The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-03-04
House Of the President Of
- MaryVilia College.

A pleasant event was the visit,
o. tuesday evening, February oath
1891. OF Miss Nargare. +. Henry,
and the Whole body "f young ladies
unh. r her care, from Baldwin Hall,
tn sereua,le the President and his
family, and offer XII. dly congratu-
Ia ions ON their on their entrance
INTO the new house provided for
them The family hal no ultima
ton Of This friendly attention till
they heard IOft stratus of a chorus
Of IN ices from, the group
,liec I'd In iron, of the house. The
President and Mrs.. B,Ardman soon
appeared on the broad piazza, and
after enjoying several lively pieces
aud some Of more serious import,
thanked them, and invited them ali
to enter and pass through the
house. The invitation was
accepted and q short time spent
IT, cordial greetings, brief
survey. Of the house, and pleasant
conversation. All then repaired to,
the parl0r where another song was.
rendered, and Miss Henry in be-
half OF the young ladies gave ex.
PRECISION to their friendly senti-
Inent-, congratulations and good
wishes In reply thu President
said that 1t gave them especial
pleasure to welcome the young IL.
dies Ut thu, College 10 their new
home andsthat himself and family
accepted their congratulations and
reciprocated heartily their good
Wishes. He had desired some kind
Of dedication of the new house.
Could there be a happier one than
had been furnished in the sweet
and sacred words, which he had
first heard them singing undes the
south front window, agfs
my faith lssks u u THss.
Thou Lamb 1T Calvary
Saviour Divine"
1t seems also a pleasant com
m ,moration Of Washington's Birth
d ~, which a. 1t occurred on the
Sabbath is Atty remembered to-day.
He said that he should not have or
riginally sought for house 80 cost
~ and beautiful. He should rather
have asked that portion Of the mon
ey should have been expended to
adj some comf)rtIor embellish-
ment to the halls occupied by the
students. Yet this house itse
does, In some sense, belong to ali
the students, and he believed they
would always be heartily WELDON.
ed to its hospitality as successive
Presidents should occupy 1t. A
few days before the young gentle.
men also had been represented by
the College Band, who had render.
ed several choice pieces in pleasant
greeting, In front of the new ediflce.
The President alluded to the touch
ing fact that Mrs. Jane F. willard,
within two weeks after sending the
generous remittance, which more
than doubled her first gift, passed
suddenly to the Fathers house
where are many mansions. 1t WAS
\ gratifying remembrance also that
Prot. Crawford, who had been
Chairman Of the building Commit
tee, had expressed his thorough
satisfaction with the house. He
visited it and approved of it on the
last day in which he went out, Sat.
urday Jan. %, 1881. On that day
the handsome marble memorial
tablet, which Prof. Crawford had
pronounced to be perfect, was fixed
in its pl ice. Behind it were depos-
tied, at the Professors suggestion,
such documents; including cata-
logue, and other College publica-
tions, aud autograph letters from
DIR. and Mrs. Willard, as are com.
monty committed to the corner
stone After these remarks the
fair guests TOOK their leave, accom-
panied to the verands by the Pres
i'd mt and Mrs. Boardman, who in
vted all to come again, and with a
parting song as they went away
they disappeared among the cedars.
In connection with'this event a
brief description of the house may
be appropriate. The Architects
were Beaver and Hoffmeister, and
the builders Stephenson and Getaz,
all of Knoxville. 1t stands on one
of the most slightly spots in Ten
neSSee.
On the southwest, few miles dis
tant, are seen the Chilnowee and
heyand them the Great Smoky
Mountains. On the opposite side,
the north. west, at distance of for
ty or Atty miles are seen The misty
blue lines of the Cumberland noun