Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-10-27


"SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Gov
ernor, Legislative Council and House
of Representatives of the Territory of
the United States of America south of
the River Ohio, that Samuel Doak be-
President, Rev. Chas. Cummins, Edward
Crawford, John Cawson, james Balch,
Robert Henderson and Gideon Black
burn, Judge Joseph Anderson, General
John Sewer, Colonies Landon Carter
and Daniel Kennedy, Majors Leroy
Taylor and John Sewer, John Upton,
VIM. Cooke, Arch Roam, Joseph Ham
ilton John Rhea, Samuel Mitchell, Jes
Sc Payne, James Aiken and VIM. Chas.
Cole Calhoun, ESQ, DR.. VIM. Holt
and VIM. p. Chester, David Deaderick,
John Waddell, Jun, Alex. Mathes,
John Nelson and John McAllister, shall
and they are hereby declared TO be a
body polite and corporate by the name
of the President and Trustees of Wash
ington College at Salem, in Washing
ing County, and shall have perpetual
succession "etc.
The charter goes on to state the priv
ileges and duties of the school board,
and winds up by saying-"and they
shall take effectual care that the ad-
vantages of a liberal education and
honors of the college shall be equally
accessible to students of all denomina-
tons. And be it further enacted,
that the President, Vice President,
Professors, Tutors and students of said
college shall be exempt from all mill
tary duty during their continuance as
members of the college, except in a
general invasion of. the Territory.
[sIGNEDl
civilian BLOUNT, Governor.
GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD, P. S. C.
JOSEPH HARDIN, s.. w. R."
A true copy. E. L. MATHEs, Secretary
OF the College.
From that time on the growth of this
historic old school has been steady.
In 1900 a splendid three story brick
building was erected, which, in connec
ton with the wooden buildings, served
the school until 1926, when the beauti-
full little brick structure still known as
the Salem Church, was erected, and the
old log school house was sold ard torn
down. The logs were used by their
purchaser to build a still house, and for
many years the sparkling applejack
was made within those sacred old oak
walls, almost in sight of the college
grounds, and the old still house, now a
stable, stands on the creek bank not
far from the college.
In 1910 another elegant brick build
ing was ~erected-the Young Ladies'
Building, four stories high and contain
ing thirty two large and well ventilated
rooms. The Presidents dwelling is a
c%ommodious brick structure, and scat
tered over the campus are small frame
structures for the use of students 20
bedrooms.
Samuel Doak, D. D., was president
for over thirty years, and his son also
served in that capacity a number of
years, and after some years his grand
son, Archibald A. Doak, the father of
M. M. Doak, who has attained promi-
nence as an editor in this State. There
has been a continuous classical and
preparatory school here since 1882,
with the exception of two years during
the war of the rebellion, when it was
closed. There are at present ninety.
eight students in the collegiate course
and about sixty in the preparatory
department, in the hands of a large
ana eninently successful faculty, as
follows: Rev. James T. Cooter, A.. NJ,
President and Professor of Greek,
Mental and Moral Science; Rev. j. w.
q. Willoughby, d. D., Vice President
and Superintendent Industrial Depart
ment; 7. j.. Mcconnell, A. B., professor
of Mathematics and Physics; E. G.
Mcclure, A. NJ, professor of Latin and
instructor in Mathematics; Miss Matte
M. Rankin, B. L., professor of English
Language and Literature; G. E. Armen-
trout, A. B., instructor in Industrial
Department.; Miss Belle Gold, B. A.,
instructor in Primary Department;
ID. N. Croft, Musical Director and Prin-
cipal of Musical Department; Miss
Clara Stonebarger, Painting, Short
hand, Typewriting, etc.
The history of this fine old school
is most interesting from its beginning
as Martin academy, when the United
States was in its infancy, and the presi-
dent and founder of the college helped
form the State of Franklin, and on down
through the privations of pioneer days
and the vicissitudes of Indian wars.
the horrors of civil strife. and to the
prosperity and growth of today. There
are men still living in the community
who remember seeing Indians sack the
college, make camp fires of the books
and wear the carpets off for blankets.
Some of the brightest men who have
figured in the history of Tennessee and
the South have attended school here,
and at n session of the United States
Senate and House of Representatives
before the war there were sixiy-two
members of both House who were
graduates or had been students
of this institution.
A hasty reading of an incomplete
list of Alumni of Washington College
revealed many names that have become