The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-12-21
FROM EMORY AND HENRY.
[correspondence Of the crrIzEN !

Correspondence of the CITIZEN
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Carolinian, born and raised almost with
in sight of your thriving city, to get the
CITIzEN is next to getting letter from
home.
Thanksgiving passed of with half
holiday and sermon by Dr.. Wiley to
students, also the usual number of turkeys
for which Virginia is specially noted.
The gustable features of the day need no
comment. The holiday recreation is
well understood by all who have been
students of an institution which. holds
boys "to the rack" as Emory does. But
a sermon from this venerable and schol-
arly Christian, to be understood and
appreciated, must be heard. 1t is not
comparable to sermons in general. DIR.
Wiley is man rich in that wisdom, ac-
qrired only from q lifetime spent in
earnest thought, and men are scattered
all over the South who have been the
favored recipients of this treasure -equip-
ped for the battles of life from having sat
at the feet of this man and learned of
him. Friday evening, Nov. 26, the an
nual debate of the Calliopean Society
was witnessed by large and orderly
audience in the college chapel. The
query: That q combination of Labor
against Capital is injurious to the people, was
thoroughly discussed and affirmatively
aaffln1 cY1noio1 l,o,l ,l,k Z,
girls from Martha Washington College,
and after the debaLe harmonious blend
ing of the students fthe two colleges re-
tired to the commodieus dining room of
the Byars, where the enjoyment was of a
mole tangible character. There many a
bIvalve, fresh from his ocean home met
his fate, and many an orange, banana,
ETC., fulfilled its mission. The proceeds
of this part of the entertainment are to
be expended in beautifying the college
chapel.
A word about Emory and Henry Col
lege. This institution of Christian educa-
ton is now in its fiftieth year, and will
celebrate its Semi Centennial next June.
All are cordially invited to attend, and
to the Alumni this request is made urg-
ent. The speakers of the occasion will
be from among the ablest of the South
representative orators of both pulpit and
bar. Come and enjoy this literary feast
The best advertisement of an establish
ment, ofauy kind, is the tested Lroduct.
Samples ofthis man factory can be found,
perhaps, in every State ofthe Union, and
need only to be tested, to establish the
superiority of their alma mater. But there
is many boy with brain, pluck, charac-
ter and ambition, and some of them are
in the mountains of North Carolina
whose privilege it has never been to meet
with this particular kind of advertise
ment. Hoping these lines may be read
by such, will, enumerate In brief some
of the advantages of this college. The
buildings are ample, convenient and first
class. The Philosophical, Chemical and
Astronomical apparatus are complete.
Three fine libaries are open to all the
students, besides the current literature of
two reading rooms The Curriculum of
the college is full, surpassed only in time
by a few Universities. The Faculty,
comprising seven active members, five of
whom are young and energetic, and three
of them distinguished graduates of the
University of Virginia are not only COM
petent, but do teach thoroughly the
course as advertised. The expenses COM
pared with what can be obtained in re-
turn, are positively as small as that of
any school and much smaller than most
of them. With an elevation of mo.e
than 2000 feet the climate is conducive
to health and happiness. Lastly ard
most important is the moral tone of the
college family here. The father, who
truly loves his boy. hesitates and the
mother weeps TO send him off to college
since tits the prevailing opinion that col
lege influences are antagonistic to moral
ity. However this may he true OF other
colleges, of Emory and Henry, it is not
true. The students are regHiTed to attend
chapel services daily. All have access to
as good Sunday School instructions as
can be found any where. The Z. NJ. c..
A. comprises committees of aggressive
young men whose business it is to see
every student and secure, as they do in
most instances, his attendance at the
evening prayer meetings.
These are only few ofthe advantages
of this deserving institution, and / hope
they may be read by young men who
are contemplating a course of college
instruction, and that such may be turn
ed hither, assuring them that once here,
they will be content to remain. Only
three students are here from Western
North Carolina, and the best benedic-
ton could pronounce upon the region
of my own beloved mountain home is,
that she may send more of her sons to
school-epen to Emory and Henry Col
lege and thus prepare them for the
highest usefulness.
Respectfully,
THos. c. REESE,
Emory, Va, Dec. 6, 1886.