The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29

commodious and well adapted TO
school purposes, containing a cap&-
cious chapel and DINING room, study
hall, lecture, recitation and music
rooms, parlors, an art studio, and
dormitories sufficient to accommo.
date two hundred boarders. The
dormitories are large, well ventilated
warmed by means Of fire places and
provided with neat, convenient and
comfortable furniture. The art studio
60x20 feet and study hall (same size
are in the north side Of the building,
with several large windows in each,
through which a soft, pleasant Ii ght
is admitted, and both are large. com.
modious and we'll furnished"
The Government of the College"
requires but a word or two Of com.
ment from us. It has stood the test
of time--the results have more than
justified the means, and the means
adopted have been such as appealed,
LIST, to the practical common sense
and good Judgment Of parents and,
I'd, to the innate sense of proprietJ
Of the pupils themselves. The highes,
mental, moral and physical culture
is aimed at, and the restrictions Gas
regards individual action Of pupils
are such as any father or mother in
the land would approve Of. In other
words, the government is parental.
As to those who preside over the
College, i. g., the Faculty, we have
something to say. TIE President.
Rev. T. NJ. Jones, A. NJ, D. d., is a
graduate Of Randolph and Macon
College, Va, class Of 1916. From
that time to this,--a period of forty
years-he has been actively identi-
fed with educational work, and ever
since 1854 he has been President
of this College. The Doctor has
been earnest and unceasing in his
work to advance the cause of edu.
cation Of females "a cause to which he
has given the best years Of his life;
he has ever recognized the high
and responsible trust by which an
educator is endowed, and he has ear.
nestly striyen to not only forward
this educational work but to advance
the cause Of his Master at the same
time. We have, virtually, no items
concerning him, personally. save
such as we may clip from public
prints or gather from those who have
known himsor more than third Of
a century. We have known him to
be man who holds aloof from news.
paper. adulation-he is not averse to
honest criticism, whether it be just or
unjust, but he is one Of the last men
we should think of as being suscep-
tiblc Of flattery. At the risk Of Of.
Tending him, however, We must say
that his connection with the Pioneer
Female College of North Carolina
has been the life Of the school-some
time in the future some historian or
biographer will do him and his self.
sacrificing work justice. II
To resume the broken thread Of
our discourse we write the names Of
the Faculty, as now appearing upon
its catalogue for the, coming scholas.
tic year. Il is as follows:
Rev. T. M. JONES, A. NJ, ID. d.,
President, and Prof. ofMental and
Moral Philosophy and Natural
Science. rs.--
PRoF. w. L. ALDERMAN, A. NJ,
Mathematics and Ancient Languages.
MILE. ANNA NJ. MAscH, French
and German.
Miss e. ELLSWORTH, MISS ANNA
Z. MALosEY, Miss NJ. w. DEWEY,
Mrs. v. C. PELL, Miss Del. ALDER.
MAN and MISS LILLIAN NJ. ARNOLD,
instrumental Music Department.
MISS MAZE SPEARS, Vocal Music.
MISS ELLEN ANDREWS, Drawing
and Pointing.
MIS-. ID. A. ROBERTSON, MISS Ell
BuMPAss and MISS SARAH Z. BRu'
ton, assistants in the Literary De-
partment.
MISS LILLIAN NJ. ARNOLD, Calls
themes.
Relative 10 Prof. Alderman we may
say that lie is one Of the recognized
successful educators Of the country
He is a graduate of the University o.
In. G., and for the past TWENTY-FIVE
years or more he has been engaged
in the work Of teaching.
Mile. Nascb, teacher Of Moderl
Languages, is q native ofBelgium ant
graduate Of the first schools o
Brussels. Che is an accomplished
linguist, speaking no less than fiv'
languages fluently.
Miss Ellsworth, in charge Of III,
| instrumental Music Department, is
gra iuatc Of the New England Con
{ servatory Of Music. Boston, and sh
. is ably assisted by the ladies nance
!. owe. This department Of th
school 1: in o most aourishing condl