting in six consecutive
hours of close, hard work every day,
and he seems as fresh at night as
though he had done no more than
enjoyed easy reading and conversed
with his friends. He is truly a won
derful man-his personal resources
are so great, and he has such versa
tility of talent.
Prof. Casey-well, he can speak
for himself with equal facility in
English, Latin, or Greek; and the
whole Faculty is made up Of thor
oughly competent teachers. 1t is
my deliberate judgment that, with
such men as Rivers and Casey at
the head of this Institution, young
lady can receive as thorough and
extensive instruction in Martin Col
lege as she could enjoy at Vassar
College, except, perhaps, in the De
partment of Natural Sciences. Let
the general community, and Giles
county in particular, rally with
viii to the support of this invalu-
able school, which is an honor TO
Pulaski and this wealthy county.
ID. BARBEE.
Pulaski, Jan. "a, 1878.
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