Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-25

as Judge Boyle, Robertson Mckee and
Ex.Governors Owsley and Letcher
md others. Mr.. Findley took an &C
tive part in the founding Of Centre
College. lie subsequently, removed
TO Mo-, and died there in 1910, being
upwards Of 80 years Of age.
Ever since lis foundation, except at
short intervals, n school has been kept
in said Seminary. IL has had many
principals, some Of whom were sue
cesses and Others flat failures. Some
times the schools have been large and
ilourishing and at other times have
dwindled down TO mere handiuls, but
il is to be hoped that with n new house
the school will receive new life and
continue and flourish for another 80
years.
The old building was an old acquain.
lance and was associated with many
pleasant recollections. was a pupil
in the first school that was ever taught
in it, (lSl6,) and unless Montgomery
Bell, Of Mo-, who was born and raised
in the town, is still living, am
the only survivor of that first school.
In 1922 again entered said school to
study Latin and Greek and prepare
for college. In 1S49 | was again in
the school as the assistant of Champ
Carter. who was then the principal.
During the next six years, ! was tho
principal; and again in later years |
taught some classes for the late Charles
Barnes; so that good deal of my time
has been spent in the old building in
either receiving or imparting instruc-
ton, and | can bear this testimony TO
the department Of all the boys and
girls whom / taught in said old build
ing, that they were always good TO me,
and though some Of the boys were said
to be "hard cases" they we're always
kind and respectful to me and ready to
do anything | requested Of them, ox-
cept to do more hard studying. These
references 70 my early schOol.days re.
call the somewhat singular fact that
for the solid foundation Of my educa-
ton am indebted to three Catholic
Irishmen. The first was an old bach.
elor named Raglan. He did not claim
TO be a learned man, but was a thor
ough teacher Of the common English
branches. For days, weeks and months
| was allowed to study little else than
Walkers Dictionary so as to spell the
words and give their meaning. This
at times seemed to be a very dry study,
but it saved all trouble in subsequent
life about the spelling of words.
In 1922 Redmond O'Dougherty was
the principal of the Seminary. He
had been educated for priest, but
never entered the priesthood. He was
a thorough scholar and a faithful
teacher, He 50 thoroughly drilled me
in the grammar and principles of the
Latin and Greek languages as that
their after study was a pleasure and
not a burden. He was called to
professorship in Centre College and
was succeeded by another lrishman
named O'Reiley. He was good teach
err. hut was a crotchety Irishman and
involved himself in brOils with his
scholars and their parents, and did
not long hold his position.
The names and characters of the va
rious other principals are not known
and can not be given.
But the old house is gone. The
pond beside il survives. Ii survives
the great majority of the pupils who
found recreation upon its ice during
the Winter months for the last fifty
years. 1t is likely that it will survive
the prospective new building and the
great majority of its pupils who may
find recreation on its ice during the
nextiifty years. S. S. MCRoBERTs.